Parish of Henstridge Somerset, England |
Extracts from the Church Wardens Accounts
Transcribed
by Judy
Jan
28 1776
"The
Minister, Churchwardens & Overseers of the Parish of Henstridge, mov'd by
the great Distress of the Poor at this inclement Season, thought it adviseable
to wait on the principal Inhabitants of the Parish for the purpose of raising a
Sum of Money, by way of voluntary Contribution, to be Distributed amongst the
honest & industrious Poor who endeavour to support themselves & Families
independently of the Parish aforesaid."
What
each Person subscribed for that Purpose may be seen Distinctly as follows-
Surname
Christian
Description £sd
WESTON
Phipps
D.D.Vicar 2.2.0
WALTER
Edward
Esq.
15.15.0
HOAR
Henry
Esq.
5.5.0
MEDCOTT
Tho.s
Esq.
4.4.0
GOULD
George
Esq.
2.2.0
MISENER
Esq.
2.2.0
BISHOP
Curate
0.10.6
HUDSON
Mr.
0.10.6
GAPPER
Mr.
0.10.6
GREEN
Mr
senr 0.10.6
BENNETT
Mr.
0.10.0
CROCKER
Mr.
0.10.6
HOBBS
Mary
Mrs
0.10.6
HOBBS
Martha
Mrs
0.10.6
DOWDINGS
Farmer
0.10.6
COX
Wm.
Farmer
0.6.9
GRAY
Benj.
Mr.
0.5.3
GREEN
R.
Mr jnr
0.5.3
ANDREWS
Mrs
0.5.0
HOBBS
Abed.o
Mr.
0.5.3
HOBBS
Sam.l
Mr.
0.5.3
GREEN
John
Mr.
0.5.0
HIGGINS
Mrs
0.5.0
OBORN
Farmer
0.2.6
BAKER
Rich.d
Mr.
0.2.6
RANDALL
Mr.
0.2.6
SMITH
Miss
0.2.6
GREEN
Joseph
Mr.
0.2.6
ROBERTS
Farmer
0.2.6
LOVEL
Farmer
0.2.6
SMITH
Mrs
0.2.0
DREW
Farmer
0.2.0
COX
Farmer
0.1.6
MITCHELL
Tho.s.
0.1.6
GARRETT
Miss
0.1.0
RANDALL
Miss
0.1.0
FATHERS
Mrs
0.1.0
BRINE
Miss
0.1.0
TOTAL
39.15.3
Memorandum
"It
was directed by the subscribers at a vestry legally held for the purpose that
the minister & officers should dispose of the said sum of £39-15-3d at two
several times that is to say the sum £19-12s 9d the first time & the
remainder on some future day, partly in Cash, partly in wheat, & partly in
Peas to the following poor families."
Surname
Christian
Distribution £sd
GODDARD
Mary
Cash
0.1.6
BURGE
Rich.d
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 6d
0.4.0
TAYLOR
Benj.
1 peck wheat 1peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
BUNTER
Mary
Cash
0.2.0
WEAR
Wm.
1/2 bushel wheat cash 1s
0.5.0
LANGDON
John
1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
CLARK
Saml
1/2 bushel wheat 1/2 peck peas cash 15d
0.6.0
LANGDON
Susannah Cash
0.1.6
HODDINOTT
Thos
1peck wheat 1/2 peck peas cash 15d
0.4.0
COURTENAY
John
1/2 bushel wheat
0.4.0
GULLIFORD
John
1 peck wheat 1/2 peck peas cash 10d
0.5.0
CLARK
Abraham 1 pech wheat 1/2 peck peas cash
3d 0.3.0
COURTENAY
Betty
Cash
0.1.6
BISS
Wm.
1/2 bushel wheat cash 2s
0.6.0
PENNY
Sam.ll
1/2 bushel wheat
0.4.0
PENNY
John
1/2 bushel wheat
0.4.0
OLIVER
Tho.s
1/2 bushel wheat
0.4.0
COSS
Charles 1/2 bushel
wheat
0.4.0
LUCAS
Anne
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
GULLIFORD
George
1/2 bushell wheat cash 1s
0.5.0
BRINE
John
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 6d
0.4.0
BRINE
James
Cash
0.5.0
LUFFMAN
Wm.
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 6d
0.4.0
HUNT
Harriet 1 peck wheat
cash 6d
0.2.6
BARTLETT
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
CLARK
Abra.m
(his maidens) 1peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
HOBBS
James
1 peck wheat 0.2.0
CLARK
Hannah
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
ABBOT
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
MULLENS
John
1/2 bushel wheat 1 peck peas cash 6d
0.6.0
LEGG
Elisha
1 peck peas cash 1s
0.2.6
GILLINGHAM
John
Cash
0.3.0
GILLINGHAM
Wm.
