The first of the two bills begins with the death of William Hingston, to whom Andrew was executor, and a hint of the problems to come over the financial affairs of of Mr Robins, who is presumed to be a brother or possibly father of his wife Sarah. Otherwise things would seem to be going reasonably well with the major business being the purchase of further property - presumably that at 'Burndowns' referred to in the entry for 7 August 1826.
| 1825 | £ | s | d | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 20 | Attending at Holbeton & reading the Will of your late Uncle Mr William Hingston to his relatives after the Funeral & explaining the contents | 1 | 1 | - |
| Horse & Expence | - | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1826 | |||||
| Feby | 1 | Conference & advice respecting your demand on Mr Pitts | - | 3 | 6 |
| June | 8 | Referring to the Will & advising you as to the times for payment of the Legacies | - | 3 | 6 |
| Aug | 2 | Perusing clauses in the Will & advising respecting the Legacy to Amy Shepherd as to payment of Interest & Legacy Duty | - | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Paid carriage parcel from Messrs Abraham with abstract of title to Burn-downs purchased by you from Mr John Elliott | - | 1 | 2 | |
| Perusing & considering the Abstract & taking notes for enquiry & investigation of title | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 9 | Letter to Messrs Abraham thereon & copy | - | 3 | 6 | |
| 14 | Perusing the Will & Codicil of George Steere (very long) & advising thereon | - | 6 | 8 | |
| 21 | Paid carriage parcel from Messrs Abraham with Draft Conveyance | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | Perusing making divers amendments & marginal notes & settling same (long & special) | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| Letter to Messrs Abraham & observations thereon | - | 3 | 6 | ||
| Paid with parcel to IvyBridge | - | - | 6 | ||
| 31 | Long Letter to Messrs Abraham in answer to another from them & Copy | - | 5 | - | |
| Sept | 8 | Letter to them with Copy of the last which it seemed they had not received | - | 3 | 6 |
| Oct | 5 | Lettr to Messrs Abraham respecting Steere's execution of the Conveyance | - | 3 | 6 |
| Nov | 28 | The like in reply to a Letter from them | - | 3 | 6 |
| Dec | 29 | The like & appointing for completion | - | 3 | 6 |
| Letter to Mr Elliott in answer to his message | - | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1827 | |||||
| Jany | 4 | The like to Messrs Abraham | - | 3 | 6 |
| 5&6 | Journey to Totnes & inspecting the Deeds at Mr Prideaux's Office & from thence on the following day to Ashburton & attending with you the completion of the purchase (day & half) | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Horse 7/- Expences 10/6 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Paid Mr Prideaux his fee on search for & production of the deeds and giving me information on the Title | - | 7 | - | ||
| Postage & Letters from Messrs Abraham | - | 3 | 4 | ||
| For many conferences with you & long discussion hereon & with Mr Elliott | - | 3 | 4 | ||
| Feby | Preparing Stamp Office Legacy Discharge for first payment of duty on Agnes Hingston's Annuity & computing the value etc | - | 5 | - | |
| Preparing your residuary Stamp Office Account, making out valuation of Leaseholds, computing same by the Tables, arranging the several particulars & inserting same on the Office Form & Duplicate | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Many Conferences discussion & attendances hereon | - | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1828 | |||||
| Jany | 21 | Attending you with Mr Robins conferring & advising as to the nature of a Bond Debt with reference to a sum due from him to you on notes of hand, & his having sold his Estate and | |||
| 24 | Attending & advising further hereon | - | 6 | 8 | |
| Feby | 2 | Attending you again this morning conferring further thereon when you requested me to go to Ashford & Kingsbridge - Journey accordingly conferring with you Mr Robins and Mr Nichols at Ashford & going from thence to Kingsbridge & attending Mr Harris in long conference hereon & also with you there | 1 | 7 | - |
| 12 | Attending Mr Nichols & conferring with him thereon | - | - | - | |
| 21 | Attending you advising about a demand made by Hingston of Aveton Gifford on you for medical attendance on a servant | - | 3 | 6 | |
| total | 14 | 5 | - |
Bill of February 1828 - March 1831