A personal account book kept by Miles Tarn beginning two years before he attended Queen's College, Oxford and ending in the year of his death 1797. He provides a biographical sketch as well as details of the births, marriages, and deaths of his eleven children by his first wife, Mary (died 26 February 1784); he traces the history of the family estate at Wray beginning in 1615. The entry recording his marriage to second wife, Grace Peele of Cocersmouth is followed an entry (in his wife's hand?) that records the details of the time and date of his death and details of the funeral and burial. The bulk of the manuscript details his expenses. Of particular interest are the entries for the 1750s as he set up a home in Dean after becoming rector. Items listed include: furniture, crockery, household utensils, clothing, fruit trees and gardening tools; monies lent and wages paid to workmen
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Miles Tarn was born at Moss End in Preston Patrick 15 December 1719. He attended Queen's College in Oxford February 1737/8 and ordained in 1741., In English., Bound in contemporary vellum, wallet binding with a brass clasp decorated with a floral tooling., General notes: Notes on provenance: bookplates, binding, etc., A few sheets of material are enclosed in front cover's envelope., and Removed from pocket formed using the verso of the front cover and the front pastedown. For further information, consult library staff.
