18th Mar, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
  Lot 2053
 

2053

Finch (Lady Charlotte) An Inventory of the Household Furniture etc., belonging to the Right...

Finch (Lady Charlotte)
An Inventory of the Household Furniture etc., belonging to the Right Hon.ble Lady Charlotte Finch at her House at Charlwood in the Parish if Rickmersworth (sic) in the County of Hertford taken June the 15th 1767 and the other subsequent days, manuscript inventory covering 38 rooms plus courtyard garden and back yard, signed by Sam Spencer, Auctioneer and W. Gates, Cabinetmaker, 12 pages, 405mm x 162mm, manuscript invoice (in duplicate) and expense account of Spencer and Gates pinned to front cover (as well as travel costs it includes breakfast, dinners, suppers, brandy and 2d for the poor woman at the gate!), marbled paper wraps, folded
[Lady Charlotte Finch (nee Fermor), 1725-1813, was governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte from 1762 to 1793. Her husband died in 1766, followed by her daughter in 1767]

Sold for £800
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 18th Mar, 2020

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