Cosgrove Overseers' Accounts 1787-88

Shoemaker
Faggot making


 
April 13th 1787
 
 
 
 
 
Disburstments of Jo. Limons [Liman] Overseer of the Poor of the Parish of Cosgrave
£
s
d
 
 
Balance from the old Book
4
3
3
¼
 
Weekley Pay
1
18
3
 
 
Jeffery Curtis
 
2
0
 
 
Mary Walls
 
2
0
 
 
Pettefer
 
4
0
 
 
Cole Ratlif [Ratley]
 
1
2
 
 
Price Old Stratford
 
2
0
 
 
26 Wicks [weeks] Hobs boy
 
13
0
 
 
Meeting at Grafton
 
8
0
 
 
Order for Wise's removal
 
6
0
 
 
Overseer Warrant
 
3
0
 
 
Gave Hicks
 
1
0
 
 
Lost by Levys
 
12
6
 
 
 
9
18
8
¼
 
Over Charge Ded d
 
6
6
 
 
 
9
12
2
¼
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disburstments for the Relief of the Poor of the Parrish of Cosgrave from April 20th 1787
 
 
 
 
April 20th
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
21
paid for Half a Hundred of Faggots
 
11
3
 
 
Gave Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
27
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
28
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
30
paid Wm Jones a Bill
 
2
8
 
May 1
Expences at Towcister Land Tax meeting
 
6
10
 
4th
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
 
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
11
Wickly Pay
1
18
3
 
11
Expences at Towcester a Drawing the Military
 
3
5
 
12
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
18
Wickly Pay
1
18
3
 
19
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
19
Expences at Towcester a Swaring in the Military
 
7
3
 
 
paid for Hiring a man for James Curtis
1
17
6
 
25
Wickly Pay
1
18
3
 
26
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
 
paid for mending Travels Childs Shoos
 
1
4
 
June 1
Wickly Pay
1
18
3
 
 
gave Old Dame Hobs
 
2
0
 
2
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
8
 
 
paid for Half a Hundred of Faggots
 
11
3
 
 
Expences at Towcester a Caring the Duplicates
 
1
0
 
8
Wickly Pay
1
18
3
 
9
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
15
Wickly Pay
1
18
3
 
June 15
paid Juffrey Curtis
 
2
0
 
22
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
 
Gave Hobbes and Hobbes Wench
 
7
0
 
29
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
July 6
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
 
gave a Woman and Man with a pass and Children
 
2
0
 
13
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
13
paid Mr Scriverner a Size and a Sesion's [assizes session] Bill
1
5
8
 
13
Faggotts
 
1
2
 
20
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
 
Faggotts
 
 
8
 
21
Bought Half a Hundred of Faggotts of Jones
 
11
3
 
27
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
August 3
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
10
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
 
Gave Linhams [Lineham] Wife to Cloath hur Child
 
2
6
 
11
Bought a score of Faggots
1
0
0
 
17
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
 
paid for Cloath for Jarvis
 
3
0
 
24
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
31
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
Sep 6
paid a Bill for Mary Blake Fo Conl. Mansel
2
17
3
 
6
Expences at Carring the Freeholders List
 
5
1
 
7
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
14
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
21
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
23
Gave Thos Groom
 
2
0
 
26
Gave Thos Newman
 
3
0
 
 
Gave Thos Groom
 
3
0
 
28
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
29
Expences at Perry [Potterspury] Statute
 
5
3
 
 
gave a woman with a pass
 
 
3
 
Oct 1
paid the quartridge
1
4
8
 
 
a sesion's Bill freeholders List
 
1
6
 
 
Charges at a Constable's meeting
 
4
6
 
2
Gave Thos Groom
 
4
0
 
10
paid for a shurt for Old Wadkins
 
4
4
 
12
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
12
paid Edward Jones for Faggots and Wood Carting
1
5
3
 
 
Gave Thos Groom
 
4
6
 
 
to paid Baker Franklin what he gave to French Esterordney
 
6
6
 
 
paid for a Lofe for Hicks
 
 
6
 
13
Booking and Gathering 2 Leveys
 
13
0
 
14
Gave parking [Perkins] to buy Cloath
 
4
0
 
14
Gave Thos Groom
 
3
0
 
19
Wickly Pay
1
17
3
 
20
Gave Thos Groom
 
3
0
 
 
paid Mr Watts out of pockit
 
4
0
 
 
Mr Symon Do Balance
9
12
2
½
 
Mr Nichols Do on page the first
 
8
0
 
 
Mr Collison
 
8
0
 
 
Mr Nicholls lost by Levey last year
 
12
7
 
 
Mr Symons by Thos Hutt
1
1
0
 
 
Jn Franklin by Do
1
3
0
 
 
 
25
19
6
½
 
first paige
22
2
5
 
 
second Do
39
7
1
 
 
 
81
9
0
½
 
Gathered by the Levies
82
19
8
 
 
Over and rem in hand
1
10
6
½
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dissburstments Continued
 
 
 
 
 
Paid Ed Jone for bear [beer][maintenance man?]
 
