Collection | Georgian Menu Books |
Reference | MRH/MRHF/MENUS/MAIN/MIXED/3 |
Title | Menu book for the Prince Regent and his Household, principally relating to Carlton House. |
Date | 1 January 1815- 9 November 1815 |
Description | Menu book for dinners for the Prince Regent, principally at Carlton House and occasionally at Hampton Court. Also includes a few dinners held by Princess Charlotte of Wales and a dinner by the Ambassadors and Ministers. It also provides details of dinners served to members of the Prince Regent's Household, most notably Mr Watier [John Baptiste Watier, Clerk Comptroller of the Kitchen] and Elizabeth Evans [Housekeeper at Carlton House.]
Menu book registers the lists of provisions sent to Stud House [Hampton Court] and Warwick House [London] for the Prince Regent's dinners there. ff. 214v-220v are blank, possibly meant for the menu of a Ball Supper (see notes in pencil).
Marked 'Ledger 1815'. |
Language | English |
Extent | 1 volume (275 folios, ff. 259-275 are blank) |
Physical Description | Vellum binding |
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Level | File |
Credit | Crown Copyright |