22 2 ACCOUNTS OF JOHN BAGSHAW OF ABNEY GRANGE. 



£ 



d. 



Expenditure 



(g) Rent 



... 28 



12 



6 





(//) Rates and taxes 



8 



12 



9 





(/) Labourers' wages ... 



■■• 5 



13 



10I- 





(j) Wages, domestic service 



1 



8 



2 





(b) Animals bought 



•• 35 



3 









(c) Coals 



.. 2 



11 



9i 





(k) Materials, &c, for farm 



1 



6 



6 





(/) Food, &c, for the house 



4 



7 



1 





(m) Tailors' wages, &c. 





14 



8 





(n) Spent at fairs, &c. 





10 



1 





(o) Amusement 







8 





(/) Lent on interest 



20 













107 



1 



1 



Total profits for the year, after deduction of 

 item (a) from Receipts, and item (/) from 

 Expenditure ... ... ... ... 35 7 4^ 



(a) The account-book contains a very careful entry of the 

 amount in hand at every striking of the balance, of which 

 there are about eight in a year. Generally, a careful examina- 

 tion of the figures shows the amount in hand to correspond 

 exactly with the amount spent and received. In the course 

 of the year 1723-4 there are one or two cases of discrepancy 

 which I have not thought it worth while to point out, as they 

 made no material difference in the whole statement. 



(b) Evidently the Bagshaws bred on a fairly large scale, as 

 they are constantly selling numbers of horses, cows, and sheep. 

 The sales of this year represent altogether eighty-one animals. 

 They were sold at the various fairs and markets of the district, 

 the largest sales being in September at Hathersage. Most of 

 the animals bought are pigs, but two horses are also bought, 

 though the prices paid (four guineas each) are noticeably less 

 than those received. Entries of expenditure show that in 1723 

 there was no bull at the Old Farm, as the cows were sent to 



