The Sheldon family fortune was made in tapestry weaving. This account book records two years of travel and household expenses, losses at cards (20 in an evening) purchases of hawks, velvet collars for greyhounds and 10 paid for a suit of armour edged with gold lace. Illustrated at p.30 of AR
Item Provenance
Sothebys December 1987, Lot 228 (Bought by the Folger, but export licence denied)