The Disbursments of William Haworth Overseer of the Higher Town 1794
May
4 Ellen Jiles Reief £0 2s 6d
To Thomas Read £0 1s 0d
Thomas Birtwell Rent £3 0s 0d
to Mary Shuttelworth £1 13s 0d
to Jonathan Calvert £0 19s 6d
to James Morres Daughter £0 4s 0d
John Heskin Rent £5 7s 6d
to Daniel Calvert £0 12s 0d
to Ann Jiles £0 8s 0d
to Mary Mercer £0 2s 6d
to Bettey Wensley £0 1s 0d
Payd to Relief for Thomas Hargreaves Children £2 2s 0d
to Bettey Dugdale £0 4s 0d
to William Haworth Wife £0 5s 0d
to James Haworth Wife 5 weeks Pay £0 6s 3d
Payd Thomas Mercer for Ann Romsbotom Coles £0 9s 6d
[sole entry on following page] Mercer for Removing Timothey Grimshaw £0 4s 6d
to Bettey Shuttelworth £0 4s 0d
to Bettey Mercer 5 weeks Pay £0 5s 0d
John Green Rent £2 12s 6d
Henery Green Do £1 1s 0d
14th Jonathan Calvert Do. £2 0s 0d
Paid to Eliz Sale for Doctoring see a bill £0 8s 10d
15 for going to Whaley £0 1s 0d
17 Paid John Aspinal for Ale When the Acounts was Setteld £0 5s 4d
18 Rilief for Bettey Wittecor £0 2s 0d
William Mercer for Horse & Cart for Widow Shuttleworth £0 1s 0d
19 for Remooving Timothey Grimshaw £0 2s 0d
Expence £0 1s 6d
20 Agnes Browne Rent £1 4s 0d
for going to Whaley Nab £0 0s 6d
22 Mary Filding Rent £1 1s 0d
[sole entry on following Page] Wm. Mercer for fliting Wm. H wife & Bettey Wensley & B Dugdale & B Shuttelworth £0 4s 6d
24 For Removing Wm. H Wife & Bettey Wensley & B. Dugdale & B. Shuttelworth for going & horse £0 2s 8d
Expence £0 0s 5d
26 Ann Critchley Rent £0 4s 0d
to Lawrence Catora for Bettey Dugdale Son £0 1s 6d
Toun Det. To Jeffra Brogden £0 5s 0d
Paid Robort Pickles £0 3s 5d
Samuell Morris £0 8s 6d
to Tho. Read 5 yeards of Drab at 2s 6d per £0 12s 6d
Do 5 1/2 yards of Blue Plaine at 2.2 per £0 11s 5d
for Going With James Hindle Wife to Poor House £0 2s 6d
Expence £0 1s 6d
£28 9s 10d
Disburst in June
to James Morres 2 Months Pay £0 6s 0d
Henery Green Rent £2 2s 0d
James Green Do. £2 2s 0d
to Jonathan Calvert £0 12s 0d
to Daniel Calvert £0 12s 0d
to Jane Hindle £0 4s 0d
to Bettey Dugdale £0 1s 0d
to Bettey Wensley £0 4s 10 1/2d
to Bettey Shuttelworth 4 week £0 8s 0d
to Ann Jiles 4 Do. £0 8s 0d
John Riley Rent £1 4s 0d
5 for Going to Whalley £0 1s 0d
9 for going to Blackburn £0 1s 0d
10 to Thomas Whitcker Susan Spencer 9 weeks pay £0 9s 0d
to Robet Bannester Rilef £0 4s 0d
Robet Bannester Rent £0 1s 6d
John Mercer one quarter Rent £0 15s 0d
to Robet Mercer for Roger Wensley £2 2s 0d
[‘Workhouse’ written at top of following page but no amounts given]
to John Sourbuts for going to Brindle £0 2s 6d
to Bettey Wensley Cloges £0 0s 9d
to Bettey Whiticker Padiam Do £0 2s 1d
for Reparieing Bettey Wensley fire grate £0 1s 3d
William Haworth wife 5 weeks Pay £0 10s 0d
Wm. Mercer for Wm. Howorth wife Coles £0 5s 0d
14 Henery Smaley Wife at Blackburn £0 5s 0d
Do. For going to Blackburn £0 1s 0d
19th Bettey Wensley & Bettey Dugdale Rent £2 0s 0d
Daniel Calver Rent £3 3s 0d
20 Henry Smaley Wife Rent £1 15s 0d
to Henry Smaley Wife £0 4s 0d
22 James Rushton Wife at Boulton £0 17s 0d
Table Wages & Expence Do. £0 1s 4d
28 to Henery Smaley Wife £0 3s 0d
to Wm. Mercer for fliting Robt. Bannester £0 3s 0d
fo me & Horse £0 2s 6d
Expence fliting £0 0s 5d
to Bettey Mercer £0 1s 0d
Mary Feilding 52 Weeks Pay see Bill £3 18s 0d
to James Haworth Wife 5 weeks Pay £0 6s 3d
