St Kew
Poor Law
1781 - 1782
At a Vestry held this day in our Parish Church, by the Minister, Church-Wardens,Overseers and
Principal Inhabitants,the following Disbursments were seen, allowed & agreed to by the majority then
present whom have subscribed their names.
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| Surname | Forename | Year | Date | P | S | D | Reason | Transcriber Notes |
| ??ax | Mr | 1781 | 7-Oct | 2 | 12 | 6 | Paid Mr ??ax In Advance for A Militia Man | |
| Air | Catherine | 1781 | 9-Jan | 0 | 3 | 4 | A shift | |
| Air | Catherine | 1781 | 0 | 1 | 9 | Per week.Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Air | Catherine | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 2 | 3 | An Apron & 2 Caps | |
| Air | Catherine | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 3 | 9 | Pair of Shoes | |
| Air | Catherine | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 4 | 9 | A Coat & Making | |
| Air | Catherine | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 9 | Name Crossed Out. | |
| Air | Catherine | 1782 | 2-Jun | 0 | 3 | 5 | A Shift & Making | |
| Air | Catherine | 1782 | 2-Jun | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 Yrd of Camblet at 11d. | |
| Air | Catherine | 1782 | 1-Sep | 0 | 2 | 0 | In Sickness | |
| Aires | Catherine | 1781 | 7-Aug | 0 | 3 | 3 | A shift & Making | |
| Alford | Martha | 1781 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Her child.Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Alford | Martha | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Alford's Son | Martha | 1781 | 5-Jun | 0 | 2 | 8 | For a Pair of Shoes | |
| Alford's Son | Martha | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 2 | 3 | A Pr of Breeches & Making | |
| Alford's Son | Martha | 1782 | 5-May | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 Shirts & Making | |
| Alford's Son | Martha | 1782 | 5-May | 0 | 9 | 6 | Clothes & Making | |
| Andrew | William | 1781 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Andrew | James | 1781 | 8-May | 5 | 0 | 0 | The Bounty money | |
| Andrew | William | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 4 | 0 | A Shirt | |
| Andrew | Grace | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 2 | 0 | In Cash | |
| Andrew | Grace | 1782 | 3-Mar | 1 | 7 | 6 | Her Funeral Charges | |
| Andrew | William | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 2 | 6 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Andrew | William | 1782 | 3-Nov | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Andrew's Family | 1781 | 8-May | 0 | 5 | 6 | An order,summons & 2 affidavits | ||
| Andrews, Son | James | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 6 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Aunger | William | 1781 | 9-Jan | 0 | 4 | 0 | A shirt | |
| Aunger | William | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 5 | 8 | Breeches | |
| Aunger | William | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 1 | 3 | Shoes | |
| Aunger | William | 1781 | 3-Apr | 0 | 1 | 6 | A pair of stockings | |
| Aunger | William | 1781 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Per week.Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Aunger | Wm | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 5 | 1 | A Blanket & Making | |
| Aunger | Wm | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 5 | 0 | A Shirt 3"10 & Pair of Stockings 1"2 | |
| Aunger | William | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 2 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Aunger | William | 1782 | 4-Aug | 0 | 4 | 0 | A Shirt | |
| Brewer's | Mrs | 1781 | 3-Apr | 1 | 1 | 0 | House rent for Nicholas Treliven | |
| Charlick | Frances | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Charlick | Frances | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 2 | 0 | In Cash | |
| Charlick | Francis | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 5 | 0 | In Cash for His Wife | |
| Charlick | Frances | 1782 | 2-Jun | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cleave | Elizabeth | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 3 | 9 | Pair of Shoes | |
| Cleave | Richard | 1782 | 6-Oct | 0 | 2 | 6 | A Peck of Barley | |
