Great Harwood Past

Poor Law Accounts 1762 – 63

Poor Book 1762
Mr. William Aspin
Harwood
Disburst by William Aspden Overseer of the Poor of the Township of Great Harwood the year 1762
APRIL 1762
24thTo Spent when the Old Officers Acct. last year£0 5s 0d
To paid post for Takeing Mr. Hay Overseer of Manchester the Money due to him for Holden£0 0s 3d
Sunday May 2nd 1762
To Isabel Robertshaw pd. Henry Hill£0 10s 0d
To Wid. Rishton of Blackburn£0 6s 6d
To Thomas Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Thos. Holden of Manchester£0 4s 0d
To Wid. Morehouse House Rent£0 16s 0d
To part of Peter Whalley’s House Rent£0 8s 0d
To Wid. Anderton House Rent£1 0s 0d
To Wid. Giles House Rent£0 9s 0d
Total£4 0s 9d
Sunday June 6 1762
To Isabel Robertshaw meat and attendance£0 5s 0d
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Thomas Holden£0 4s 0d
7To Ale for Burial of Isabel Robertshaw£0 5s 2d
Coffin 5s Church dues 2s 8d Bread 2s£0 9s 8d
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
£1 12s 4d
Sunday July 4th 1762
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Thos. Holden£0 4s 0d
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
Total£0 12s 6d
Sunday Augt. 1st 1762
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Thos. Holden he being very badly£0 6s 0d
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
10th 11thTo Horse Hire 2s Expences Horse & myself 4s 6d To my journey 2s 6d in going to Manchester about Will. Smalley and Thomas Holden£0 9s 0d
To Wid. Anderton at Several times when badly£0 4s 11d
Total£1 8s 5d
Sunday September 5th 1762
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Thos. Holden£0 6s 0d
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
28thTo John Duckworth of Blackburn£0 1s 0d
Total£0 15s 6d
Sunday October 3rd 1762
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Thos. Holden£0 6s 0d
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To James Hindle Junr. Lower Town Sick£0 4s 0d
1315 yds of wrappering bought of Mr. Livesay of Blackburn for John Duckworth at 8d yd£0 10s 0d
13To John Cunliff for Thos. Rishton Wife Shifts£0 5s 3 1/2d
£1 13s 9 1/2d
Sunday Novr. 7 1762
Sunday
To Thos. Holden of Manchester 6s Wine & —–£0 7s 6d
To Thos. Rishton£0 9s 0d
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
8thTo 6 yds brown Lincy for a Gown for Thos. Rishton Wife at 14d yd to makeing 14d thred and canvas 4d£0 8s 6d
To Expences in going Several times out of the town to visit poor person£0 1s 0d
18thTo Linen Cloth bought of John Cunliff 7 yds at 12d yd thred 1d for Wid. Morehouse£0 7s 4 1/2d
To Mr. Smalley Schoolmaster£0 3s 0d
30thTo Mr. Sale for Visiting James Hindle Junr. and Ellen Whalley in their Sickness£0 8s 6d
To pd. Mr. Porter Thos. Rishton House Rent£0 17s 0d
To Moss getting Mossing and pointing the School House 6s 6d Nails and lats 2d Expences 6d£0 7s 2d
Total£3 8s 6 1/2d
Sunday Decbr. 5th 1762
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
Total£0 8s 6d
Sunday Jany. 2nd 1763
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Coffin for old Roscow 5s Church dues 2s 8d£0 7s 8d
5thTo Jane Anderton her daughter badly£0 1s 0d
To 2 brats bought of John Wiggan of Whalley for Wid. Rishton of Blackburn£0 1s 2d
To Shifts for Do. bought of John Cunliffe£0 5s 2 1/2d
To 10 yds of cloths. bought of Wid. Hoyle for Timothy Grimshaw at 12d yd thred 1d£0 10s 1d
19thTo John Duckworth family badly£0 2s 0d
To Spt: with the overseer of Blackburn at Several times concerning the Settl’nt of Jas. Chaddick£0 1s 0d
25thTo John Duckworth badly£0 1s 0d
To Rich’d Mercer at twice each time 1s being sick£0 2s 0d
To 2 Shurts for Do. of John Cunliffe£0 5s 2 1/2d
To John Duckworth towards buring a child£0 4s 0d
£2 8s 10d
Feby. 6 1763
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Mr. Smalley Schoolmaster£0 4s 0d
To Timithy Grimshaw£0 2s 0d
To Richd. Mercer£0 6s 0d
To Do. Shurts makeing and thred 1d and Hag(?) 1d£0 1s 0d
10thTo John Duckworth badly£0 3s 0d
13thTowards the burial of John Duckworth 8s/6d Coffin 5s£0 13s 6d
To Jane Anderton daughter Sick£0 1s 0d
