Norfolk: Kirstead - 1763-1764 - Overseers' Payments

Kirstead 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 300/34 and microform MF990/17] containing the Overseers' accounts (1763-1801).

Note that only extracts have been transcribed but this includes most items which mention surnames. Some names occur many times and not all of these are listed here.

The amount of some of the weekly payments (present on original) have been omitted here.

Other accounts available


- Churchwardens' Accounts -
Rates	1741
- Overseers' Accounts -
Rates	1764	1788
Payments	1763-1764	1764-1767	1768-1772
- Land Tax Accounts -
Payments	1801-02
- Tithe Accounts -
Amounts due	1734	1747	1767
- Land Survey -
Owners & Occupiers	1817

Overseers Names	[Year]
John Beaumont	1763
Roger Kirison	1764
John Rayner	1765
Robert Whall	1766
John Hinsby	1767
John Garrard	1768


The names of the persons that have served Overseer
M^r Jn^o Hinsby	Easter 1767 to Easter 1768
M^r Jn Garwood	D^o 1768 D^o 1769
M^r David Windett	D^o 1769 D^o 1770
M^r Robert Whalpole	D^o 1770 D^o 1771
Jn^o Hunter? and M^r Cerrison? Sen^r Hospital Farm	D^o 1771 D^o 1772
Robert Whall for ___n?	D^o 1772 D^o 1773
Rayner	D^o 1773 D^o 1774

[Recipient]	[Amount]
Spooners Dole disposed of as follows at __?[date]	[ s d ]
Joseph Waites	4 0
Widow Symonds	1 0
Jn^o Folkard	4 0
Edward Flatman	2 0
Widow Riches	2 0
---- Utting	3 0
Tho: Glover	2 0
Tho: Meek	2 0

[Total]	1 0 0

[Recipient]	[Amount]
Spooners Dole disposed of as follows at Easter 1765	[ s d ]
Joseph Waits	3 0
Widow Symons	1 0
Jn^o Folkard	4 0
Edward Flatman	2 0
---- Utting	3 0
Tho: Glover	2 0
Tho: Meek	2 0
[James Lovewell](crossed out)	1 6
Widow Riches	1 6

[Total]	1 0 0

First half years Disbursements of John Beaumont Overseer of the Poor from Easter 1763 to Michaelmas being 27 weeks.

[Names only]
Widow Muffit
Mr Whall
Mr Gardeners bill clothing for clothing Girl Symonds
Goodman Smyths Wife
Girl Gyls
Mr Grymes upon Riches account
Mr Kerrison upon Smyths account
Girl Smyths
Mary Camp
Goodman Roy
Widow Plummer
Widow Abraham
Wench? Smyth
Widow Naggs
Widow Hembling
Doctors bill for Mary Camp
Burying of Goodman Roy

Disbursements from Michaelmas 1763 to Easter 1764.

Mr Bird for the girl win.
Samuel Frost and Stephen Rade
Pd Thomas Naggs for beer
Widow Muffit One Hundred and a Quarter of Wood 1/17/6d
Goodman Utting (see notes)
Expences after Samuel Smyth
William Hambling 28 weeks at 1/-d = £1/8/-
Paid Mr Osbourne for Seven Years Quit Rent for the Town House at 6d per Year

Disbursements of Roger Kerrison Overseer from Easter 1764 to Michaelmas being 24 weeks.

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
May 11th	Two stone of meal half a pint of butter	0.2.8
13th	Figgs saffron currens raisings sugar _almi_? and a bottle of wine	0.3.7
14th	Half a pint of Butter. Pound of Loaf Sugar	0.1.1
15th	Wine Candle nutmeg	0.1.1
June 3rd	Mr Rainer and self spent	0.0.7
	[other entries re. nursing Smith family]
July 20th	Paid at Nagges for bear (beer) for nurses
Aug 20th	Paid Mr Fulcher for Doctering of Smith and family	1.16.6
	Doctor Fulcher bill for Mary Kemp	0.15.0

Collectioners - Widow Plummer, Widow Abraham, Girl Penn, Widow Muffett, William Hembling, Widow Naggs.

[End of Document]

Notes

In other rate documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Kirison/Kerrison/Cerrison, Kemp/Camp, Muffit/Muffett, Nagges/Naggs, Rayner/Reyner/Rainer, Symonds/Symons and Waits/Waites
In 1630, Thomas Spooner left by Will 20s a year, in trust to the Churchwardens and Overseers, for the poorest people of Kirstead. It came from land now belonging to G. S. Kett Esq. according to the White's directory of 1845.
The Bethel Hospital, Norwich owned a farm here.
Good'n and Goody are contractions for good-man and good-wife used as a universal address of simple cottager and his spouse according to the book "The Vocabulary of East Anglia" by "Robert Forby".

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