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Hemp and Flax Bounty papers - [DRO - QS43/1]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Devon to Wit: A State of the Claims for Bounties for Raising and Dressing Hemp and Flax within the said county which have been Settled and Allowed by the Justices of the Peace of the said County at the several General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to Michaelmas Sessions 1784 inclusive..
Note: Where the total quantity of Hemp/Flax has been derived from more than one single estate/plot, then that total is shown for the first named estate/plot source only.
| Growers Name | Estate | Parish | Quantity | Year | ||||
| George Buck | Daddon | Bideford | 175 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Hole | Venton | Bishopstawton | 400 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Lower Mullycott | Ilfordcombe | 190 stone | 1782 | |||||
| Stonyard | Barnstaple | 108 stone | 1782 | |||||
| Long Closes | Pilton | 210 stone | 1782 | |||||
| Jeremiah Alford | Cotton | Bishopstawton | 210 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Snow | Deans | Braunton | 100 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Josiah Braughton | Penny Changes | Axminster | 34 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Benjamine White | Umburn | Shute | 61 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Studley | Hust | Shute | 128 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Bishopsfield | Shute | |||||||
| Cocksleigh | Shute | |||||||
| Redpitt | Shute | |||||||
| Colins Land | Shute | |||||||
| John Stower | Copse Close | Shute | 32 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Newton | Helverstead | Broadclist | 64 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Richard How | Higher Sainthill | Kentisbeare | 42 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Simon Kelly | Gorill | Hemiok | 68 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Faithfull Cleal | Franks | Woodbury | 90 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Moathill | Woodbury | |||||||
| Faithfull Cleal | Weeks | Aylesbeare | 50 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Baker | Summers Mill | Willand | 150 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Redgate | Willand | |||||||
| Ann Wood | Park | Willand | 64 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Binford | Burnrey | Willand | 51 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Collins | Coomes | Willand | 48 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Matthew Manley | Braddocks | Cullompton | 325 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Little Poor Close | Cullompton | |||||||
| Broadparks | Cullompton | |||||||
| Langlands | Cullompton | |||||||
| Abraham Hooper | Selgons | Halberton | 32 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Thomas Pulman | Taw | Halberton | 129 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Eveleighs | Halberton | |||||||
| Henry Wilkinson | Huish | Instow | 448 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Faithfull Cleal | Bass' | Withycombe | 60 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Rawleigh | ||||||||
| Spicers | Lympstone | 105 stone | 1782 | |||||
| Robert Ball | Barn | Broadhembury | 117 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Shippen | Broadhembury | |||||||
| Richard Coles | Stockland Head | Plymptree | 120 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Joel orchard | Lindridge | Bishopsteignton | 300 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Tamlin | Bridgetown | Tawstock | 25 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Tamlin | Little Eastacombe | Atherington | 40 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Richard Herring | Bidwell Barton | Newton St Cyres | 129 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Nicholas Churley | Bartletts | Uffculm | 29 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Gilman | Oxenhams | Uffculm | 197 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Charters | Uffculm | |||||||
| Elisha Bennett | Mersons | Uffculm | 128 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Stadelands | Uffculm | |||||||
| Coles' | Uffculm | |||||||
| Henry Broom | Twogoods | Uffculm | 550 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Philip Wright | Corsecoombe | Ffeniton | 280 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Henry Havill | Ducks | Heavitree | 99 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Otton | Benbow | Farringdon | 319 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 10pounds | ||||||||
| William Mortimore | Dartnes | Silverton | 143 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Henry Chapman | Rickstall | Heavitree | 149 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Edward Lee | Blackhalls | Pinhoe | 28 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 10pounds | ||||||||
| Daniel Sanders | Monkerton | Pinhie | 166 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Thomas Trood | Wotton | Pinhoe | 142 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Godfrey | Withybridge | Pinhoe | 43 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Osmand Chave (and) | Bishops | Kentisbeare | 90 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Middleton | Butsons | Kentisbeare | 121 stone | 1782 | ||||
| (and) | 10pounds | |||||||
| John Salter | Fords | Kentisbeare | ||||||
| Averys | Kentisbeare | |||||||
| Endicotts | Kentisbeare | |||||||
| Westhayes | Kentisbeare | |||||||
| John Coles | Kingsford | Kentisbeare | 145 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 10pounds | 1782 | |||||||
| John Coles | Shepheards | Cullompton | 42 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 12pounds | 1782 | |||||||
| Edmond Frost | Challices | Kentisbeare | 279 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Sallers | Kentisbeare | 1782 | ||||||
| Lydons | Kentisbeare | 1782 | ||||||
| William Broom | Sanfield | Kentisbeare | 279 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Ffrost | Halsbeer | Kentisbeare | 197 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Blackborough | 2pounds | 1782 | ||||||
| Francis Ffouraker | Away farm | Kentisbeare | 134 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Thomas Ffouraker | Allhallows | Kentisbeare | 140 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Westcott (and) | Glebe | Kentisbeare | 127 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Broom | 10pounds | 1782 | ||||||
