Ekspens dworska

court expenses; a record of all court expenditures, usually in a form of ledgers including payments for servants and court officials, amounts and prices of food, spices, stimulants, clothing, and various services performed for the court.

 

Source: National Archives in Krakow, Zygmunt Gloger Collection, ref. no. 345, [Regestry kuchenne Józefa Sapiehy].

See also: B. Popiołek, Szlachecki dwór kobiecy w świetle raptularzy domowych i regestrów majątkowych z początku XVIII wieku na przykładzie dworu Teresy z Potockich Zamoyskiej, „Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej,” 2021, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 477-496; eadem, Kitchen Expenses. Food Products in the Lists of Expenses of Noble Courts as an Element of Cultural Changes in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th Century, in: The World of Things. Considerations on the Standard of Living and the Meaning of Movable Property in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, eds. B. Popiołek, U. Kicińska and A. Penkała-Jastrzębska, transl. N. Cisowska, K. Stankiewicz, A.P. Karpowicz, Krakow 2022, pp. 13-34; eadem, Między kuchnią i spiżarnią. Magnackie regestry wydatków kuchennych w osiemnastowiecznej Rzeczypospolitej, Warsaw 2025 (in print).