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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 … were founded by Honor Wait, in the reign of Elizabeth, for widows, to each of whom 1. 10. is yearly paid in money; and … in 1806, about 40 acres of land were allotted to the poor for fuel. Wymondley, Great WYMONDLEY, GREAT, a parish, …
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 …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Directors of the Laudable Society for the Benefit of Widows. [Wills, LookingGlasses; C. Life, vol. cxxx, no. 3358, …
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 … is distributed at Easter and Christmas among orphans and widows, those of clergymen having the preference. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 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 … in Aldingbourne or elsewhere. 88 CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. Before 1724 Mrs. Madgwick, lady of Bercourt manor, gave …