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- 24 June 1769 - 1 November 1769 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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A bill detailing food for the 'Comt [Commencement?] Dinner' on the 4th July, including: service of two servants (1s 8d); hot salmon (16s 6d); 6 fowls (12s); cauliflowers and greens (1s); a dish of lobsters (5s); a ham (11s 8d); strawberries and raspberries (11s); lemon pudding (4s 6d); a dish of beans (2s); 'Chine' Mutton (6s 8d); 'Sulld. Eggs' (1s 6d); 'Green Goose' (4s 6d); stewed tench and eels (8s). This section of the bill amounted to £4 6s, and was followed by further entries under the heading "Supper": tame rabbits (2s 6d); 8 artichokes (2s 8d); collard eels (2s); strawberries (9s); sweetbreads (3s); gooseberry puffs (1s 6d); a dish of 'Peases' (1s 6d); 3 'Ro: Ducks' (5s). The total bill amounted to £5 9s 2d, and was signed by John James.