Devon Household Accounts 1627-59, Part II: Henry, Earl of Bath, and Rachel, Countess of Bath, of Tawstock and London, 1639-54 (Devon and Cornwall Record Society) (Volume 39)

This comprises the household accounts of the only noble family then resident in Devon. Remarkable for their richness and diversity, the collection of documents has not been previously published and will considerably add to our understanding of the county’s social history in the seventeenth century. The rare survival of parallel London and provincial accounts allows invaluable comparisons and analysis which will be of wide appeal. The accounts recorded the household’s very fabric from the servants’ financial particulars (including their wages, clothing and diet) to minute details of such purchases as furniture,