| John Westcott | Averils | Kentisbeare | 20 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 8pounds | ||||||||
| Charles Copp | Berry | Clist St Lawrence | 39 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Gilbert Hitt | Eveleigh | Clisthydon | 185 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Weeks | Summerbridge | Clist St Lawrence | 95 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Gilbert Hitt | Upton Hitt | Clist St Lawrence | 61 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Joshua May | Burlands | Halberton | 87 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Robert Collins | Great Stones | Cullompton | 61 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Robert Collins | Great Sladecross | Halberton | 163 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Robert Collins | Four Acres | Uffculme | 111 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Tutcher | Bullen Quarter | Luppitt | 66 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Tutcher | Parks | Upottery | 54 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Ffortescue | Clist William | Plymptree | 195 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Richard Weston | Bradley and | Halberton | 68 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Netherway | ||||||||
| Richard Weston | Shebbear | Sampford Peverill | 29 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Richard Weston | Pains | Uplowman | 73 1/2 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Tanner | Gaddon | Uffculme | 156 stone | 1782 | ||||
| James Matthews | Mersons | Kentisbeare | 45 stone | 1782 | ||||
| James Matthews | Locks and | Uffculme | 596 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Godfreys | ||||||||
| James Matthews | Nicholas Hayne | Culmstock | 25 stone | 1782 | ||||
| John Ffrost | Poole Farm and | Kentisbeare | 298 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Piswell | ||||||||
| William Hole | Mullycott Pill and | Ilfordcombe and | 180 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Pollington and | Bishops Tawton and | |||||||
| Honyard | Pilton and | |||||||
| Barnstaple | ||||||||
| William Hole | Mullycott Pill and | Ilfordcombe and | 36 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Pollington | Bishopstawton | 4 pounds | ||||||
| and Pilton | ||||||||
| William Hole | Pill | Bishopstawton | 6 stone | 1783 | ||||
| 12 pounds | ||||||||
| William Hole | Pill | Bishopstawton | 11 stone | 1783 | ||||
| 2 pounds | ||||||||
| William Hole | Crownley | Bovey Tracey | 8 stone | 1783 | ||||
| 8 pound | ||||||||
| William Hole | Crownley | Bovey Tracey | 17 stone | 1783 | ||||
| 2 pound | ||||||||
| William Hole | Crownley | Bovey Tracey | 297 stone | 1783 | ||||
| 6 pound | ||||||||
| William Hole | Crownley and | Bovey Tracey | 228 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Mullycott and | Ilfordcombe | |||||||
| Honyard and | Barnstaple | |||||||
| Pottington and | Pilton | |||||||
| Vinton | Monkley | |||||||
| William Hole | Mullycott Pill and | Ilfordcombe and | 306 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Pottington | Bishops Tawton | |||||||
| William Hole | Vinton | Monkley and | 232 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Mullycott | Pilton | |||||||
| George Buck esq | Daddon | Pilton | 108 stone | 1782 | ||||
| William Snow | Deans | Braunton | 87 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 7 pound | ||||||||
| John Gillham | Oxenhams and | Uffculme and | 274 stone | 1784 | ||||
| Stow | Halberton | |||||||
| Elisha Bennett | Andrewes | Uffculme | 222 stone | 1784 | ||||
| 12 pound | ||||||||
| James Tozer snr and | Averys and | Kentisbeare | 68 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Thomas Stone | Shallicies | Kentisbeare | 8 pounds | |||||
| Simon Kelly | Andrewes | Uffculme | 153 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Thomas Bond | Cleave Hays and | Churchstaunton | 224 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Ridgewood | Clayhydon | 6 pound | ||||||
| Thomas Adams | Antens and | Churchstaunton | 27 stone | 1782 | ||||
| Borkham | Clayhydon | 6 pound | ||||||
| Faithfull Cleall | Iceland | Withicombe | 110 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Rawleigh | ||||||||
| Faithfull Cleall | Higher Buley and | Woodbury | 65 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Farringtons | Woodbury | |||||||
| Thomas Adams | Monkey | Churchstaunton | 29 stone | 1782 | ||||
| 2 pound | ||||||||
| John Baker | Mays Beers and | Halberton | 150 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Mountsteven | Halberton | |||||||
| Matthew Manley | Padbrouk Head | Cullompton | 180 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Sellers and | ||||||||
| Mudfordsfield | Cullompton | |||||||
| John Collins | Stone and | Halberton | 28 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Higher Ash Cross | Halberton | |||||||
| Joseph Corse | Girson | Willand | 130 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Richard Bridle | Murrin and | Tallaton | 120 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Streetpit and | Tallaton | |||||||
| Slade | Tallaton | |||||||
| Robert Collings | Tuckers and | Halberton | 416 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Longlands and | Halberton | |||||||
| Leonard Wishes | Halberton | |||||||
| Close and | ||||||||
| Corham and | Halberton | |||||||
| Great Nine Acres | Halberton | |||||||
| Joseph May | Palmers and | Halberton | 50 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Westlicks | Halberton | |||||||
| Joel Orchard | Lindridge and | Bishopsteignton | 200 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Humber | Bishopsteignton | |||||||
| Henry Wilkinson | Huish | Instow | 120 stone | 1783 | ||||
| John Manley | Sprys Moiety of | Halberton | 71 1/2 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Channons | ||||||||
| Edmund Ffrost | Halls and | Kentisbeare and | 520 stone | |||||
| Choises | Broadhembury | |||||||
| Henry Brown jun | The Home and | Uffculme | 540 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Moosons | Uffculme | |||||||
| John Gilham | Oxenhams | Uffculme | 291 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Henry Broom jun | Twogoods and | Uffculme | 945 stone | 1783 | ||||
| Moosons and | Uffculme | 1784 | ||||||
| Miller Barns and | Uffculme | |||||||
| Home | Uffculme | |||||||
| (End) |