For a fire att Great Massingham in Norfolk, 1704 For Church Minshall Briefs, 1704 For a fire att South Molton (ye 27th of Novr. 1703) in Devonshire, 1705 .... For a fire at Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 1705 For a fire att Somersham, Hunt., by Letter, etc., 1705. For a Fire att Chatteris in ye Isle of Ely, Sep. 8, 1706 ...... Here ends the list in one register book. In the next there is a new system of entry, headed The Register of ye Breifs, ye, occasion of 'em, ye monies collected upon 'em & ye time when collected from ye 13 of April 1707. Upon ye breif for ye rebuilding of Darlington Church was collected ye 27 of April 1707 ye sum of four shillings and seven pence. Upon ye breif for a fire in Northmaston was collected ye 4th of May 1707 ye sum of four shillings and sixpence. Upon ye briefe for a fire in shire lane was collected ye 18th May 1707 ye sum of four shillings and seven pence. Upon ye breif for ye rebuilding Brosely Church was collected ye 25th of May 1707 ye sum of one shilling and elevenpence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Towcester was collected ye 15th of June 1707 y® sum of five shillings and nine pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Spilsby was collected ye 29th June 1707 ye sum of four shillings and one penny. Upon ye breif for Littleport was collected ye 26th of June ye sum of seven shillings and ten pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Southam was collected ye 26th of October ye sum of six shillings. Upon ye breif for ye repair of Dursley Church was collected ye 3rd of November ye sum of two shillings and fourpence. Upon ye breif for ye repair of Orford Church was collected ye 30th Novr. the sum of three shillings. Upon ye breif for a fire at Heavitree was collected ye 14th of Decr. the sum of two shillings and eight pence. Upon ye breif for a fire in Charles Street, Westminster, was collected ye eighth of Febr. ye sum of two shillings and seven pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at St Paul's, Shadwell, Middlesex, was collected ye 15th of Febr. two shillings nine pence halfe penny. Upon ye breif for a fire at Lisburne in Ireland was collected ye 9th of May 1708 ye sum of nine shillings and ten pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Wincanton was collected ye 23rd of May 1708 ye sum of four shillings and two pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Great Yarmouth was collected ye 6th of June 1708 ye sum of two shillings and three pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Bewdley was collected ye 20th of June 1708 ye sum of five shillings and eight pence. Upon ye breif for a fire at Edinburgh ye 31 of October 1708 was collected ye sum of four shillings and eight pence halfpenny. Upon ye breif for ye repair of Brenchley Church was collected ye 21 Nov. 1708 ye sum of two shillings and three pence. Upon ye breif for a fire in ye Strand at London was collected ye 12th of Decr. 1708 ye sum of four shillings and eight pence. Upon ye brief for ye rebuilding of Upper Darwent Chappel in Comit. Lancaster was collected upon the 8 of Dec. 1723 ye sum of This last entry is the only one in a handwriting which differs from all others. It will be observed that the amount collected is not entered, and that there is a long gap between the former entry in 1708 and this in 1723. Upon ye brief for rebuilding Great Bowlas Church in Com. Salop, July 25, 1725 ...... Upon ditto for fire at East Morden in comit. Dorset, Aug. 1 Ditto for fire at Camps Hall & Downton in com. Cam. & Wilts, Upon ditto for fire at Market Lavington in com. Wilts, collected Upon ditto for rebuilding Bampton Church in Com. Westmoreland, ......... Upon ditto for rebuilding Waresley Church in Com. Huntingdon, Upon ditto for rebuilding Ormeskirk Church in Com. Lancaster, Upon ditto for rebuilding Darlastone Church in Com. Stafford, collected on Sunday Dec. 26, 1725..... Upon ditto for Folkestone fishery com. Kent, May ye 1st, 1726 Upon ye brief for the loss at the Toun of Buckingham by fire amounting to £19,141 and upwards, collected from house. to house June 14th and 17th, 1726 One more isolated record concludes this extensive list of authorized collections, and with it this interesting register ends: Elton Register of Briefs, Anno 1726. Upon a brief for rebuilding St Nicholas Church in the