Date:November 1819
Description:This memorandum sets out the terms under which Thomas Doughty was to come to Soho House as a footman. He was to work with a butler and would be paid 18 guineas (a guinea was a pound and a shilling) for the first year and £19 for the second. He was to receive two sets of clothes a year, one a complete livery and the other a plain one, two hats, one cotton dressing jacket, a Greatcoat every two years and boots or an allowance in lieu of them. An allowance was also to be made for his journey to Soho. Doughty's last position had been with the Reverend Mr Lloyd of Appleby near Atherstone. He started at Soho on October 12st and a pencilled note at the bottom of this memorandum adds 'NB On Wednesday 18th October by MRBs (Matthew Robinson Boulton) directions gave him one months notice to quit!'
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