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Norfolk: Kirstead - 1764-1767 - Overseers' Payments

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Kirstead raised money at various times, to either support its poor (from the Overseers' Rate) or to pay for other parish expenses (from the Churchwardens' Rate). This rate was levied on the occupiers (who may not have owned the land) and based upon the value of the property (which was usually a rental valuation). Both occupiers and owners are found living in and outside the parish.

For more information on these records see the Parish Accounts page.


This is one item from a Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 300/34 and microform MF990/17] containing the Overseers' accounts (1763-1801).

Note that only extracts have been transcribed but this includes most items which mention surnames. Some names occur many times and not all of these are listed here.

The amount of some of the weekly payments (present on original) have been omitted here.

Other accounts available

      
- Churchwardens' Accounts - 
Rates1741 
- Overseers' Accounts - 
Rates17641788 
Payments1763-17641764-17671768-1772 
- Land Tax Accounts - 
Payments1801-02 
- Tithe Accounts - 
Amounts due173417471767 
- Land Survey - 
Owners & Occupiers1817 

 

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

Disbursements of Roger Kerrison Overseer from Michaelmas 1764 to Easter 1765.

Date[Disbursements]£.s.d
Oct 7thPaid Smith for Rent 
 Expenses after Kemp 
15thFor Carring Mary James to the Doctor and boarding her0.2.0
Dec 3rdSpent at Naggs after Gill0.0.9
Jan 17thUttin 
29thOld Utton 15 Blocks0.7.6
 Widow Muffett 90 faggots 5 Blocks0.10.0
March 4thPaid to Mr Holt?0.2.6
 Paid to Mr Garwood for Uttings rent0.15.6

Collectioners
William Hemnall 26 weeks at 1/- = £1/6/0
Boy Muffett

Disbursements of Jno Rayner Overseer from Easter 1765 to Michaelmas being 26 weeks and a half.

Date[Disbursements]£.s.d
May 11thWidow Harvey 
June 23rdSent by the Revd Mr Widworth?[Wadsworth] to bury
James Lovewell To 4 Bearers
0.4.0
 To Beer for the Bearers to Drink0.1.0
 Paid to Fenn of Norwich for Rent1.1.0
July 28thPaid Stephen Read for his fees
for burying James Lovewell
0.2.6

[Names] Widow Harvey, Widow Riches, Widow Naggs, Widow Lovewell

Disbursements of Jno Rayner Overseer from Michaelmas 1765 to Easter 1766.

Date[Disbursements]£.s.d
NovJohn Folkard 
 Goody Folkard 
 Boy Benjamin Muffit 
 Isaac Gills for his girl when ill 

[Note other names barely legible at this point in accounts]

Disbursements of Robt Whall Overseer from Easter to Michaelmas 1766.

Date[Disbursements]£.s.d
 Goody Naggs 
 Bought the Widow Muffit Stuff to cure the Ague1/1d
 Paid Mary Nights for the Girl Gills Board
and Laying her forth
6/-
 Paid Henry Riches towards Burying his Wife10/6
 Paid Robert Harvery towards Burying his Mother10/6
 Paid Mr Wadsworth for burying the Girl Gills1/-
Aug 15thDelivered half a Hundred of Wood to the Town House15/-
 Paid Matthew Kerrison for the Girl Gills Coffin18/-
 Paid Fenns Rent10/6

Rate raised in Oct 1766

[13] John Beaumont for Mr Coke St Giles in Norwich

Disbursements of Robt Whall Overseer from Michaelmas 1766 to Easter 1767.

Date[Disbursements]£.s.d
 Expenses after Henry Riches to Horning6/6
 Paid the Overseers at Horning for Henry Riches7/6
 Paid Goody Fenn Towards Rent5/-
OctShirts for the Boy Muffit2/-
 Paid Mr Hinsby2/10

Disbursements from Easter 1767

Date[Disbursements]£.s.d
 Paid to Richard Naggs for boarding Isaac Gills£1/9/3
 Expences at Richard Naggs after Town Business2/8
19/OctPaid to the Workhouse [at Heckingham]13/9/3½

 

 

[End of Document]


Notes

  • In other rate documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
    Kirison/Kerrison/Cerrison, Muffit/Muffet, Rayner/Reyner
  • Good'n and Goody are contractions for good-man and good-wife used as universal address of simple cottager and his spouse according to the book "The Vocabulary of East Anglia" by "Robert Forby".

See also the Kirstead parish page.

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February 2010