Poor Law Accounts 1778 – 79

The Poor Book of The Higher Town of Great Harwood 1778
Paid in April 1778
29Paid Betty Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
30Paid Widow Smith£0 16s 0d
Paid Mary Smith£0 4s 0d
Paid Wm. Roscow£0 4s 0d
£1 5s 0d
Paid in May
3rdPaid Adam Shuttleworth£0 3s 0d
Paid Henry Whittiker£0 10s 0d
Paid Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
Paid Widow Duckworth Child£0 3s 0d
5thPaid John Bradshaw Rent£0 10s 6d
7thPaid Betty Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
Paid Adam Shuttleworth£0 4s 0d
10Paid Wm. Brandwood wife£0 5s 0d
12{aod Adam Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
14A Bottle of Wine for Jeremiah Broughton£0 1s 0d
15Paid Widow Shuttleworth£0 3s 0d
16Paid to the Overseers of Preston£0 7s 6d
Paid Widow Smith£0 6s 0d
17Paid Widow Duckworth Child£0 12s 0d
20Paid Betty Shuttleworth£0 2s 0d
25Paid Ann Baron Rent£1 5s 0d
9thPaid the Post Boy 1s and spent 7d£0 1s 7d
26thPaid for a waistcoat for Richard Mercer£0 8s 6d
27thPaid Betty Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
30thPaid Widow Smith£0 9s 0d
Paid Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Paid Wm. Roscow£0 4s 0d
31stPaid widow Duckworth Child£0 6s 0d
Paid Fielden Rent£0 17s 6d
£8 8s 5d
Paid in June
5thPaid Thos. Smalley£0 12s 0d
7thPaid Henry Whittiker£0 8s 0d
Paid Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
10Paid Betty Shuttleworth£0 2s 0d
Paid Widow Duckworth Rent£0 4s 3d
12Paid for Widow Duckworth Child£0 9s 0d
14Paid Daniel Calvert Rent£1 5s 0d
17Paid Betty Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
Paid for the Burial of Jeremy Broughton to the Revrend Mr Elleray Wm. Hindle£0 3s 2d
20Paid Widow Smith£0 6s 0d
23Paid Ambrose Peacop for Jeremy Broughton£3 7s 3d
for Bread and bacco£0 1s 2d
Paid at Cock for James Ashworth£0 2s 2d
Paid Thos. Hindle for going to Stannin£0 1s 6d
24Paid Widow Calvert rent£1 6s 0d
28Paid Widow Duckworth Child£0 6s 0d
Paid Henry Whitker Junior£0 6s 0d
30Spent over a meeting£0 1s 2d
£9 11s 8d
Paid in July
1stPaid Adam Shuttleworth£1 10s 0d
Paid for a Flitting£0 3s 0d
4thPaid Widow Smith Rent£1 0s 0d
Paid Mary Smith Rent£1 15s 0d
Paid Wm. Roscow Rent£1 15s 0d
Paid Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Paid Widow Smith£0 9s 0d
Paid Wm. Roscow£0 4s 0d
Paid Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
5Paid Henry Whittiker£0 8s 0d
Paid for Widow Duckworth Child£0 9s 0d
6Paid for widow Shuttleworth£1 4s 4d
Paid Do. For Rent£0 17s 0d
Paid To a Chaff bed for Tamar Ashworth£0 6s 4 1.2d
10Paid Betty Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
12For going to Blackburn£0 1s 6d
16Paid Richard Mercer Fild£1 12s 6d
Paid Widow Smith£0 8s 0d
19Paid Widow Duckworth Child£0 4s 6d
26Paid Betty Shuttleworth£0 2s 3d
£14 5s 8 1/2d
