Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/2/2/9/1769/33
Title
Cook's bill
Date(s)
- 1 November 1769 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A bill for food served at the 'Rustard's Feast', includes: a dish of salmon and smelts (15s 6d); stewed pigeons (6s); quarter of Lamb 'Spin[spine?]' (6s); lemon pudding (4s 6d); sirloin of beef (10s 8d); salad with eggs (1s 4d); broiled fowls with mustard (5s); lobsters (4s); sweetmeat tarts (3s); boiled custards (2s); 'Oyster Loaves' (3s); a pig (5s). The bill also includes additional entries on later dates, including a servant's dinner on the 15th May (8d), and salad and tarts on the 17th June (1s). Total bill amounted to £3 7s 8d, and was signed by John James.