DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOK: 1766- 1794 for transactions of freehold, leasehold. warrant, rent and mortgage payments pertaining to the estates of the Percy Family of Northumberland.

Transactions and dates are listed in great detail in a neat, black cursive next to sums of money exchanged in a ruled column to fore edge. Annual accounts of incomes from the Rothbury Estate, Alnwick, Castle Adams, Morpeth, Holy Island, Ovington, Glanton and Charlton corn tithes among others are noted. Detailed lists of payments repeat annually throughout the book naming many debtors: John Robinson, John Nicholson, Richard Grieve all of Alnwick, Thomas Davis and James Pattison of Warkworth and Robert Harkin of Espley among others. The sums of money recorded indicate the extent of the activities collated within. The 1790 General Account balance signed by JA on 31 December totals £47, 078:14:6. JA notes alongside his personal income to be £2, 246:6:6.

DESCRIPTION : Contemporary marbled paper boards, age worn, chipped, rubbed, ink marked, some bruising to corners. A previous written title to front board has been scored over and erased. Calf spine in 6 compartments, rubbed to top and bottom, showing wear. Text block edges in good condition. Front and rear endpapers a little soiled and spotted. Front pastedown displays a written list of names labelled 1-10 including W Turnbull, John Dodds and John Finlay of Whitehaven, below a list of dates 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792. Entries begin 1766. Leaves are legible throughout containing a very detailed, dense list of accounts summarised annually alongside handwritten notes. Text block is solid.