The Early History of English Poor Relief

APPENDIX VI.

Accounts of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish of Staplegrove, Co. Somerset, for the year 1599 (Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 30,278).

The accounts of the overseers of Staplegrove have been preserved for several years between 1599 and 1623 (1599, 1605, 1621, 1622, and 1623). The churchwardens' accounts also remain and begin as early as 1585 and in some of these also payments to the poor are noted[751].

This account is of course made under the provisions of the Act of 1597 (39 Eliz. c. 3)[752].

The accounts of the churchwardens and overseeors of the poore in the parishe of Stapelgrove for the eyare last past. This account stood before her maeistis Justis on the xj daye of apreill in Anno Domini 1599.

A noot what every man hath paid to this colletion this whole eyar that was set weekly to the poore.

George Poyre	xj^s.
John Wuse.	xviii^s.
Anthone Gonson	ix^s. ij^d.
John Chattocke	xiiij^s. viii^d.
Thomas Harris	vii^s. iiii^d.
Robert Parsons	xi^s.

Will. Cole	iij^s. viii^d.
Richard Nelcomb	v^s. vi^d.
John Sindercomb	iij^s. iij^d.
William Davy	ii^s. ix^d.
Harry Chattocke	iii^s. viii^d.
Bartholmew Sindercomb	xxii^d.
William Hit before hee had his apprentis	viii^s. iiii^d.
Thomas Perrett before hee had his apprentis	v^s.
Wat Gale before he had his apprentis.	vi^s. viii^d.
John Chattocke before he had his apprentis	vi^s. viii^d.

Som. of v^li. xviij^s. x^d.

A noet of every mans name that keepe anei poore body and them that hath taken apprentisses

Roger Smyth kepeth William Harvy, Impot.
Water Knight kepeth Christine Fort, Impot.
Nicholas Cornishe kepeth Harry Gale as apprentis.
John Chattocke tholder kepeth Jone Rison as apprentis.
William Hit kepeth Mamwell Brice as apprentis.
Thomas Perrot kepeth Margery Huis as apprentis.
Walter Gale kepeth Jone Huis as apprentis.

The namis of them that paieth quarterly to the poore and what every one of them hath paid the whole eyar.

first M^r. John Switteinge	xii^s.
John Decon	xii^s.
Hugh Farthinge	xii^s.
Andrew Crosse	vii^s.
William Whitt	i^s. vi^d.
Mr. George Hill	i^s. vi^d.
Water Duddroge	iii^s.
Water Shut	vi^s.
Mr. Goorge Fenwell	i^s.
Robert Westcomb	xxi^d.
Robert Farthinge	iij^s. vi^d.
John Parsons	ii^s. ix^d.
William Wilse	i^s. vi^d.
Thomas Slape	i^s.
Thomas Rooch	iii^s.
William Corvenell	ii^s. vi^d.
Mr. John Gibbones	i^s. vi^d.
John Ollyver	vi^d.
Robert Soger	i^s. vi^d.
M^r. Jamis Clarke	ii^s.
Thomas Brice	i^s. iii^d.
Bartholmew Farthinge	xviii^d.
Som. of iiii^li.
The whole resowte for this yeare	Som. of ix^li. xviii^s. x^d.

The namis of all them that haue receved collection and euery one of them haue Receved as followith.

first Jone Cole haue reseved	xxix^s.
Richard Rison & his wyfe Reseved	lvii^s.
John Gould Reseved	xiiii^s. ii^d.
Christian Fort Reseved	xii^s.
Jone Gale the wyfe of Richard Gale	xii^s.
Margret Brice the wyfe of John Brice	vi^s.	viii^d.
Jane Hues the wyfe of Thom. Hues	xviii^d.
Wilmoth Hunt	xii^d.
Johane Rison	xii^d.
To Roger Smyth for that his land is charged in St. Jamis	viii^s. vi^d.
To Christian Fort in her sicknis and for wood	iii^s. ix^d.
To John Gould's buriall	xii^d.
To the tithingman for releivinge the poore strangers that were broght to hem	xii^d.
Wee haue laid out before Christmas for Clothers for the poore & for wood and parrell for the apprenteses	xxxviii^s.
disburssed som of	ix^li. vi^s. vii^d.
so there is remayninge in ou^r hande	xii^s. iii^d.

Churchwardens

Hugh Portman.
John Colles.
John Frances.
Thomas Beaton.
Thomas Perett & Bartholmew Sindercomb.

Overseears

Richer Smyth, Water Knight.
Nicholas Cornish & John Chattocke.

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