Norfolk: Baconsthorpe 1768 - Churchwardens' Rate

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] containing the Churchwardens' accounts book for 1722-1838 and this is the rate for 1768.

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

The Valuation was not present on the original but can be deduced from the payments and rate if required.

Baconsthorpe Oct 10^th 1768

A Rate made by the Churchwardens Overseers and other the Chief Inhabitants of the town abovesaid for presentments and Disbursments about the Church at 9½^d per pound.

[Occupiers' Names]	£	s	d
Mrs Girdlestone	1	2	3
More for Hallifax	0	1	7
John Springall	1	6	3¾
More for late Mr Britiffe's	0	3	6¾
More for late Lone's	0	1	7
More for late Warns's	0	4	0½
More for Dinah Spurrell's	0	9	6
More for late Bailey's	0	5	4¼
More for Rouse's	0	1	7
Robert Ives	2	14	7½
Robert Fisher	0	10	11¼
Francis Means	1	17	9¾
Peter Wilson	1	0	2¼
Abraham Leman	0	1	11¾
John Pell	0	9	8¼
John Spurrell	0	5	1¾
More for Abigail Spurrell's	0	1	11¾
Edmund Warns	0	8	4¾
John Grand	0	10	6½
Thomas Mayes	0	5	11¼
More for late Daniel's	0	1	7
Thomas Lone	0	1	10¼
Richard Frankland	0	1	7
More for burnt Heath	0	2	4½
John Brown	0	2	10¼
William Hall	0	3	10¼
Out Setters
William Crafer	1	8	6
Robert Athow	0	15	0½
Thomas Frankland	0	3	6¾
Edmund Bird	0	15	2¾
John Rump	0	2	9¼

	16	2	1½

March 27^th 1769
We nominate and appoint for the year ensuing churchwardens
John Springall
Robert Ives

W^m Hewitt Rector
John Spurrell
John Warns

[End of Document]

Notes

In other rate documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Craffer/Crafer

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