[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Expenses account book
[nb-NO]Reference[nb-NO]
FR DX2147/39
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1795-1831
[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]
Richard Beale (1744-1814) of River Hall farm, Biddenden is from a long line of Beales living in this area from at least the 1650s - there was a Richard in each generation. This Richard was unmarried and left his estate to his nephew.Richard Beale (1771-1836) was the son of Seaman Cooke Beale, a wharfinger of London. He was the nephew of Seaman Cooke's brother, Richard Beale (1744-1814) of River Hall farm. He inherited the River Hall estate from his uncle. He had a large family some of whose descendants continued to live in Biddenden until 1969. He continued his uncle's tradition of keeping annual records of the affairs of the farm.
[nb-NO]Scope and Content[nb-NO]
Includes farm and family expenses. The book was begun by Richard Beale senior and continued by his nephew Richard Beale junior.
[nb-NO]Exent[nb-NO]
1 volume
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