Poor Law Accounts 1775 – 76

Sunday May 7 1775
Ann Grimshaw£0 8s 0d
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Warrington woman Butter Sugar bread£0 0s 9 1/2d
Pade Nathen Aspden£0 2s 3d
Do. When Long Preston peg? came£0 4s 6d
£1 13s 6 1/2d
Sunday June 4 1775
James Fielden Wife£0 2s 4d
Do the 4 John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Do Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Do the 10 John Leeming Briches£0 3s 11d
£1 4s 3d
Sunday July 2 1775
James Fielden Pickupbank Rent£1 5s 0d
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Ann Grimshow£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Do Ann Oldred Rent£1 5s 0d
Do Warington Woman£0 12s 0d
10Margret Bentley Rent£0 18s 0d
Do Widow Calvert Rent£1 5s 0d
John Riley Child Cloath and Making£0 11s 5 1/2d
13William Roscow Rent£2 1s 0d
Do 13 Elce Smith Rent£1 0s 0d
29Do 29 John Riley Child Shoos Mondind£0 0s 6d
£10 5s 11 1/2d
Sunday Agust 6 1775
Henery Whiteker£0 5s 0d
James Fielden wife£0 2s 4d
Martha Anderton for 25 weeks to Aug 6£0 16s 8d
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
£2 2s 0d
Sunday September 3 1775
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
8pade at Hinburn Bridge for ale£0 4s 0d
17Warington woman£0 16s 0d
Peter Green daughter£0 2s 0d
24Ann Grimshaw£0 6s 0d
£2 6s 0d
Sunday 1 October 1775
Peter Green daughter [struck through]£0 3s 0d
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Peter Green Daughter£0 3s 0d
30John Riley Child cloath for shurts£0 3s 2d
Expenses for Going to padam foure times£0 3s 3d
£1 7s 5d
Sunday November 5 1775
Nicklos Douson rent£1 15s 0d
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Pade Martha Anderton from August 6 to November 5£0 8s 8d
15Ann Grimshaw£0 14s 0d
16Waronton woman£1 2s 0d
£4 17s 8d
Sunday December 3 1775
Margret Bentley 5 yards cloath 13p 2 yards 10 1/2£0 7s 2d
John Leeming£0 10s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
James Riley Child 2 yards frise£0 2s 0d
John Leeming Cloath for shurts£0 5s 10d
John Leeming Cofing£0 6s 6d
Pade for Ale and Bread£0 6s 0d
Dues and Carrels£0 2s 10d
Had in their Sickness£0 6s 2d
for a horse load of coals£0 0s 8d
£2 17s 2d
Sunday January 7 1776
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Ann Grimshaw£0 2s 0d
Martha Anderton from November 5 to February 4£0 8s 8d
28Warenton woman£1 2s 0d
Expenses and going to Clithro£0 1s 6d
£2 2s 2d
Sunday 4 February 1776
Mary Broughton£0 2s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Widow Smith£0 12s 0d
Being at Blackburn about Ann Grimshaw£0 0s 7d
Do£0 1s 2d
14Ann Grimshaw£0 9s 0d
pade John Bertwistle for fetcing Goods£0 3s 0d
John Marcer Rent£0 19s 6d
21pade and going to Mr Aspenls and Expenses£0 2s 7 1/2d
£2 17s 10 1/2d
Sunday March 3 1776
Widow Smith£0 3s 0d
James Fielden Pickupbank£0 6s 8d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
5Pade for a waran at Stanen£0 4s 0d
For Expenses£0 1s 8 1/2d
9Widow Smith and Expenses£0 13s 6d
19Expenses and Wages for Going to Blackburn£0 4s 6d
24Going to Blackburn about Ann Grimshaw£0 5s 4d
Meat for Mary Whaley£0 0s 4d
For a waron at Mr Clayton£0 4s 0d
Pade for asistence£0 3s 0d
For meat at Colne£0 3s 0d
For drink£0 6s 3d
For Diner and Ale£0 1s 1d
For wage going to Colne£0 4s 0d
£3 8s 4 1/2d
Sunday April 6 1776
Widow Smith£0 16s 0d
Margret Bentley£0 8s 0d
Warenton Woman£1 0s 0d
Martha Anderton from February 4 to May 5£0 8s 8d
Pade a lad from coming from Blackburn£0 0s 6d
For Paper£0 0s 4d
£2 13s 6d
April 20th 1776 Seen and allowed by us
Thos Mercer
Jon.a Calver
James West
Chris Hindle
Thomas Hindle
Disburst to the Pore of the Township Of Great Harwood
May£1 13s 6 1/2d
June£1 4s 3d
July£10 5s 11 1/2d
Agust£2 2s 0d
September£2 6s 0d
October£1 7s 5d
November£4 17s 8d
December£2 17s 2d
January£2 2s 2d
February£2 17s 10 1/2d
March£3 8s 4 1/2d
April£2 13s 6d
£37 15s 11d
Paid to Ballance — — —-£0 14s 1d
£38 10s 0d