An account of the Hemp Wheels Bought by Thomas Bright Gale and John Church 1794(?) - [WRO 831/13]
Background Information
Under the Poor Law Act of 1601 the parish Overseer could collect rates for the relief of the poor. One of several ways the monies could be spent was in providing materials with which the poor could be put to work. The year 1794 was one of considerable hardship throughout the land and so, presumably to relieve some of the burden on the Poor Rate payers, it was deemed beneficial to spend a considerable amount on the provision of these 73 spinning wheels (plus the hemp needed to go with them). Seventy families received this aid and this is possibly about 30% of the households in the parish at the time. As the wheels would only be given to those physically capable of operating them and so excluded the very aged or infirm, it gives an indication of the level of destitution at this time
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Sarah Crook 1 |
Sarah Tarrant 1 |
Ann Catwell [and?] daughter 2 |
Mary Wrench 1 |
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John Skittrell’s wife 1 |
Ann Eagle 1 |
Hannah Neale 1 |
Betty Smith 1 |
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Betty Ruddle 2 |
Eliz Hilliard 1 |
Jane Blake 1 |
Frances Pyke 1 |
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Sarah Smith 1 |
Sarah Ruddle 2 |
Mary Hilliard 1 |
Jane Juley Stone 1 |
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Eliz Cole 1 |
Margaret Kingstone 1 |
Sarah Wrench 1 |
Jane Hilliard 1 |
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Thomas King’s daughter 1 |
Edward Hilliard’s wife 1 |
Lucy Kingstone 1 |
Sarah New 1 |
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Eliz Newman 1 |
Sarah Truman 1 |
Eliz Skittrell 1 |
Sarah Howell 1 |
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Catherine Long 1 |
Ann Long 1 |
Sarah Crosby 1 |
Sarah Markes 1 |
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Mary Kingstone 1 |
Eliz Fribins 1 |
Eliz Dixon 1 |
Eliz Newman 1 |
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Eliz Pyke 1 |
Mary Gregory 1 |
Sarah Parker 1 |
Charlotte Tarrant 1 |
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Elizabeth Sanford 1 |
Sarah Pearse 1 |
Mary Kingstone 1 |
Eliz Lovelock 1 |
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Mary Dobson 1 |
Mary New 1 |
Eliz New 1 |
James Tilley’s wife 1 |
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Mary Tilley 1 |
Hannah Tilley 1 |
Jane Scarlett 1 |
Jane Kimber 1 |
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Frances Kimber 1 |
Widow Newman 1 |
Jane Howill 1 |
Mary New 1 |
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Hetty Beckingham 1 |
Phillis Castleman 1 |
Betty Stephens 1 |
Rebeckah Stephens 1 |
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Ann Cox 1 |
Rebecka Hains 1 |
Jane Davis 1 |
Jane Gilford 1 |
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Mary Dobson 1 |
John Bridgeman’s daughter 1 |
Eliz Minall 1 |
Eliz Kingstone 1 |
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Martha Cox 1 |
James Nichol’s wife 1 |
A Total of 73 wheels
© Colin Younger 2001