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Battle of Waterloo Relief Fund
Thorpe St Andrew organised a collection as below to aid the wounded etc. who fought in the Battle of Waterloo in the Napoleonic Wars.
This is one item from a Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 228/76(S) and microform MF958/4]. It is part of the Churchwardens' accounts for 1747-1875 (Page numbered 81).
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
Thorpe Parish Augt 27th 1815
Subscriptions in aid of the Fund for the Relief of the Wounded Survivors (and their Widows & Children of those who fell) in the Glorius Battle of Waterloo.
| [Names] | £ | s | d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collected at Church | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Further Subscription by the Inhabitants of the said Parish | |||
| The Revd J Maxwell Rector | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| W J Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| F West | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wm Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs Bontill/Bowhill? | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewing | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Mr Danl Ames | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hales Esqr | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Batley | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mr D Cox 2/6 Smith Taylor 1s/- J. Lincoln 1s/- | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Rodwell 1/- Jex -/6d R Dale 3/- Catermoull 1/- | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| J Rayner 3/- J Mack(*) 1/- Drew 1/- | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| J _ann_d? 3/- Buxt__? 2/- J Weeds 2/- | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Paid to the Revd Mr Maxwell | 19 | 19 | 4 |
Afterwards paid by him into Messrs Gurney's Bank to be transmitted to the Committee in London.
J Maxwell - Rector
[End of Document]
Notes
- "J Mack" could be "I Marsh"?
See also the Thorpe St Andrew (Thorpe Episcopi) parish page.
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August 2008