11
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
paid travels Child
 
2
6
 
21
Wickley Pay
1
17
9
 
 
Paid Thomas groome
 
1
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
28
Wick Pay [Week's pay]
1
18
9
 
 
paid for a load of fagets
1
5
0
 
 
and for fetching home
 
6
0
 
 
paid the quartridge
1
4
8
 
Jan 5 [17]88
Wickley Pay
1
18
9
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
11
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
Paid Edw Jones for bear [beer]
 
6
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
18
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
Gave Mary Ward Stratford
 
1
0
 
25
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
paid a meeting at grafton
1
14
6
 
 
Paid Ric'd Pen
 
3
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
Gave Mary War Stratford
 
9
0
 
 
Gave Meacham
 
2
0
 
Feb 1
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Gave Meachom
 
3
0
 
 
Gave Rich'd Pen
 
1
0
 
 
Gave Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
8
Paid for Nusing Sara hiley 
 
12
0
 
 
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid for Close [clothes] for Travels Child
 
9
0
 
 
Gave mecham [Meacham]
 
3
0
 
 
Gave Rich'd Pen
 
1
0
 
15
Gave Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
 
24
1
11
 
 
Dissburstments Continued
 
 
 
 
 
Gave Turvey for Bering [burying] Sears Child
 
2
3
 
 
Gave mecham [Meacham]
 
3
0
 
 
Gave Rich'd Penn
 
1
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
24
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid for a hundred of fagots
1
5
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
Gave meachem [Meacham]
 
1
0
 
 
Rich'd Pen
 
1
0
 
29
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
Gave meachem [Meacham]
 
2
0
 
 
Rich'd Pen
 
1
0
 
 
Gave Mary Warr Stratford
 
2
0
 
March 7
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid for a hundred of fagots
1
5
0
 
 
Gave Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
3
0
 
 
Gave mechem [Meacham]
 
2
0
 
 
Gave Rich'd Penn
 
1
0
 
 
Gave Jne Duray
 
6
0
 
 
Paid for a pare of Stays for travels Child
 
7
0
 
14
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
for fetching a load of wood from Brownswood for Daniel Travel last hier
 
7
0
 
 
for fetching a load for Do from the forist
 
8
0
 
 
Paid Mr Prock of Stratford for helping Hana Bliss till Shee Died
1
10
0
 
 
Paid Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
3
0
 
 
Paid Rich'd Pen
 
2
0
 
 
Paid meachem [Meacham]
 
2
0
 
 
Paid Jne Duray [Dury]
 
2
0
 
21
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
Paid Mr Worley a bill
6
19
5
 
 
Paid for a pare of Sues for Gosticks Child
 
2
6
 
 
 
23
7
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dissburstments Continued
 
 
 
 
 
Paid Mr Smith for the Poor house
1
10
0
 
 
Paid Mr Benson a bill
 
11
7
 
1788
Booking & Gathering too leves
 
13
0
 
23 Mar
Mr Marchams [Markham] Bill
7
8
2
 
 
Other Expences attending the Trial
1
15
6
 
 
Gave Mr Markam [Markham]Clerk
 
5
0
 
 
pd for clothes for Holby Girl
 
1
6
 
 
Hobbs Boy a Smock & Food
 
5
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brought over 1 page
21
11
6
 
 
2 ditto
24
1
11
 
 
3 do
23
7
11
 
 
 
81
11
7
½
 
Lost by Rich'd Petifors Levey & Wm Sears ?
 
 
 
 
 
For Charges at Grafton meeting
 
5
0
 
 
Lost by Leves
 
7
0
 
 
 
 
12
0
 
 
Receipts
 
 
 
 
 
from the Late Overseer   1 - 10 - 6
7
1
11
 
 
by 2 6d Levys                      83 -   6 - 6
7
13
11
 
 
 
84
17
0
½
 
Payments
81
11
7
½
 
Balance due to the Parish
3
5
5
 
 
Out of pocket Since Ester
7
13
11
 
 
Due to A Bakeman [Bateman name of overseer]
4
8
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
Paid Edward Jones the Expences at Ester meeting
1
11
6
 
 
Paid Do for bear at Bering Sears Child
 
4
6
 
 
Pd Wm Jones for Sears Child coffin
 
8
0
 
 
Gave holoway fo Deansanger
 
5
0
 
 
Paid for a goun for Travels child
 
6
0
 
 
Pd Elezebeth Holis
 
10
0
 
 
Pd Jefery Curtes [Curtis]
 
2
0
 
 
pd Rich'd Pen
 
1
6
 
 
pd mechem [Meacham]
 
1
0
 
28
Wickley Pay
1
16
9
 
 
pd Mr Scrivener a seions [Sessions] bill
 
1
0
 
 
Expences going to Stoke
 
5
6
 
 
pd Mr Scrivener a seions bill
 
1
0
 
 
pd Mr Scrivener Sise bill & Quartridge
1
5
8
 
 
pd a woman for Caring Sinamons mony to Blisworth
 
2
6
 
 
 
7
1
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24th March 1788  Verified the above Accts & we nominate George Collison & Rich'd Nichols Overseers for the yr Ensuing
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Malkes
 
 
 
 
 
Jos Scrivener
 
 
 
 
 
P Symons
 
 
 
 
 
Geo Collison
 
 
 
 
 
Rich'd Nichols
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10th April 1788 Verified on Oath Before us and we appoint George Collison and Richard Nicholls Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Cosgrove for the year ensuing
 
 
 
 
 
John Eccles