Household account book, 1431–1432
The further back in time we go, the harder it is to find information about our ancestors’ day-to-day lives, including what they ate. But one document held by Warwickshire County Record Office provides a fascinating glimpse of day-today dining at Rouen Castle in Normandy during some of the most turbulent events of the 15th century, as archivist Amanda Williams explains.
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The account book records the expenses, in volume form, of the provisioning of Rouen Castle while Richard Beauchamp’s household and his guests were in occupation, and