| Cleave | Thomas | 1782 | 6-Oct | 1 | 0 | 0 | With An Apprentice | |
| Cleave | Richard | 1782 | 1-Dec | 0 | 10 | 0 | House Rent Dut to Calloway Last Michaelmas | |
| Cleave | Richard | 1782 | 1-Dec | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1/2 Bushell of Barley | |
| Cleave's,Wife | Richard | 1782 | 1-Dec | 0 | 1 | 0 | At Vestry | |
| Clemence | Grace | 1781 | 7-Oct | 1 | 1 | For Clothes For Her Children Pr Annum | ||
| Clemence | Grace | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 2 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Clemence | Walter | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 2 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Clemence | Grace | 1782 | 6-Oct | 1 | 1 | 0 | At Vestry For Clothes for Her Children | |
| Clemens | Walter | 1782 | 1-Sep | 0 | 13 | 4 | Joint Entry with William Clemens,An Indenture | |
| Clements | Walter | 1781 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Clements | Grace | 1781 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Clements | Grace | 1781 | 8-May | 0 | 4 | 9 | Child,2 pairs of shoes | |
| Clement's, Children | Grace | 1781 | 9-Jan | 0 | 5 | 0 | Bed gowns & slips | |
| Couch | William | 1781 | 9-Jan | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Couch | William | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 5 | 0 | In cash | |
| Couch | Leticia | 1781 | 3-Apr | 0 | 2 | 6 | Son's shoes | |
| Couch | Letitia | 1781 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Couch | William | 1781 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Per week.Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Couch | William | 1781 | 7-Oct | 0 | 4 | 0 | A Shirt | |
| Couch | William | 1781 | 4-Nov | 0 | 6 | 6 | A Blankett & In Fuell | |
| Couch | William | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 0 | 8 | In Fuel | |
| Couch | William | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 1 | 0 | His & Elizabeth Rowe's Dau's Shoes Tapped | |
| Couch | William | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 1 | 8 | And Martha Alford's Son's Shoes Tapped | |
| Couch | William | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 2 | 6 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Couch | William | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Couch | William | 1782 | 1-Sep | 0 | 13 | 4 | Joint Entry with Walter Clemens,An Indenture | |
| Couch | William | 1782 | 6-Oct | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Couch | William | 1782 | 3-Nov | 0 | 1 | 4 | A Pair of Stockings | |
| Couch, Sen | William | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 13 | 6 | House Rent | |
| Couch's Son | Lettetia | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 Shirts & Making 4"8,A Pr of Shoes 2"6 | |
| Curgenven | Mr | 1781 | 9-Jan | 3 | 19 | 0 | 4 wks pay | |
| Curgenven | Mr | 1781 | 6-Feb | 3 | 19 | 0 | 4 wks weekly pay | |
| Curgenven | Mr | 1781 | 6-Mar | 3 | 19 | 0 | 4 wks weekly pay | |
| Curgenven | Mr | 1781 | 3-Apr | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 wks weekly pay | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1781 | 6-Mar | 0 | 3 | 5 | In cash | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1781 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Davies | Hannah | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 2 | 2 | An apron & handkerchief | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 3 | 7 | A shift & Making | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 Caps | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 3 | 9 | Pair of Shoes | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 2 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Davies | Hannah | 1782 | 1-Sep | 0 | 3 | 2 | Apron & Handkerchief | |
| Draydon | George | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 1 | 0 | In Cash | |
| Dustow | William | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 4 | 6 | a peck of wheat | |
| Dustow | William | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 11 | 11 | A waistcott & breeches & making | |
| Dustow | William | 1781 | 6-Mar | 0 | 5 | 0 | A peck of wheat & cash 6 d | |
| Dustow | Wm | 1781 | 3-Apr | 0 | 4 | 0 | A shirt | |
