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A History of the County of Somerset
… the parish was administered by two churchwardens and two overseers, all chosen by virtue of their holdings, and by … appointed from 1757. A select vestry of vicar, wardens, overseers, and 11 or 12 others met from 1823. A medical …
A History of the County of Essex
… Lane and the Colchester road, to the churchwardens and overseers for the benefit of the poor. The land was used as …
A History of the County of Essex
… and family to graze cattle on that manor's common. 82 Overseers, rangers or drivers, of that common, first recorded … to towns. 94 In 1602 three men were appointed as overseers of cloth in West Bergholt. 95 A fuller was recorded …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 36/165 f. 132. S.H.C. 1948-9, 81. West Bromwich Par. Bk., overseers' accts. 1756; Vestry Mins. 9 Mar. 1767. Q/SO 30, f. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… enforced until at least the early 18th century, 59 and overseers of the field hedges were regularly appointed in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as ale-tasters as well. From at least 1685 until 1804 two overseers of the field hedges were elected. The election of a … a salaried assistant surveyor. 53 There were four overseers of the poor in 1599 54 but only two in the mid 17th … ruled that 'it will be better for the parish for the overseers to go hand in hand through the year and not divide …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 206. M.R.O., Acc. 539/76. 2 nd Rep. Sel. Cttee. on Ret. by Overseers, Ser. 1, ix. Par. Rec., Churchwardens' Accounts. … Arch. Soc. lv. 67; xci. 43-44. 2 nd Rep. Cttee. on Ret. by Overseers, Ser 1, ix. Rets. on Expense and Maintenance of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were recorded for most years after 1560. 8 There were two overseers in 1642 and later; by 1780 one served for the north … part of Horsham union, 34 later rural district. The parish overseers still in 1836 paid out relief and provided clothing …