Account boook of William Hardstaff, carpenter

Item author: William Hardstaff
Item date: 1758-60
Grant Value: 400
Item cost: 1,600
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2005
Item institution: Newstead Abbey
Town/City: Nottingham
County: Nottinghamshire

This account book details work carried out by Hardstaff at Newstead Abbey between 1758 and 1760 for William, 5th Lord Byron, great-uncle of the poet, at the time when the so called 'Wicked' Lord Byron was poised for this descent into financial ruin.