Norfolk: Kirstead - 1764-1767 - 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

Disbursements of Roger Kerrison Overseer from Michaelmas 1764 to Easter 1765.

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
Oct 7th	Paid Smith for Rent
	Expenses after Kemp
15th	For Carring Mary James to the Doctor and boarding her	0.2.0
Dec 3rd	Spent at Naggs after Gill	0.0.9
Jan 17th	Uttin
29th	Old Utton 15 Blocks	0.7.6
	Widow Muffett 90 faggots 5 Blocks	0.10.0
March 4th	Paid to Mr Holt?	0.2.6
	Paid to Mr Garwood for Uttings rent	0.15.6

Collectioners
William Hemnall 26 weeks at 1/- = £1/6/0
Boy Muffett

Disbursements of Jn^o Rayner Overseer from Easter 1765 to Michaelmas being 26 weeks and a half.

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
May 11th	Widow Harvey
June 23rd	Sent by the Rev^d M^r Widworth?[Wadsworth] to bury James Lovewell To 4 Bearers	0.4.0
	To Beer for the Bearers to Drink	0.1.0
	Paid to Fenn of Norwich for Rent	1.1.0
July 28th	Paid Stephen Read for his fees for burying James Lovewell	0.2.6

[Names] Widow Harvey, Widow Riches, Widow Naggs, Widow Lovewell

Disbursements of Jn^o Rayner Overseer from Michaelmas 1765 to Easter 1766.

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
Nov	John Folkard
	Goody Folkard
	Boy Benjamin Muffit
	Isaac Gills for his girl when ill

[Note other names barely legible at this point in accounts]

Disbursements of Rob^t Whall Overseer from Easter to Michaelmas 1766.

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
	Goody Naggs
	Bought the Widow Muffit Stuff to cure the Ague	1/1d
	Paid Mary Nights for the Girl Gills Board and Laying her forth	6/-
	Paid Henry Riches towards Burying his Wife	10/6
	Paid Robert Harvery towards Burying his Mother	10/6
	Paid M^r Wadsworth for burying the Girl Gills	1/-
Aug 15th	Delivered half a Hundred of Wood to the Town House	15/-
	Paid Matthew Kerrison for the Girl Gills Coffin	18/-
	Paid Fenns Rent	10/6

Rate raised in Oct 1766

[13] John Beaumont for Mr Coke St Giles in Norwich

Disbursements of Rob^t Whall Overseer from Michaelmas 1766 to Easter 1767.

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
	Expenses after Henry Riches to Horning	6/6
	Paid the Overseers at Horning for Henry Riches	7/6
	Paid Goody Fenn Towards Rent	5/-
Oct	Shirts for the Boy Muffit	2/-
	Paid Mr Hinsby	2/10

Disbursements from Easter 1767

Date	[Disbursements]	£.s.d
	Paid to Richard Naggs for boarding Isaac Gills	£1/9/3
	Expences at Richard Naggs after Town Business	2/8
19/Oct	Paid to the Workhouse [at Heckingham]	13/9/3½

[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, Muffit/Muffet, Rayner/Reyner
Good'n and Goody are contractions for good-man and good-wife used as universal address of simple cottager and his spouse according to the book "The Vocabulary of East Anglia" by "Robert Forby".

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