Our Parish Books, & What They Tell Us: Holy Cross, West Gate, Canterbury
Our Parish Books, & What They Tell Us: Holy Cross, West Gate, Canterbury
J Meadows Joseph Meadows Cowper
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; the flea at ye -JaUe for Peter Lecaw," IOr. ; and in August of the next year " To Lew«aw*8 wife a gallon of Bread," tenpence. From August, 1753 to Ontober, 1756, all the acoonots are missing. In 1752-3 the workhouse poor were mMntained at a cost of eighteen -pence each per week, but in 1756 it is difficult to say how much they oost, as the three items here given will show : Cam 9 poor 3 weeks 7 poor 3 weeks two Do. Spoor 5 16 Graye at St. Stephens Six weeks at 2s. two Do at Is. Turner Is. 6d ...14 Graye North Lane Is. Allen Do. Segvin at6d 1 The next entries require no explanation : petters 3 weeks at 3s. two Do. at 5s 19 "Sent down to the workhouse a point of Gin & Half a point of wine 6 10 Gave Mr. Cam for a Come & other Nesseoarys 1 Gktve Mr. Cam for the ChUdrens Heads. ... 1 Mr. Cam, who appears to have been the Master of the Workhouse, received a shilling for a like purpose a fortnight later. Two more items bring us to the end of 1756. Sent at Fevorsham and for a shaye and all Charge Belateing to Apprehending the Father of Jvdith Turners Bastard 018 pd Mr.
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