On this page you can learn more about the various manuscripts in our western post-1500 collection that relate to Accounts and Finance.
MS 249
MS 249 is the business account book of John Cay (1700-1757) covering the period 1734-1756. He was the author of Abridgement of the Publick Statutes printed in 1739.
MS 267
MS 267 is an eighteenth-century receipt book belonging to Dr Richard Rawlinson, topographer and bishop to non-jurors (1690-1755), containing receipts for payments made by him between 1734 and 1746.
MS 268
MS 268 is an eighteenth-century account book belonging to Dr Richard Rawlinson, topographer and bishop to non-jurors (1690-1755). It records expenses relating to the sale of his brother’s library (i.e. Thomas Rawlinson, 1681-1725, book collector).
MSS 349-355
This is a set of six 19th century account books and a bank pass book belonging to Henry Handley Norris (1771-1850, Church of England clergyman). The account books cover the years 1815-1852 and the bank pass book covers the years 1826-1830.
Separate catalogue entries available for MS 349, MS 350, MS 351, MS 352, MS 353, MS 354, and MS 355.