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A History of the County of Shropshire
… sums were paid out of the sacrament money to the parish poor from the mid 18th century or earlier: £1 18 s. 6 d. in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1324 69 and much of Charlton's land was considered of poor quality in 1354. 70 So many tenants died in 1349 that … Walter Leveson's tenants. Only a small amount of reputedly poor, marshy soil was left uninclosed. The Levesons and their …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… two well conducted schools for c. 63 cottagers' children, poor pupils' fees being paid by richer neighbours. 62 The … whether either sch. was in Wrockwardine Wood. Digest Educ. Poor, H.C. 224, p. 764 (1819), ix (2). Marshall, St. Peter's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the manor of Eyton on Severn. 37 Three overseers of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on … expenditure had reached £94 13 s. 4 d. 39 In 1760-1 the poor were farmed to Thomas Hazlehurst for £50 a year. 40 By … parish apparently resumed direct responsibility for the poor, a workhouse was rented. Expenditure that year totalled …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… no church. Wykeham, West WYKEHAM, WEST, a parish, in the poor-law union of Louth, E. division of the wapentake of … in 1806, about 40 acres of land were allotted to the poor for fuel. Wymondley, Great WYMONDLEY, GREAT, a parish, … 18 acres. William Gill, in 1798, bequeathed to the poor 300 four per cent, consols., which were subsequently …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… Wan of several annual rents for the maintenance of the poor at St Martin's Hospital (1501) XLI. Donation by Martin … of several annual-rents, for the maintenance of one poor person in St Nicholas' Hospital. Glasgow, 1 June 1501. … . . constitute, and give in pure almsgift for ever to one poor person living in the Almshouse or Hospital of Saint …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the maintenance of two schools, in paying house-rent for poor parishioners, in the repair of the church and bridges, a … by Thomas, Lord Holmes, of which 10 are distributed to the poor, 10 paid towards apprenticing a boy, and the remaining …
A History of the County of Sussex
… bankruptcy in that year the main site was bought by a Dutch firm 58 which in 1995 had 12 a. and employed c. 50. It … was said to be attended by two well-to-do families, a few poor parishioners, and a fair number of outsiders. The … buried in Islington (Mdx.), devised £20 for teaching poor boys and girls. 58 By 1833, when his school had become a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… by Brunswick, BROWN, CABLE, COLOURED, CORDAGE, DIAPER, DUTCH, DYED, Ermland, FLAXEN, FRENCH, greasey, GREY, … DAMASK, DEAL, DISH.DORNICK, DORNICK - YARN, DRAM, DRUGGET, DUTCH METAL, EBONY, EDGING LACE, FIDDLE, FLANNEL, FRINGE, … century yellow metal BUTTONs were popular with the poor, judging by the descriptions of runaway apprentices and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cleared but standard trees remained and grazing was thus poor. Labour services, valued at 51 s., comprised 140 owed … In 1647 it was said that the parish could not support its poor without assistance. 43 In the 18th century most relief … by 1888. 46 In 1835 Yarlington became part of Wincanton poor-law union and in 1894 formed part of Wincanton rural …