| Dustow | William | 1781 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Dustow | Wm | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 5 | 3 | Repairing Wm Dustow's Breeches & Waistcotts,Cloth 1.4 1/2 Taylor | |
| Dustow | Wm | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 5 | 3 | A Pair of Shoes | |
| Dustow | William | 1781 | 4-Nov | 0 | 13 | 7 | ||
| Dustow | William | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 2 | 0 | A Hat | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 1 | 8 | Shoes Tapped | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 3 | 10 | A Shirt & Making | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 17 | 6 | Pair Stockings 1"2,His House 8"0,His Washing 8"4 | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 0 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 2-Jun | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 4-Aug | 0 | 5 | 4 1/2 | A Pair of Breeches & Making | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 1-Sep | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1/2 Yrd Canvass | |
| Dustow | William | 1782 | 6-Oct | 0 | 4 | 3 1/2 | A Shirt & Making | |
| Eyre | Catherine | 1782 | 4-Aug | 0 | 1 | 4 | A Handkerchief | Same Person as Catherine Air? |
| Eyre | Catherine | 1782 | 1-Dec | 0 | 6 | 2 | In Cash 2"0,A Shift & Cap & The Making 4"2 | |
| Ford | Thomas | 1781 | 6-Mar | 0 | 10 | 3 | Half bushell of wheat a neck of mutton | |
| Ford | Thomas | 1781 | 6-Mar | 0 | 9 | 1 | Mutton,bacon,attendance | |
| Ford | Thomas | 1781 | 6-Mar | 1 | 2 | 5 | To John Knights bill,for washing his shirt | |
| Ford | Thomas | 1781 | 6-Mar | 1 | 4 | 6 | His funeral charges | |
| Ford | John | 1782 | 5-May | 0 | 0 | 6 | To Meet Mr Borlase | |
| Frad | Charles | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 1 | 0 | In cash | |
| Frad | Charles | 1782 | 1-Sep | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1/2 Year House Rent for Mary Jolly &c | |
| Fradd | Jane | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 3 | 0 | For Elizabeth Rowe | |
| George | Nathaniel | 1782 | 3-Mar | 5 | 0 | 0 | The Bounty Money | |
| Grose | Richard | 1781 | 9-Jan | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 wks wkly pay | |
| Grose | Richard | 1781 | 6-Feb | 3 | 18 | 4 | 4 wks weekly pay | |
| Grose | Richard | 1781 | 6-Mar | 3 | 18 | 4 | 4 wks weekly pay | |
| Grose | Richard | 1781 | 3-Apr | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 wks weekly pay | |
| Grose | Richard | 1781 | 5-Jun | 0 | 15 | 6 | Paid his bill | |
| Grose | Thomas | 1781 | 4-Sep | 3 | 0 | 0 | Joint with others & the Apprentices | |
| Grose | Richard | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 9 | 9 | Bill for His Expences to Launceston & Peck of Wheat | |
| Guard | Ann | 1781 | 9-Jan | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cash | |
| Guard | Ann | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 1 | 0 | In cash | |
| Guard | Ann | 1781 | 6-Mar | 0 | 1 | 0 | in cash | |
| Guard | Mary | 1781 | 3-Apr | 0 | 0 | 7 | For 2 mockets for her son | |
| Guard | Mary | 1781 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Guard | Ann | 1781 | 8-May | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 wks pay(who is now admitted to wkly pay) | |
| Guard | Ann | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 2 | 1 | A Coat & Making | |
| Guard | Mary | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 1 | 4 | A Gown & Apron | |
| Guard | Ann | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 10 | 9 | A Shift 3"3, A Gown 7"6 | |
| Guard | Ann | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 0 | Name Crossed Out.Died Sept 26 1782 | |
| Guard | Ann | 1782 | 1-Sep | 1 | 4 | 7 | Her Funeral Charges | |
| Guard's Son | Mary | 1781 | 3-Jul | 0 | 1 | 1 | A shirt & making | |
| Guard's Son | Mary | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 6 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Guard's Son | Mary | 1782 | 5-May | 0 | 1 | 8 | A Shirt & Making | |
| Guards's Son | Mary | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 2 | 8 | A Shirt & Pr of Shoes | |
| Guards's Son | Mary | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 1 | 6 | A Shirt | |
