Life in a noble household : 1641-1700
By: With a foreword by G. M. Trevelyan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Prices; Home economics; History; Social life and customs
Description: Contains primary source material

A look at daily life in England during the 17th century, based upon the household papers - account books, bills, and letters - handled by the officials and servants of William Russell, fifth Early and first Duke of Bedford
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory:  the Russells come to Woburn; title: A budget of 1641; title: Seventeen years: 1641 to 1658; title: The return of the king; title: After 1660: the family; title: After 1660: the household; title: The kitchen and its clerk: 1653 to 1667; title: The kitchen and its clerk: after 1667; title: The steward of the household; title: The wine-cellar; title: The stables and travel; title: Sport and games; title: The gardens; title: The library; title: The portrait gallery; title: In sickness and in death; title: The privy purse: mainly apparel; title: The privy purse: gifts, gratuities, and charity; title: Getting and spending; title: Fifty and sixty years on.