Expence With Robet Bannester & Wife £0 13 11 1/2s 3 11d
£26 19s 5d
Disburst in July
Daniel Calvert 5 weeks Pay £0 15s 0d
Wm. Haworth Wife 4 weeks Pay £0 8s 0d
for W. Haworth Wife paid to Missr. Vickers £0 3s 0d
to Bettey Shuttelworth 5 weeks pay £0 7s 6d
to Ann Jiles 5 weekes Pay £0 7s 6d
James Ashworth Rent £4 4s 0d
to Henery Smalley Wife 4 weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
£6 15s 0d
Disburst in August
to Henery Smalley Wife 5 Weeks pay £0 12s 6d
to Wm. Haworth Wife 4 Weekes Pay £0 8s 0d
to Ann Jiles 4 Weekes Pay £0 6s 0d
James Morras 5 weekes Pay £0 3s 9d
Daniel Calvert 4 weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
to Bettey Shuttelworth 5 weekes Pay £0 7s 6d
for going to Boulton £0 4s 0d
to Bettey Mercer 5 weekes Pay £0 2s 6d
to Wm. Mercer 5 lodes of Coles for Jonathan Calvert £0 5s 10d
Widdow Hodgson at Warrigton £3 19s 6d
25th James Rushton Wife at Manchester £0 8s 0d
Do. Meat £0 1s 0d
Sepr. 4th to John Heskin for Buriain his child £0 5s 0d
Sepr. 6th Pade to Robet Parker for Wm. Haworth Wife £5 15s 7 1/2d
[single entry on following page] to Bettey Dugdale Quarter Pay £14 2s 2d
Disburst in September
6th My jorney to Whalley £0 1s 0d
to Bettey Dugdale 4 weekes Pay £0 4s 0d
to Bettey Mercer 4 weekes Pay £0 2s 0d
to James Morras 5 weekes Pay £0 5s 9d
to Wm. Haworth wife 5 weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
to Daniel Calvart 5 weekes Pay £0 12s 6d
to Bettey Shuttelworth 4 weekes £0 6s 0d
to Henery Smalley wife 4 do £0 10s 0d
to Ann Jiles 5 weekes Pay £0 7s 6d
8th Bettey Mercer Rent £1 4s 0d
James Cunliff Rent £1 6s 0d
My Jorney to Blackburn about fliting Henry Smalley wife £0 1s 0d
15 Bettey Wensley 6 yards of linin Cloth at 10d per £0 5s 0d
20 My jorney to Whalley £0 1s 0d
Book Sineing £0 2s 0d
25th Pade to John Barker for Susan Spencer 15 wee as Pay £0 15s 0d
24th Expence with Sargen. Peters at Blackburn £0 2s 0d
My Jorney to Blackburn about fliting Henry Smalley wife £0 1s 0d
24 Ann Rushton at Manchester relief £0 2s 0d
do. Meat £0 0s 8d
to Henery Smalley wife Relief £0 3s 0d
£6 19s 5d
Disburst In October
to Bettey Mercer 4 weekes Pay £0 2s 0d
to Henery Smalley wife 4 Do. £0 14s 0d
to James Morras 4 Do. £0 3s 0d
to Bettey Shuttelworth 4 Do. £0 6s 0d
to Ann Giles 4 D. £0 6s 0d
to Wm. Haworth wife 4 Do. £0 10s 0d
to Bettey Dugdale 4 D. £0 5s 0d
Timothey Grimshaw Rent £3 3s 0d
To. Robt. Breakwell horse at flitting £0 1s 6d
to Daniel Calvert 4 weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
11th Thomas Read Rilief £0 10s 6d
Do. Meat £0 0s 6d
Henery Smalley wife 4 Months Rent £1 5s 4d
4 yard of Broad Cloth 3s 9d per for Daniel Calvert & his son £0 15s 0d
September 21st Jas. Haworth wife 12 weekes Pay £0 15s 0d
Augt. 22nd Wm. Mercer for Bettey Wensley 6 Loads of Coals £0 3s 0d
Thomas Read 4 Meels Meat £0 1s 4d
A Letter from John Livesey at Manchester £0 0s 4d
£9 11s 6d
Disburst In November
to Wm. Haworth Wife 4 Weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
To Daniel Calvert 4 Do. £0 11s 0d
To Bettey Mercer 4 Do. £0 2s 0d
To Henery Smalley wife 4 Do. £0 14s 0d
To Bettey Shutleworth 4 D. £0 6s 0d
To Thomas Read Rilief £0 10s 0d
To Bettey Dugdel 4 weeks Pay £0 4s 0d
To Ann Jiles 4 D. £0 6s 0d
To Agnes Brown £0 2s 0d
My jorney to haslingden £0 2s 0d
Pade to Wm. Mercer for 6 Lodes of Coles for Bettey Wensley £0 5s 0d