| Hamley | Christopher | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 8 | 0 | Last Vestry | |
| Harry | Elizabeth | 1781 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Wkly pay of the poor at Easter | ||
| Harry | Elizabeth | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 9 | 0 | What was kept back from her pay | |
| Harry | Elizabeth | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Harry | Elizabeth | 1782 | 2-Apr | 0 | 1 | 6 | Weekly Pay of The Poor at Easter | |
| Harry | Elizabeth | 1782 | 2-Jun | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Harvey | Joan | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 8 | 0 | In cash | |
| Harvey | Joan | 1781 | 7-Aug | 0 | 5 | 0 | At the Vestry | |
| Harvey | Jane | 1781 | 2-Dec | 0 | 5 | 0 | At Vestry | |
| Harvey | Joan | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 17 | 0 | At Vestry 5"0,Her House Rent 12"0 | |
| Harvey | Joan | 1782 | 4-Aug | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Harvey | Jane | 1782 | 3-Nov | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Higgs | John | 1781 | 4-Sep | 3 | 0 | 0 | Joint with others & the Apprentices | |
| Higgs | Mr John | 1782 | 5-May | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 wks weekly pay | |
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 5-May | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 2-Jun | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 4-Aug | 4 | 19 | 0 | 4 Wks Wkly Pay | |
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 4-Sep | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 1-Sep | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 Wks Wkly Pay | |
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 6-Oct | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 Wks Wkly Pay | |
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 3-Nov | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 Wks Wkly Pay | |
| Higgs | Mr | 1782 | 1-Dec | 5 | 18 | 9 | 5 Wks Wkly Pay | |
| Hocking | Hugh | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 15 | 0 | House Rent | |
| Hooper | Henry | 1782 | 5-May | 0 | 13 | 2 | Paid Henry for Clothes for Andrews's Boy as Per Bill | |
| Inch | Frances | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 5 | 0 | Half hundred of wood | |
| Inch | Frances | 1781 | 6-Feb | 0 | 1 | 2 | For mending a pair of shoes | |
| Inch | Frances | 1781 | 6-Mar | 0 | 2 | 11 | A coat | |
| Inch | Francis | 1781 | 5-Jun | 0 | 7 | 0 | At Vestry | |
| Inch | Francis | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 4 | 6 | A Peck of Wheat | |
| Inch | Frances | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 1 | 0 | At Vestry | |
| Inch | Frances | 1782 | 6-Jan | 0 | 7 | 5 | A Gown & Making | |
| Inch | Frances | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 8 | 0 | House Rent | |
| Inch | Fanny | 1782 | 4-Aug | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Inch | Fanny | 1782 | 6-Oct | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Inch | Fanny | 1782 | 3-Nov | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| John | Mary | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 3 | 9 | A Pair of Shoes | |
| Johns | Mary | 1781 | 4-Nov | 0 | 2 | 3 | A Peck of Barley & Cash | |
| Johns | Mary | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 8 | 0 | House Rent | |
| Johns | Mary | 1782 | 2-Jun | 0 | 3 | 9 | A Pair of Shoes | |
| Johns | Mary | 1782 | 6-Oct | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Johns | Mary | 1782 | 3-Nov | 0 | 5 | 7 | A Bedtye | |
| Jolley | Mary | 1781 | 8-May | 0 | 2 | 6 | At the Vestory | |
| Jolly | Mary | 1781 | 9-Jan | 0 | 6 | 8 | A shift | |
| Jolly | Mary | 1781 | 4-Sep | 0 | 2 | 6 | In Cash | |
| Jolly | Mary | 1781 | 4-Nov | 0 | 7 | 9 | Corn For & Pair of Shoes | |
| Jolly | Mary | 1782 | 3-Mar | 0 | 4 | 7 1/2 | A Peck of Wheat | |
| Jolly | Mary | 1782 | 5-May | 0 | 5 | 0 | At Vestry | |
| Jolly | Mary | 1782 | 4-Aug | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jolly | Mary | 1782 | 6-Oct | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jolly | Mary | 1782 | 1-Dec | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1/4's House Rent | |
| Kellow's | 1781 | 3-Apr | 0 | 12 | ||||