Cookery Book Ann Kenwrick, 1770

Item — Volume: EN 15

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1770

Extent

From the Collection: 10.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

(1701 -- 1703 Account Journal) The 59 page section at the back of the book is an account journal for the years 1701-1703. The last page is written "Extract fur Pocket Booke Fur [Green? or Queen?] Book Purges for Horses" dated 1719-1725. The book was given to the lady of the house who filled it with recipes written in a beautiful hand.

Recipes include: preserve barberries, currants, raspberries, gooseberrie hipps, pippins, apricot & orange chips, etc. The book is divided into sections such as: perserves, dried sweet meats, crems and cheeses, possetts and sillibubs, cakes and ginger bread, brandy waters, mead and made wine, puddings & pyes, etc. Includes index. Back was used as an account book in diffrent hand.

Physical Description

The spine is stamped in gold gilt on red leather "Cookery Book Ann Kenwrick 1770." This is a 306 page manuscript of which 253 pages are written. It is bound in full calf, beautifully written and has an index. Each page has three red rule lines on the far left. Some pages repaired.