Perrin accounts/workbook (1801-1822)

Post date: Mar 20, 2018 9:41:47 PM

In Kent archives there are a series of 3 books (reference Q/C/I/448/1 & /2 & /3)) which represent the accounts /workbook of James Perrin, a Wateringbury based builder/carpenter. They cover a period from 1801 to 1822. He employs several other men to assist him and does work on domestic furniture, homes and commercial enterprises including oast houses. He works for many of the the great and good of the village, as well as a few people who are from neighbouring villages.

Steven McDougall comments:The Perrin account books are the accounts of William Perrin 1755-1827 except the first part of the first volume which is the final volume of his father Thomas 1730-1803. The record office incorrectly indexed them because some of the final pages are signed by James Perrin son of William acting as agent to wind up William's business in 1826.

The main clients are Sir Charles Style, Robert Brattle, John Sanders, Mr William Manser, John Gibbon (Nettlestead), William Hartnup, Robert Gauthern, Wateringbury Church, William Luck, Thomas Crow, James Ballard, Sarah Harris, Rev. Dr Willis, Richard Crow, Wateringbury Surveyors, M. Crothall, Benjamin Stones, Robert Foreman, Henry Arrow, Sir William Twysden, Wateringbury Overseers, Mrs Foreman, Stephen Walter, John Martyn, John Terry, Charles Knell, Mr Ince, Executors of Sir. Charles Style, John Mires, John Larkin, Lady Style, William Kettel, John Hosmer, Lord Marsham, Richard Hosmer, Lady Style executor, John King, Edward Chambers, Mr. Diamond, Thomas Kettel, Thomas Banfield (Mereworth), Mrs. Ironmonger, Mrs. Overy (Maidstone), Walter Jones, Admiral Jones, Nicholas Ongley, Messrs. Perfecto and Relph (Town Malling), David Thompson, Mr. Best, Mrs. Cooper, John Gibbon, Col. Jones, Lucas, Edward Richardson, William Jude, William Mills, John King, John Gibbon, Mr. Langridge (Mereworth), James Perrin (Hadlow), Miss Boseman’s School, Sunday School, Rev. Mr. Simpson, Mrs. White, Mr. Eagleton.

He charges time and costs to jobs in detail and the books cover several hundred pages. However the orientation is the client so the building involved is not always evident.

A detailed example is to be seen for the village stocks.

Steven McDougall in his ebook People of Wateringbury, 1650-1841, analyses these records for the Brattle estate.