Paid in August
1stPaid Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Paid Widow Smith£0 6s 0d
Paid Wm. Roscow£0 4s 0d
2ndPaid widow Smith£0 2s 0d
Paid Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
3rdPaid Henry Whittiker£0 8s 0d
8thPaid Peter Whalley£0 1s 4d
9thPaid Betty Shuttleworth£0 1s 0d
A pair of bedstocks and cords for James Rishton wife£0 4s 2d
10thPaid widow Duckworth child£0 3s 0d
15thPaid Wm. Duckworth£1 0s 0d
Paid widow Duckworth child£0 2s 6d
22Paid Thomas Smalley£1 4s 0d
Paid widow Duckworth Child£0 12s 0d
27Paid widow Shuttleworth£0 10s 6d
Paid James Ashworth£0 14s 3 1/2d
£6 18s 9 1/2d
Paid in September
1stPaid Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Paid Widow Smith£0 9s 0d
Paid Wm. Roscow£0 4s 0d
6thPaid Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
Paid Widow Duckworth Child£0 7s 6d
Paid Thos. Smalley£0 5s 0d
To a Noat£0 0s 3d
9thPaid Betty Shuttleworth£0 3s 8d
11thPaid Richd. Mercer for Shirts£0 7s 11d
5thPaid Henry Whittaker£0 10s 0d
19thPaid Widow Duckworth Child£0 12s 0d
28thPaid Roger Wensley Rent£1 1s 3d
To Wm. Duckworth Repairs£0 8s 4d
To Adam Shuttleworth£2 16s 7d
To Wm Aspden£0 6s 10d
£8 17s 10d
Paid in October
4Payd Marey Smith£0 16s 0d
Paid Henery Whitacer£0 8s 0d
Paid Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
Paid Widow Duckworth Child£0 6s 0d
Paid John Mercer£0 3s 0d
8Paid Richard Mercer Fild£1 12s 6d
Paid Shorts for Britches makin£0 2s 0d
Paid Marey Smith Rent£2 0s 0d
Paid Wm. Rosco£0 4s 0d
11Paid widow Duckworth Child£0 9s 0d
18Paid Henery Whitacer Junr.£0 5s 0d
£6 15s 6d
Novr. 1st 1778
Widow Giles£0 4s 0d
Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
Henry Whittacar£0 8s 0d
Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Willm. Roskay£0 4s 0d
Widow Smith£1 7s 0d
8Do Widow Duckworth Child£0 14s 6d
11Do Brandwood wife Rent£1 3s 0d
14Do Widow Smith£0 1s 0d
15Do to Widow Duckworth Child£0 9s 0d
26Do Widow Shuttleworth£0 10s 6d
29Wdiwo Duckworth Child£0 3s 0d
£6 10s 0d
Paid Decr. 6 1778
Henry Whittiker£0 10s 0d
Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Wm. Roskay£0 4s 0d
Widow Dockworth£0 18s 0d
7To the burial of Widow Duckworth Child£0 6s 0d
19Widow Smith£0 1s 0d
20Peter Whaley£0 4s 0d
Thos Smaley£1 3s 0d
31To Brandwood wife Cote£0 6s 6d
Widow Duckworth Child£0 6s 0d
£5 4s 6d
Feby 7 1779
John Mercer£0 5s 0d
Thomas Ruchton£0 2s 0d
Widow Smith£1 12s 6d
Henry Whittiker£0 10s 0d
Abraham Shaw£0 10s 0d
Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
Wm. Roscow£0 4s 0d
Nickelos Dawson£1 0s 0d
Widow Shuctchelworth£1 5s 6d
Richard Duckworth£3 13s 6d
Thomas Smaley£0 10s 0d
Thomas Royston£0 3s 0d
28Do. Widow Duckworth Child£0 6s 0d
£10 17s 6d
March 1st 1779
Abraham Shaw£0 12s 0d
Thomas Ruchton£0 4s 0d
Henry Wittiker£0 8s 0d
Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
