Agreeement to erect a monument to Countess of Mountrath

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

785/4

Title

Agreeement to erect a monument to Countess of Mountrath

Date

30 Mar 1767

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Between Lord John Cavendish and Joseph Wilton. £500 paid in hand, the monument to be completed within two and half a years of the agreement, Wilton to bear the cost of all materials and fees. Also that Wilton pay William Chambers for his design. Cavendish to further pay £1662, 15 shillings and 9 pence in specified instalments, the last payable on completion of the monument.

Sealed by J. Cavendish. Witnessed by John Heaton and W. Lawson.