Pade to Robert Brackewell for 9 1/2 Lodes of Coles for Robert Bannester 1s 1 1/2 d per £0 10s 8d
Bettey Dugdel Blanket £0 2s 0d
£4 4s 8d
Disburst In January
December 18th My Jorney to Whalley £0 1s 0d
December 20th My Jorney to Preston £0 3s 0d
To Sumons for Georg Rushton £0 1s 0d
To Bettey Dugdel 4 weeks Pay £0 4s 0d
To Ann Jiles 4 Do. £0 6s 0d
To Hnery Smaley wife 4 Do. £0 14s 0d
To Bettey Mercer 4 D. £0 2s 0d
Christopher Parker on Robt. Bannister account £0 6s 10d
to Wm. Haworth Wife 4 Weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
To Daniel Calvert 4 Do. £0 12s 0d
To Thomas Mercer 4 Do. £0 12s 0d
To Thomas Mercer 1 Do. £0 3s 0d
To Bettey Shuttelworth 4 D. £0 6s 0d
Pade Wm. Mercer to 6 lodes of Coles for Bettey wensley £0 3s 3d
£4 6s 1d
Disburst in February
To Henery Smaley wife 4 weekes Pay £0 14s 0d
To Bettey Dugal 4 Do. £0 4s 0d
To Bettey Dugal 4 Do. £0 1s 0d
To Do. Mercer 4 Do. £0 2s 0d
To Do. Shuttelworth 4 Do. £0 6s 0d
To Wm. Haworth wife 4 Do. £0 10s 0d
To Daniel Calvert 4 Do. £0 12s 0d
To Widdow Bannester 4 Do. £0 12s 0d
Do. One lode of coles £0 1s 1 1/2d
Pade Wm. Mercer to 6 lodes of Coles for Bettey wensley £0 5s 3d
D. Dugdal son clogs £0 0s 8d
Peter Whalley widdow from 29th of Decr. To 23rd of Feby. 2s 6d per week £1 0s 0d
Expence of Takin Henry Bradshaw £0 9s 2d
£4 17s 2 1/2d
Disburst In March
to Wm. Haworth Wife 4 Weekes Pay £0 10s 0d
To Widdow Bannester 4 Do. £0 12s 0d
To Betty Shuttelworth 4 Do. £0 6s 0d
To Do. Mercer 4 Do. £0 2s 0d
To Do. Dugdel 4 Do. £0 4s 0d
To Daniel Calvert 4 Do. £0 12s 0d
To Henery Smalley wife 4 Do. £0 14s 0d
11 James Cunliff rilief £0 2s 0d
18 James Rushton wife relief £0 1s 0d
Do. Meat £0 0s 4d
22nd Bettey Shuttelworth Do. £0 1s 6d
A Letter from Brindle £0 0s 1 1/2d
3d John Heskin relief £0 1s 0d
Thomas Read Do. £0 3s 6d
Bettey Shuttelworth Do. £0 2s 0d
Do. Dugel 6 yards of lin cloth at 1s per yd £0 6s 0d
Do. Do. 4 yards of Blew Cloath at 2s 3d per yd £0 9s 0d
To Vict- Ann Jiles & Jerh. Spencer acquit. See a Bill £1 6s 5 1/2d
To a Bed 13 Weeks at 4d per £0 4s 4d
A New pair of clogs 2s 3d & stockings 1s 5d £0 3s 8d
Snuff 13 Weeks at 3d per £0 3s 3d
Jeremiah Spencer Enterances 1s Washing 2s 1 week £0 1s 2d
My jorney to Brindle £0 2s 6d
Jon. Livesey from Manchester Relief £0 10s 2 1/2d
£6 18s 1/2d
Disburst in April
To Betty Dugdal Relief £0 4s 0d
To Do. Butterworth 5 weeks Pay £0 8s 0d
To Do. Mercer 5 Do. £0 2s 6d
To Do. Dugdale 5 Do. £0 5s 0d
To Henery Smaley wife 5 Do. £0 17s 6d
To Wm. Haworth Wife 5 Do. £0 12s 0d
To Danial Calvert 5 Do. £0 15s 0d
To Widdow Bannester 5 Do. £0 15s 0d
Pade Robert Parker on Wm. Haworth Wife account £0 9s 5d
Susan Spencer from 23rd of September to 7th of April 1s per week £1 5s 0d
12th Widdow Grimshaw from Manchester relief £0 3s 6d
Do. Expence £0 0s 2 1/2d
24th Thomas Read relief [widdow Whalley written under] £0 3s 0d
£6 3s 7 1/2d
Seen and allowed by us
Alex Mercer
Wm. Mercer
Thos. Aspden
Disburst in May £28 9s 18d
Disburst in June £26 19s 5d
Disburst in July £6 13s 0d
Disburst in August £14 2s 2 1/2d
Disburst in September £6 19s 5d
Disburst in October £9 11s 6 1/2d
Disburst In November £4 4s 8d
Disburst in December £6 4s 6d
Disburst In January £15 3s 1d
Disburst in Febuary £4 17s 2 1/2d
Disburst in March £6 18s 1/2d
Disburst in April £12 14s 7 1/2d
£142 19s 7 1/2d