Poor Law Accounts 1754 – 55

	1754-55
	JUNE
		£	s	d
1	To John Haworth	0	5	0
	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Malah Critchley	0	1	6
	To Grace Dobson for Hindle Child	0	5	0
10	To Martha Barret	0	1	0
19	To Ditto Do	0	2	0
26	Do Do	0	2	0
	To house rent for Martha Barret	0	16	0
	To house rent for John Leeming and Margaret Gilles	0	12	0
28	To Martha Barret	0	2	0
		1	17	0
	JULY
1	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Grace Dobson for Hindle Child	0	5	8
2	To John Haworth	0	5	0
3	To Blankets for Martha Barret	0	4	0
	To Martha Barret Board and Wages	0	2	0
	To Shifts for Martha Barret	0	4	0
		1	5	8
	AUGUST
1	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Grace Dobson	0	5	8
	To Martha Barret	0	8	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
11	To Mary Haughton	0	2	6
	To Betty Giles child	0	2	0
	To John Cunliffe for cloth for Betty Giles Child	0	3	6
	For Ditto for Wast cote & Britches	0	5	0
21	To Mr Smalley	0	2	0
22	To William Wiggan “5 going 1”	0	6	0
22	To a pair of stockings 10d and 6d in cash for Betty Giles Child	0	1	4
24	To the burial of Wiggan Daughter	0	14	0
		3	0	0
	SEPT
1	To James Hindle	0	4	8
	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Martha Barret	0	8	0
2	To Mr Smalley schoolmaster	0	4	0
	To certificate for Isable Yates	0	4	6
	To spent concerning Isable Yate	0	0	6
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
		1	11	8
	OCTOBER
1	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Martha Barret	0	8	0
	To Mr Smalley Schoolmaster	0	4	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
	To James Hindle	0	4	8
	To Martha Barret Acct.
	To William Hindle Being money paid by the said William Hindle for ale, Midwife binding the child, Churching etc	0	41	6
	To Widow Hargreaves for binding Martha Barret	0	2	0
13	To Widow Hargreaves for Attending Martha Barret	0	5	0
	To Ditto	0	4	0
20	To Henry Wiggon for Clothes for Barret children	0	2	7
	To Ditto for John Dobson	0	0	6
	To Widow Hargreaves for board wages For Martha Barret	0	2	0
	For attendance	0	1	0
	Continued
20	To the Reverend Mr Smith upon Acct. of Martha Barret	0	1	0
	To coffin for Do. Child	0	1	0
28	To William Raccx (?) for sugar	0	0	11
		3	1	2
	NOV
1	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Jas. Hindle	0	4	8
	To spent concerning Martha B	0	0	8
	To Mr Smalley	0	4	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
9	To Dr Haworth upon Acc of Martha B	0	10	6
15	To Grace Rishton sickness	0	3	0
20	For Mr Bentley for Blue Size	0	0	8
	To Widow Hargreaves House Rent	0	16	8
	To Grace Rishton	0	2	0
	To Spent at Henburn Bridge Concerning Martha Barrets clothe	0	1	3
		2	13	5
	DECEMBER
1	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To Mr Smalley	0	4	0
	Jno. Haworth	0	5	0
	To James Hindle	0	4	8
	To Christopher Hindle for 5 weeks Board Wages for B	0	10	0
8	To clothes for ditto	0	1	0
22	To James Feilden Wife	0	1	0
23	To Alice Smith of Romsgreave	0	3	0
25	To Jennet Ramsbotam	0	1	0
	To Marg. Barret Stockings & ????	0	0	5 1/2
	1755
1	JANY.	£	s	d
	To Mr Smalley	0	4	0
	To Widow Hargreaves	0	6	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
	To James Hindle	0	6	8
	To Martha Barret	0	1	6
6	To Linen 4 1/2 for Mary Barret and Thos. Barret	0	4	8
	To James Hindle	0	2	0
	To Mary Barret Shoes heeled	0	0	3
	To a load of coals for James Hindle	0	0	9 1/2
	To Spent at binding Sarah B	0	1	6
	To 3 Weekes Werk board wages For Tho: Bart.	0	6	0
20	To Jennet Clayton for Bartons C	0	2	0
25	To Mary Barret shifte Mak.	0	0	6
		1	19	10 1/2
	FEB.
