Norfolk: Baconsthorpe - 1723-1728 - Churchwardens' Payments

Baconsthorpe 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 334/15 and microform MF 969/2] which contains the Churchwardens' accounts book for 1722-1838.
Note that only extracts have been transcribed but this includes most items which mention surnames. Common events eg. bread/wine, some non-specific trade bills etc. have for the most part been excluded.

Other accounts available


- Churchwardens' Accounts -
Rates	1768	1790	1810	1827-29
Payments	1711-12	1723-28	1768-82

Collections for special appeals	1670 (Turkish Slaves appeal)	1703-04 Wapping and Gt Massingham Fires, Distressed Protestants (Holland)
- Surveyors' Accounts -
Rates	1773
- Land Tax Accounts -
Payments	1800-01

April 15 1723 Churchwardens Disbursements.

Date	[Disbursements]	£ s d
	My horse jorney & expences to Norwich	00 05 00
	Spuner for a polcat	00 00 06
	Golden for 3 foxes	00 03 00
	2 lode [load] of Clay crarying (sic) & diging filling	00 02 00
	the Masons bill of worke	01 07 08
	M^r Wornes for 2 polcats	00 01 00
	1 lode of sand carying	00 01 00

April the 6th 1724
Allowed by us
[signed] John Rush Rect^r
Willi Newman
Richard Paull
John Spurrell
Robert Wake?
"R W" (the mark? of) Rob^t Ward

We do nominate and appoint for the Town of Baconsthorpe Churchwardens for the year ensueing
Rob^t Ward
Edm^d Warnes

[signed] John Rush Rect^r
Willi Newman
Richard Paull
John Spurrell
Stephen Neave?
Robert Wake?

Edmond Warns & "R" [Mark of Robert Ward] Churchwardens for the year of our Lord 1724 Disberse as follo(we)th

Date	[Disbursements]	£ s d
April 17 1724	Paid at Caston Court	00 03 08
8th June	paid to M^r Cibet - visitation	00 02 10
	for 6 Ertchons Catching	00 02 00
	for a poolcat catched godny	00 00 06
	for a Le(a)ther for the bell Clape?	00 00 09

Allowed by us
Thomas Winton (his mark)

March the 29th 1725 Churchws Edm^d Warns [for the next year]
[signed] Chris: Brettingham

Disbursed in 1725

Date	[Disbursements]	£ s d
	for 4 hedghogs killing	00 01 04
	for 3 hedghogs killing by porl_?	00 01 00
	for 6 hedghogs killing by M^r Newman	00 02 00
	for 6 hedghogs killing by Da_erson?	00 02 00
	for a hedghogs killing by Clark	00 00 04
	for 3 hedghogs killing by M^r Hall	00 01 00
	for 7 hedghogs killing by Jo__? Emerson	00 02 04
	for 1 hedghogs killing Wakfild	00 00 04
	M^r Cibet at the visit	00 03 02
	for a fox killing Mr Lyngs	00 01 0_?
	5 hedghogs killing M^r Pauls man	00 01 08
	for a hedghog Rob Emerson	00 00 04
	for a hedghog killing M^r Nans? Lad	00 00 04
	Paid to Will Jobson for a hedghog	00 00 04
	Paid to Thoms Midelton 2 hedghogs	00 00 08
	Will Nobs for a pool Catt killing	00 00 06
	for 2 pool Catt killing M^r Pall man	00 01 00
	Paid to Will Anger for hedge hog killing	00 00 04
	Paid to M^r Newman man for a hedge hog killing	00 00 04
	Paid for whiting and playstring (plastering) the Church	01 11 00
	for a bushel of hear (hair)	00 00 08
	for a bushel of cols (coals?)	00 00 08
	D^o for a Le(a)ther stauen? to Will Bear	00 02 06?
	p^d to Richard Neave for a Polcatt	00 00 06
	p^d to Willm Arger for a polcatt	00 00 06
	for a _? fox killing M^r Hall	00 01 00
	P^d to John Clark for a pol Catt	00 00 06

Allowed by us
John Rush Rect^r
Willi^- Newman
Richard Paull
Stephen Neave
Chris: Brettingham

Disbursements in 1726

Date	[Disbursements]	£ s d
	P^d to Blog for 3 foxes killing	00 03 00
	P^d to Poorter? for 2 hedg hogs	00 00 08
	P^d to Rob Ward for 2 hedg hogs	00 01 00
	P^d to Poorter for 3 hedg hogs	00 01 00
	P^d to Richard Peg for a pool Cat	00 00 06
	P^d to Will Spoumer for a hedg hog	00 00 04
	P^d to Danil Rayner for a hedg hog	00 00 04
	P^d to M^r Langs? man for 3 hedg hogs	00 01 00
	P^d to Robet Ward for a hedg hog	00 00 04
	P^d to Grig Claxton for 3 hedg hogs	00 01 00
	P^d to Jams Hiperson for 2 hedg hogs	00 00 08
	P^d to John Boyse for worke about the Church	03 10 00
	P^d Richard Say for pluming (plumbing)	01 04 00
	P^d the Mason	00 06 06
	Smithes worke	00 18 00
	P^d to Groom	00 05 06

Disbursements in 1727 by Edmund N___? (Neave?)

Date	[Disbursements]	£ s d
	paid to M^r Cubet at the visittatin (sic)	00 05 06
	paid to Mary Spurrill a hedg hog	00 00 04
	paid to Eli Ward 1 hed hogs	00 00 04
	paid to M^r Wake a hed hog	00 00 04
	paid Mary Rayner a hedg hog	00 00 04
	paid M^r Layngs boy a hedg hog	00 00 04
	paid to John Crane? for a hedg hog	00 00 04
	paid to Joseph Arger for a hedg hog	00 00 04
	Paid David Ransum for a fox	00 01 00
	M^r Neve's Rec^t for Entering in the Register a Copy of M^r Newman's will? Relating to his Gift to the Poore	00 03 00

22 Apr, 1728
Nominated and appointed for the year following
Edm^d Warns
[signed] John Spurrell
Philip Paul

[End of Document]

Notes

In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Cibet/Cubet, Godny/Gogny?, Spuner/Spooner, Spurrill/Spurrell, Wornes/Warnes/Warns
Ertchons = Urchins or Hedgehogs

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