Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/2/2/9/1842/126
Title
Receipt for Horse Hire
Date(s)
- 12 February 1840 - 27 December 1842 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper
Context area
Name of creator
(c.1842 - c. 1861)
Biographical history
Benjamin Jordan was a livery stable-keeper in the first half of the 19th century. In 1861 when up for sale there were five houses in the yard, a farriery, a smithy, a farmyard and a garden, and stabling for 50 horses. the fifth house was the home of Professor Mayor, president of St John’s College. (J.H.Bullock – Bridge Street, 1939). In 1904 his neighbours were a bedmaker, a blacksmith and a painter.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Receipt for the hire of a horse and gig to Ely on 12 February and the hire of a horse for the day on 31 March 1840. Sum of £1 5s 0d. Settled on 27 December 1842 and signed by Benjamin Jordan.