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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to redeem the land tax on their estates in general. The Commissioners of 1837 questioned the validity of this sale, … Jobson with £50 a year in 1827. In 1846 558 garments and 4,796 yards of various stuffs were sold under this scheme to … for the benefit of the churchgoing poor, and was when the Commissioners reported given to five widows in 20 s. clothing …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… than £3,000. The paving was to be undertaken by special Commissioners, the remainder of the improvements under the direction of the capital burgesses. The Commissioners of 1834 reported very favourably on the … of aldermen and councillors for capital burgesses. (4) The Corporation was empowered to appoint a Coroner and a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a money rent (20 s.). Henry de Walpol held 80 acres with 4 messuages, as 1 fee, and 120 acres for 10 s. 4 d. Robert de Haustede held 94 acres and 3 cottages as 1 … the tenant's 120 acres had in 1251 been increased to 12 s. 4 d. The Haustede holding, specified as being partly in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 33 'couples' each paid 18 d., and in 1460 28 paid 16 d. 4 The officers of the guild, elected annually by a body of … the souls of the departed, and received a salary of 6 s. 4 d., probably in addition to the 20 d. he received from each … spekyng ageyn us'. 39 The answers to the articles of the Commissioners for the dissolution show the guild in a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… which was in Norfolk, presented complicated problems. 4 The old wards and the 'watches' were then replaced by the … was to reduce the acreage of the borough from 6,477 to 4,617. The Borough is now divided into East, North, South, … handsome' and re marked the export of corn. 44 In 1837 the Commissioners on the Boundaries of Municipal Corporations …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 eels … rendered 5,260 eels to the Abbot of Ramsey, 3 rendered 4,000 to the Abbot of Crowland and 6 rendered 3,500 and 5 s. … Restoration it was returned to the bishops, and the Church Commissioners are now lords. In a survey of the manor made in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A savings bank was established in 1818, and collected £435 4 s. 6 d. in deposits in its first year. 31 Friendly … was purchased by the Corporation from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £2,400 and laid out as a public park. 40 … whole town until the Improvement Act of 1810, when special commissioners were appointed for this purpose. 52 An …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was by established custom awarded to charity. This led the Commissioners to regard the office as 'burdensome without … salary of £35, and a new post of chamberlain was created. 4 In 1849 the town clerk's salary was £45 a year, and he also drew £15 a year as clerk to the Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage and £25 as clerk to the Charity …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cost £10 2 s. 7 d. Wages to those employed amounted to £4. The finished goods were sold in 1624 for £36 8 s. 29 In … a stone of flour a head weekly. When this commodity was at 4 s. a stone an agreement had been made allowing Matthews a … were 20 s. a week. 33 In the early 1830's the Poor Law Commissioners reported that the house 'was not …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a certain amount of activity in … by the Privy Council to investigate the problem. The commissioners found that the level of the river bed had been … that the river should be widened from 40 to 60 ft. 9 The commissioners, however, thought that if the outfall was …