Cash
0.1.6
BRICKLE
Joseph
1/2 bushel wheat cash 6d
0.4.6
COX
James
1/2 bushel wheat cash 6d
0.4.6
LANNING
Phillip
1/2 bushel wheat cash 6d
0.4.6
COFFIN
James
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 1s
0.4.6
HALLETT
Joseph
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
LOSS
Isaac
1/2 bushel wheat cash 2s
0.6.0
ANSTY
John
1 peck wheat 0.2.0
MOORES
Charles
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 1s
0.4.6
CHANT
Henry
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
HOBBS
George
1/2 bushel wheat 1 peck peas cash 6d
0.6.0
BISS
Lawrence 1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
CROCHRAM
Jerem.
1peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
OLIVER
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
JEANS
Anne
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
BISS
Mary
1 peck wheat 1peck peas cash 6d
0.4.0
HOBBS
Saml
1peck wheat (Mussey Hobbs)
0.2.0
BISS
Betty
1 peck peas 0.1.6
HOBBS
Benj.n
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
HARDY
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
BISS
Sarah
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
GULLIFORD
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
OBORN
Sus.
1/2 peck peas cash 15d
0.2.0
SANSOM
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
TAYLOR
Thos
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 18d
0.5.0
ANSTLEY
Sarah
1 peck wheat 0.2.0
HICKS
Charles 1 peck wheat
cash 1s
0.3.0
DAVIDGE
Betty
1/2 peck wheat 1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.2.6
CHANT
Sam.ll
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
SCOTT
Grace
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
TITE
Henry
1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
CHIPPIT
John
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 2s 6d
0.6.0
RYAL
James
1/2 peck wheat 1/2 peck peas cash 3d
0.2.0
RYAL
John
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 18d
0.5.0
OWDEN
Rachel
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
HUNT
James
1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
HUNT
John
Cash
0.2.0
CLARK
Patience peas cash 15d
0.2.0
KENNISTON
James
1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
TOOGOOD
Mary
cash
0.2.0
ASH
Margare Cash
0.2.0
TRIGGS
Joanna
Cash
0.2.0
ROSE
George
1 peck wheat 1/2 peck peas cash 3d
0.3.0
HOBBS
Wm
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 18d
0.5.0
LOVEL
William 1 peck wheat
1/2 peck peas 2s 6d 0.5.0
HOBBS
John
1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
BELLAIN
George
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 1s
0.4.6
MILMOTH
Ann
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
OHE?
Mary
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
HUMPHREY
Tamsin
Cash
0.2.0
AXTENCE
Elisha
1 peck wheat cash 1s
0.3.0
WEBB
Sarah
Cash
0.1.6
TOOGOOD
Ebinezer
1 peck peas cash 1s
0.2.0
HUNT
Robt.
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 18d
0.5.0
CHIPPIT
William
Cash
0.6.0
RYALL
Susannah 1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
CAINES
James
1peck wheat cash 2s
0.4.0
CAINES
Dorcas
1 peck wheat cash 6d
0.2.6
AXTENCE
Robt.
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 6d
0.4.0
COFFIN
James
1 peck wheat 1 peck peas cash 18d
0.5.0
GARRETT
Betty
1/2 peck peas cash 9d
0.1.6
WOOLFORD
Sarah
1/2 peck wheat cash 6d
0.1.6
TOOGOOD
Jonathon Cash
0.5.0
SANSOM
Jonathon 1
peck wheat cash 2s
0.4.0
GREGORY
John
1/2 bushel wheat
0.4.0
BULGEN
Philip
1/2 bushel wheat cash 1s
0.5.0
COX
Ann
Cash
0.2.6
TAYLOR
James
Cash
0.6.0
DAVIDGE
Joseph
Cash
0.6.0
HOBBS
Mesheck Cash
0.5.0
BANTON
Eliz.
Cash
0.5.0
WHITE
John
1/2 bushel wheat cash 2s
0.6.0
TOOGOOD
Edward
Cash
0.4.0
ANSTY
Rebecca Cash
0.2.0
GARDENER
Betty
Cash
0.2.0
TOOGOOD
Edward
& Daughter 1/2 peck peas
0.0.9
WEBB
Betty
1/2 peck wheat
0.1.0
BISS
Robt.
Cash
0.2.0
EVERED
Mary
Cash
0.1.6
GODDARD
Stephen
Cash
0.1.6
CHIPPIT
James
Cash
0.2.0
BURGE
Thos
Cash
0.2.0
HUNT
Thos
Cash
0.5.0
WEBB
Mary
Cash
0.1.0
CLARK
Daughter
Cash 0.1.0
CULLIFORD
Sarah
Cash
0.1.0
CLARK
Abraham Cash
0.2.0
Total
19.12.9
Memorandum.
The
remaining Part of the 39-15-3 was dispos'd of nearly in the same manner&
Proportion as the above about 3 weeks after-adding some few names which were
omitt'd in the former List & whom we thought upon making Deliberation to be
equally entitled – which took in all the surplus money-
1776
Ap:28
The
aforesaid State of Things & Accounts is true or just as witness our hands.
Surname
Christian
Description
WESTON
Phipps
Vicar
BISHOP
William
Curate
HOBBS
Abed.o
Church Warden
HUDSON Nath.ll Church Warden