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Appeals for loss by Fire and at Sea and to help Distressed Protestants (in Holland) 1703-1704

Baconsthorpe 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).
Occasionally appeals were made via a brief (which was issued by royal mandate) to raise money for disasters and other events. This was read out in church and a collection made in the church (and sometimes later in the parish) for the good cause.

For more information on these records see the Parish Accounts page.

This is one item from a Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference NRS 21142 and microform MF 969/6] which contains the Churchwardens' accounts book for 1663-1713.

Other accounts available

      
- Churchwardens' Accounts -    
Rates1768179018101827-29 
Payments1711-121723-281768-82  
      
Collections for
special appeals		1670 (Turkish
Slaves appeal)		1703-04 Wapping and
Gt Massingham Fires,
Distressed Protestants
(Holland)		  
- Surveyors' Accounts -    
Rates1773    
- Land Tax Accounts -    
Payments1800-01    

 

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

Baconsthorpe December 5th 1703
Collected then upon a Brief Published in the Church of Baconsthorpe for the Loss by Fire at Wapping near London as follows

  £   s   d
Viz Given by Valent Haywood Rector00 01 00
By Mr Edmund Britiffe gent00 02 00
By Richard Paul00 00 06
By Edmund Wornes00 00 02
By John Allison00 00 02
By Edward Bull00 00 02
{ Given by Wm Robins at his own
{ house upon a Weekday
{ December 30th 1703		00 00 06
 
Sum Total  00 04 06

 

Baconsthorpe December ---(1703)
Collected upon a Brief Published in the Church of Baconsthorpe for a Loss by Fire at Great Massingham in the county of Norff as follows

  £   s   d
Viz of Valent Haywood Rector00 00 06
of Edmund Britiffe Esq00 01 00
of John Lang Gent00 00 06
of Mr Paul00 00 04
of Thomas Yarham00 00 04
of John Allison00 00 02
of Edmund Wornes00 00 02
of John Pleasants00 00 02
 
In All  00 04 02

 

February 27th 1703
Collected then upon a Brief Published in the Church of Baconsthorpe for the distressed Protestants of the Principality of Orange as follows

  £   s   d
Viz of Valent Haywood Rector00 05 00
John Lang Gent00 15 00
Edmund Britiffe Esqr00 05 00
Madam Britiffe00 02 00
Madam Newman00 02 06
Richard Paul00 02 00
John Allison00 00 06
Edward Bull00 00 06
Edward Stimpson00 00 06
Thomas Yarham00 00 06
John Fairfax00 00 06
James Broadwood00 00 06
John Moor00 00 06
John Redgrave00 00 06
Robert Priest00 00 06
Thomas Gogney00 00 06
Richard Gogney00 00 04
Gregory Clackson00 00 02

Collected likewise from House to House
upon a Weekday as follows Viz.

(February) 28th 1703 £   s   d
John Spurrell00 00 06
Susanna Spurrell00 00 06
Richard Frankland00 00 04
Hellen Beare00 00 03
Edmund Wornes00 01 00
Christopher Spencer00 00 06
Urs_lay Bucke00 01 00
Hannah Jennys?00 00 03
Feb 29th 1703 
Given by Wm Robins00 03 00
March the 1st 1703 
Given by Wm Newman Esqr00 05 00
March the 5th 1703 
Given by Thos Browne00 00 06
Given by Will Chapman00 00 04
 
Sum Total  02 10 02

 

Baconsthorpe July the 31st 1704
Collected then upon a Brief for Seamen's Widows and Children for a Loss sustained by them from a violent storm and Tempest that happened the 26th of November 1703 as follows

  £   s   d
Viz Given by Mr Haywood Rector00 01 00
Given by Mr Lang Gent & Patron00 01 00
Given by Mr Paul Churchwarden00 00 06
Given by Mr Robins00 00 06
Given Aug 1st by John Spurrell00 00 06
Given by Wm Chapman00 00 02
Given by Edward Bull00 00 02
Given by Edmund Britiffe Esqr00 02 00
Given by Tho. Browne00 00 02
Given by John Allison00 00 03
 
Sum Total  00 06 03

 

 

[End of Document]

Notes

  • In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
    Clackson/Claxton

See also the Baconsthorpe parish page.

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July 2009