City of Worcester, collected from house to house June ye 1st seven shillings and four pence. Upon ditto for Allbrighton Church, com. Salop, collected in Church July 17th one shilling and ten pence. Upon ditto for loss by fire at Alderford & Great Horwood, com. Norfolk and Bucks, amounting to £1070 and upwards, was collected in Church July the 31st three shillings and sevenpence farthing. This long list, monotonous to transcribe and probably tiresome to peruse, is nevertheless an essential part of the history of Elton; moreover, it is much more full and continuous than is often found, and the continuity would have been broken had any part of it been omitted. There only remain the Parish and Churchwardens' Account Books, and these unfortunately are only of comparatively recent date, and contain very little of particular interest. Of the former, the earliest book dates from 1760, and gives the names of the several occupiers with the amount of their respective assessments, together with the items of the overseers' expenditure. At that date the annual charges levied for rates appear to have varied from ninepence to one shilling in the pound. Mr. William Dexter and John Peake were the overseers; Mr. Gaskell the acting Justice by whom the rate was "allowed," and John Foreman, Henry Martin, and Rich Handson, the signatories when the books were audited. In 1762 the Justices who "perused and allowed the accounts" were Lord Carysfort and O. Jackson. The following entries somewhat arrest our attention: Militia man Pd. ye barber for bleeding Chapman Pa Sue Goodings & sue fowler for siting up and laying out for Chapman Wm Rowlatt for burying 2 people ............. 1771 To Mr Selby for Inoculation 1773 Old Piggin......... 1775 Tho. Morton shaveing Fitzjohn På Mary Taylor for Schooling Eliz. Kinggo 7 weeks. Pd Mary Noble for doctering Blackwell's face 1777 For an old waistcoat for Page 1791 To Jno. Afford for an Ass Hannah Dunkley a present from the Town 1793 Pd Jas. Middleton's order for the Militia Pa Jas. Earl's order for the Militia Pa Joseph Holt for shaving Wilm Spencer from Lady Day to Michs., and Cutting Clark's hair 1795 Pd for bleeding Mary Culpin 1797 Pa to the Man for the Army Edwd. Hildich's order for the Militia Richd. Hayes order for the Militia.. Pa to the Postman for bringing parcels from Oundle for half a year.... 1 8 6 26 10 0 770 7 7 0 2 0 .... 54 12 0 1 5 6 Augt. 15, 1803 Paid for two substitutes for Henry Gascoine and Paid the expences...... The Army of Reserve Account. Paid for a Substitute for Wm Norman 31 10 0 1 11 6 Paid to the recruit and to White to drink his Majesty's health....... Received of 41 Subscribers for the army of reserve at £1 1 0d each... Recd of 52 subscribers at 10s 6a each....... Reed of John Tebbutt Recd of Henry Gascoine 36 15 0 1 1 0 3 0 32 19 3 43 1 0 16 0 0 27 6 0 1 11 6 1 11 6 There was evidently a combination set on foot in Elton to provide a fund for the payment of substitutes for those who were "drawn " for the Militia; Gascoine and Tebbutt appear to have been the first upon whom the lot fell-afterwards Norman, Brice, and Wright were the unlucky ones. In each case a substitute was provided. It was now that Napoleon Buonaparte had (in 1802) been declared Consul for life, and after a lull war again broke out, and the declaration was followed by a decree for the arrest of all English travelling in France between the ages of sixteen and sixty; the consequence of this was that some 10,000 persons were arrested and thrown into prison, where they remained for about eleven years. In 1804 Buonaparte assumed the title of Emperor of France, and England had to strain every nerve to oppose his aggressions. The animosity which pervaded all classes thoroughly roused the country, hence the readiness with which steps were everywhere taken to comply with the requirements of the Government. ...... 1804 Pa to the overseers of Stilton part of the Bounty allowed to a Pd to Wm Johnson's wife and family substitute for G. Ebbutt from 48. per Pd. the expenses of one Edwd. Childs, a traveller, who was taken ill Paid 2 years' composition to Peterborough Bridge Bar for 1807 1808 Pȧ the expences attending C. Ventes the time when she lay ill, and laying out and sitting up 2 nights Paid for what C. Ventes had during her illness Beer and bread and cheese 3s., Clerk's expences 2s. 8d. |