Susan Forby or Martha Forby English Recipe Book, ca. 1820s

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[Library Title: English cookery, c.1820s : manuscript.]

Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1406
Place of Origin
England ➔ Norfolk ➔ Fincham
Date of Composition
recipe book ca. 1820s, inserted material 1818-1836
Description
Attributed to Mrs. Susan Forby (1732-1824), of Fincham, Norfolk, or her daughter Martha (1761-1828), this receipt book contains 326 culinary and medical recipes. Recipes are written on numbered pages 1-85 of a notebook with a watermark of 1820. Additional recipes and papers, dated 1818-1836, are laid in.  

Recipe contributors include: Mrs. Priest, Dr. Hunter, Mrs. Chevallier, Mr. Bellamy, Mrs. G. Miller, Mrs. Helsham, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Harry Stoke, Mrs. Young of Neston, Lady Ferningham, Mrs. White-Hockwold, Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Clagget, Mrs. Pratt Watlington, Mrs. Oakes, Mrs. Seppings, Mrs Rust of Norwich, Mrs. Jay, Mrs. Edgar, Mrs. Crow, Mrs Greenwood, Lady Peyton, Lady Finn, Mrs. Metcalfe, Mrs. Manning, Mrs Chester, Mrs. P. Bell, Mrs. H. Alexander, and Miss White.