1	To Mr Smalley	0	4	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
	To James Hindle	0	4	8
	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
4	To Jenet Clayton for Barton Ch.	0	3	0
9	To Christopher Hindle for T. Barton	0	8	0
10	To James Hindle	0	2	0
14	To Jennet Clayton	0	2	0
26	To a load of coal for James Hindle	0	0	9 1/2
	To Henry Shaw for M. Barret shoes heeling	0	0	6
27	To Jennet Clayton for Bart. child	0	2	0
		1	16	11
	MARCH	0
1	To Mr Smalley	0	4	0
	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
	To James Hindle	0	4	8
	To load of coal for Do.	0	0	9 1/2
	To Christopher Hindle for Barrets	0	7	0
	To spent at a towns meeting Concerning bind Sarah Barret	0	1	4
13	To James Hindle	0	1	6
14	To Jennet Clayton	0	4	0
15	To William Smith Wife	0	2	6
17	To James Hindle	0	2	6
18	To Bleasdale Concerning James Fielden	0	7	0
	To spent at same time	0	1	11
20	To spent at binding Tho. Barret Appr.	0	1	3
24	To Christopher Hindle for Tho. Barret and for shifts making	0	9	6
		2	19	11 1/2
	APRIL
1	To Mr Smalley	0	4	0
	To Widow Hargreaves	0	5	0
	To John Haworth	0	5	0
	To James Hindle	0	5	3 1/2
	To Jennet Clayton	0	4	0
	To pair of new shoes for Mary Barret and Mending	0	2	4
26 Sept	Acc with John Sudal concerning Jas. Barret Children due to me since that time for M: Bar At 1/3 per week	1	18	19
	To charges and wages concerning looking out Martha Barret settlement	0	14	0
20 April	To James Rhoades for Barret Children clothes and making	0	8	1
29	To paid for the Burial of Widow Fletcher	0	16	0
	Spent 1s wages 6d	0	1	6
30	To spent in selling – Barret New Enclosure	0	3	0
		5	6	11 1/2
	To Wm. Bentley	1	4	6 1/4
		6	11	5 3/4
	Recd. –	32	8	10
	From Bentley	0	18	0
	For 2/3 of James B Enclosies	1	16	1
	Recd. from Town	35	2	10
	Disburst	34	1	9 1/2
	? town	1	1	1
	To Tho Haugh 8s 6d – to old officer
	To spent 2s
	To W Aspden 3s	0	13	6
		0	7	7 ½
	1754
	M	5	9	6
	I	1	17	0
	I	1	5	8
	A	3	0	0
	S	1	11	8
	O	3	1	2
	N	2	13	5
	D	1	15	1 1/2
	I	1	19	10 1/2
	F	1	16	11 1/2
	M	2	19	11 1/2
	A	5	6	11 1/2
	Disburst	32	17	6 1/2
		1	4	6 1/2
		34	1	9 1/2

Disbursed upon the Church Warden Acc for the year 1754
	£	S	d
To spent when last Acctd.	0	2	0
To Ditto at same time	0	1	6
To new snad & hack mending	0	3	4
To bread	0	0	2
To a box repairing	0	0	6
To court fees	0	4	0
To William Hindle	0	2	0
To New Church Boxes	0	0	6
To spent when Church work was Cond.	0	2	0
To church & enclose mending	0	0	10
To William Hodgson	1	1	0
To spent	0	0	6
To William Hindle	0	2	0
To Bread	0	0	3
To hair	0	2	0
To Lime 6 Loads	0	6	0
To 4 bottles of Wine	0	6	8
To Thomas Fowler	0	1	2
To Register Writing	0	5	0
To New & old Church Warden	0	6	0
To William Hindle	0	10	11
To William Aspden	1	5	0
To Blacksmith	0	1	6
	5	4	10
To Acc making up	0	3	0
Disbursed in all	5	7	10
To William Hodgson	0	3	0
	5	10	10