FLAX GROWERS? BOUNTY LIST (PRO BELFAST, T/3419)
To the person who should sow between the 10th day of March and the 11th day of June 1796 with a sufficient quantity of good sound flax seed, any quantity of land, well prepared and fit for the purpose
not less than 1 acre, 4 spinning wheels
not less than 3 roods, 3 spinning wheels
not less than 2 roods, 2 spinning wheels
not less than 1 rood, 1 spinning wheel
and to the person who shall sow in like manner any quantity of like land not less than 5 acres, a loom or wheels, reels or hatchells to the value of 50 shillings, and for every five acres over and above the first, a like premium.
PARISH OF DONAGHMORE:
(among other names appear:-)
Wheels
John Ruddock 1
John Hamilton 1
Joseph Kidd 1
Eliza Kidd 1
Jane Kidd 4
William Kidd 2
Note:
The above spelling of Ruddock is as it appears in the list.
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