Norfolk: Ashill - 1790s - Poor Charity

Fuel Distribution

Ashill like a number of Parishes had Charities which had left money to help its poor. These are described in 1811 by Zachary Clark in his book on Norfolk Charities .

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

This is one item from a Norfolk Record Office document [with reference PD 548/94 and microform MF718/11] containing Miscellaneous Papers for 1818-1837 (but it also contains earlier documents).

This document is undated and lists the "Certificate Inhabitants" and the "Inhabitants" of the Parish together with the number of their children and an additional column headed "Turf". I believe it to date from the 1790s for reasons described below :-
1. Jeremiah Brownsill was buried on 18/July/1800 aged 79 years and the cause of death was smallpox. Mary Baker (aged 70) died of the same cause which claimed 5 people altogether that year. Margaret Ofield (aged 87) was buried 25/Mar/1800.
2. Thomas Norgate (widower) married Alice Barker on 5/Jan/1785 and they had four people in their family in 1787. Here they have six.
3. Other families have increased in number since 1787 ie. John Blower(+4), John Boughen(+2), James Bartlett(+3), Stephen Griggs(+2), Harrell(+3), Miller(+4), John Ofield(+8) etc. some of which are due to births.

This Fuel allocation looks very similar to the document for 1787 which is linked below.

Other accounts available


- Churchwardens' Accounts -
Rates	1824-26
Payments	1795-99	1801-04
- Overseers' Accounts -
Fuel distribution	Charity handout in 1787 of Coal		Allocation in 1790s of Turf
- Charities for the Poor -
Z. Clark book	1811
- Land Tax Accounts -
Payments	1799-1800
- Land Valuation -
Assessment	1816


Certificate Inhabitants of Ashill	Children		Turf
Adcock J & Mary	3	5	612
Bullen? W^m & Martha	2	4	490
Buckenham W^m & Eliz	2	4	490
Barker Ja^s & Mary	-	2	145
Garnham Rob^t? & Phebe	2	4	490
Gall John & Susanna	1	3	367
Lusher Tho^s & Mary	3	5	612
Smith -- & Wife	-	2	145
Snelling --	-	-	---
Smith John & Eliz	-	2	145
Yull Eliz Widow	3	4	490
Yull Elizabeths Child	1	1	122
Inhabitants
Arnold Rob^t	3	5	1225
Barnes Mary Widow	-	1	245
Baker Eliz Widow	-	1	245
Blower John & Mary	2	4	980
Boughen John & Rose	3	5	1225
Boughen Mary Widow	-	1	245
Brownsill Jeremiah	-	1	245
Bartlett Ja^s & Mary	3	5	1225
Brown John & Elizabeth	4	6	1470
Cock Tho^s Widower	-	1	245
Drew Joseph & Sarah	4	6	1470
Gostling Francis & Elizabeth	2	4	980
Garrard Tho^s & Amey	1	3	735
Garner Hen^y & Hannah	-	2	490
Garner John & Elizabeth	5	7	1715
Griggs Tho^s Widower	2	3?	735
Griggs Stephen & Susanna	1	3	735
Harrell Charles & Ann	3	5	1225
Lockit John & Mary	1	3	735
Miller Francis & Mary	4	6	1470
Norgate Tho^s & Alice	1	3	735
Ofield John & Mary	5	7	1725
Ofield Margaret Widow	-	1	245
Ofield W^m & Elizabeth	1	3	735
Oxborough Widower	1	2	490
Oxborough -- & Elizabeth	4	6	1470
Percival Mary Widow	3	4	980
Pollard Mary	3	4	980
Rudland Hen^y Widower	-	1	245
Roome Philip & --	3	5	1225
Rust Tho^s & Elizabeth	1	3	735
Smith Mary Widow	-	1	245
Shin John & Mary	2	4	980
Sturgin Francis & Eliz	5	7	1725
Stebbings --	-	1	245
Ward John & Mary	5	7	1725
West John Widower	1	2	490
Ward Tho^s & Charity	1	3	735
Yull Eliz	1	-	245
Collins -- & wife	1	-	--
Steed -- & wife	1	-	--

Pieces of Turf

Certificate  4408
            35525
            -----
[Total]     39933

[End of Document]

Notes

In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Lockit/Lockwood, Ofield/Oldfield, Roome/Rome
In the Children columns it is likely that the first is males which appears to be confirmed by the Stebbings entries.
Two Inhabitants were allocated 245 pieces of Turf (for the fire). Certificate Inhabitants seem to get generally half this quantity with one or two minor exceptions.

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