William Roscow£0 4s 0d
Thomas Smaley£0 10s 0d
Do. Widow Duckworth 4 Weeks£0 6s 0d
To 3 Brats making for Widow Duckworth£0 0s 4 1/2d
£3 0s 4 1/2d
April 4th 1779
Henry Whittiker£0 8s 0d
Abraham Shaw£0 12s 0d
Thomas Ruchton£0 6s 0d
Mary Smith£0 16s 0d
William Roscow£0 4s 0d
Thomas Smaley£0 10s 0d
John Mercer£0 2s 0d
Robert Sharples£1 15s 0d
Richard Mercer£1 13s 6d
Bettey Shuttleworth£0 1s 6d
Paid Dr. Paicherd for Molly Smiths Child£0 16s -d
Thomas Giles£0 4s 0d
18To Widow Duckworth Child£0 4s 6d
Peter Green son£0 5s 0d
24thWidow Smith£1 12s 6d
25Do. Widow Shuttleworth£0 18s 0d
Ann Ramsbotam£0 6s 8d
26Peter Green son£0 6s 0d
To a Note Publishing£0 0s 2d
To John Mercer Wife£0 1s 0d
To Henry Whitaker waiscote£0 2s 6d
Paid to Thos. Royston for Martha Anderton£0 16s 0d
Paid to the Woman at Warrington for 18 weeks£1 7s 0d
£13 2s 4d
The Constable Book
May 1stFor swairing in at Praston£0 1s 0d
May 29For order of the Lancess and window money£0 3s 3d
June 10thPaid to a precept£11 11s 5d
June 25For going to Stannin with Martha Whittiker and Expences£0 4s 6d
June 29thTo Sunday warrant and Door tenter£0 2s 3d
July 12To a noat£0 0s 2d
August 19To a precept£3 13s 3d
September 11To a Sunday warrant£0 2s 3d
September 21paid Wm. Hindle£1 6s 8d
October 8A return to the High Constable£0 2s 0d
October 23Instructions To Supervisors£0 2s 9d
September 4Paid to a precept£3 10s 8d
December 17thPaid Doar tenter£0 0s 2d
January 12 1779Paid Doar tenter£0 0s 6d
January 25thPaid Doar tenter£0 0s 2d
January 28thPaid to John Stivenson£2 10s 0d
For Loting (?) of Militia£0 5s 0d
March 3Paid to a precept£7 12s 0d
for Receiving Mr Pearson Landcess£0 5s 0d
March 12Paid Doar tenter£0 0s 2d
Paid for going A Pressing£0 0s 4d
I Paid to a Sonda Warrand [Sunday Warrant]£0 2s 3d
April 6thTo a Constable warrant£0 2s 3d
To a overseer a P- – -ntment£0 2s 8d
April 8Doar tenter£0 0s 0d
£32 0s 10d
Brought forward£32 0s 10d
Recd. of the Old Constable£1 1s 3 1/2d
Dispursed£30 19s 6 1/2d
Dispurseed on the poor Account£101 8s 9 1/2d
Dispursement in both£132 8s 4d
To 6 Constable Lays£29 19s 9d
To 21 Poor Lays£104 19s 1 1/2d
Total for both Lays£134 18s 10 1/2d
dispursement in Both£132 8s 4d
In hand£2 10s 6 1/2d
Paid to Thos. Hindle£9 1s 2d
In hand£2 1s 5d
£1 4s 0d
In hand£0 17s 5d
Spent£0 4s 8d
Due to Mr. Mercer£0 12s 9d
April 29th 1779
Seen and alowed by us
Thomas Mercer
George –awlen
Robert Cross
John Hindle his mark
1778
Paid in April 1778£1 5s 0d
Paid in May£8 8s 5d
Paid in June£9 11s 8d
Paid in July£14 5s 8 1/2d
Paid in August£6 18s 9 1/2d
Paid in September£8 17s 0d
Paid in October£6 15s 6d
Paid in November£6 10s 0d
Paid in December£5 4s 6d
Paid in January£6 11s 2d
Paid in February£10 17s 6d
Paid in March£3 0s 4 1/2d
£13 2s 4d
Dispursed for the Poor£101 8s 9 1/2d
£0 9s 1 1/2d
£101 17s 11d