21stTo John Duckworth Wid:£0 5s 0d
To postage of a Letter to and from Manchester about Thos. Holden to Know the time of his Death£0 0s 2d
To Phebe Mercer£0 1s 0d
£2 5s 2d
Sunday Mar 6th 1763
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Wid. Duckworth Blackburn£0 4s 0d
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Mr. Smalley£0 4s 0d
To Richd. Mercer£0 6s 6d
To John Duckworth of Blackburn£0 3s 0d
To Consideration with John Haydock£2 2s 0d
To Indrs. and Expences£0 5s 6d
£1 13s 0d
April 3rd 1763
To Wid. Rishton£0 6s 6d
To Thos. Rishton£0 2s 0d
To Wid. Duckworth of Blackburn£0 6s 6d
To Mr. Smalley£0 4s 0d
To Richd. Mercer£0 7s 0d
To Tom Rishton & Richd. Mercer taxes£0 0s 9d
To a pr. of Breeches a Hat and a pr. of Stockings for Rd. Mercer£0 7s 0d
To James Butterworth for Washing for Richd. Mercer£0 1s 6d
To Burying a poor womans child Church Dues Coffin 1 Shilling in Drink and given the Woman 1s£0 6s 4d
£2 1s 7d
An Abstract of each months payment
May£4 -s 9d
June£1 12s 4d
July£- 12s 6d
Augt.£1 8s 5d
Sepr.£- 15s 6d
Octbr.£1 13s 9 1/2d
Novr.£3 8s 6 1/2d
Decbr.£- 8s 6d
Jany£2 8s 10d
Feby.£2 5s 2d
March£1 13s 6d
April£2 1s 7d
£22 9s 5d
Lower Towns pt.£7 9s 10d
poor Higher Towns pt.£14 19s 7d
Disburst upon the highways£14 19s 6d
Do. upon the the Constable acct.£12 2s 0 1/2d
To my Wages£4 0s 0d
£46 1s 1 1/2d
To Expences of Sesions Both General and private£0 10s 0d
£46 11s 1 1/2d
Con: Cr:
By Cash Rec’d. from Thos. Aspden last Constable£1 13s 8 1/2d
By Cash rec’d. from James Fielden two years Rent for Thos. Rishtons Croft Higher Towns pt.£0 8s 0d
By Cash rec’d. for a Rent from the overseer of Billington for Rishton Cottage Higher Towns pt.£0 8s 0d
By Cash rec’d. from William Bentley 5s 2d pd. to the Lower Towns officer £1. 17s. 6d Higher Town’s share£3 4s 6d
By Cash rec’d. for 8 Leys at £4. 16s. 71/2d£38 13s 0d
By Cash rec’d. to Ballance the Constable acct. from the lower Town£2 5s 8d
Rec’d. in all£46 12s 10 1/2d
Disburst in all£46 11s 1 1/2d
Due to Town£0 1s 9d
J. Holmes
Seen and allowed by us
Edw’d. Mercer
John Hindle
Wm. Mercer
Lawrance Walmsley
John Fielden
Harwood Higher
Disburst upon the Constable Acct. by me W. Aspden Constable 1762
22nd April 1762To pd. at Preston when I was Swore in£0 0s 6d
22nd April 1762To Assessors Instructions Land and Windows£0 1s 2d
7th May 1762To Horse Hire 1s Expences 2s my trouble 2s for and going to Rufford to gett a Duplicate of the division of the Comon in Order to Assess each town by themselves£0 5s 0d
7th May 1762To Assessing Land and Window tax as Customary£0 5s 1d
7th May 1762To assessing the Land now by reason of the Ganger£0 5s 0d
22nd May 1762To pd. door Keeper£0 0s 2d
30th May 1762To publishing the Land tax Assessment£0 0s 2d
20th July 1762To pd. Wm. Bleasdell for going to speake to Mr. Whalley in regard to repairing the Cockbrow£0 3s 6d
20th July 1762To Expended upon the Collector and Ganger when rec’d. the Ganger’s Land tax it being Customary the first time£0 5s 0d
3d Aug 1762To precept £6.12s.3d. paid in part£4 8s 3d
20th Sep’r. 1762To a Sunday Warrant£0 2s 1d
20th Sep’r. 1762To pd. with a List of the Jurors to the High Constable£0 1s 0d
20th Sep’r. 1762To 2 Notes publishing about the Militia£0 0s 4d
7h Octb’r. 1762To pd. Mr. Shaw for moving Court for a longer time & to repair the Road Indited£0 5s 0d
7h Octb’r. 1762To Passengers at Seven times£0 1s 0d
29 Deb’r. 1762To a passenger at John Hoyles one Night£0 0s 6d
29 Deb’r. 1762To Supervisions Instructions of Days Wart.£0 6s 1d
£6 9s 10d
Constable Acct. Continued
To brought over£6 9s 10d
To Expences in attending all Sessions General and private
21t Feby. 1763To a precept£1 16s 4 1/2d
21t Feby. 1763To pd. for a Bench Wart: upon Acct. of the Roads Indited£0 5s 8d
7th April 1763To Ann Overseer Wart:£0 2s 7d
15 April 1763To pd. Court fees about the Roads Indited as will appear by Mr. Bleasdell Note£2 14s 0d
15 April 1763To Expences for two Men going to Sessions being two Days 8s for their troubles 3s.£0 11s 0d
21 April 1763To Passengers£0 0s 6d
21 April 1763To Publishing a Note to Account£0 0s 2d
21 April 1763To paper£0 1s 0d
£12 2s 0 1/2d