Burials at Wandsworth
1678 to 1727

The Church Receipts

• Rec’d of Mr. Moseley for ye Interment of Doctor Jenkes’ daughter in ye Church with ye little bell7s 2d[Bapt. 1678, Mar. 28, Anne, daughter of Mr. Thomas Jenkes.]
• Rec’d by ye same for ye Interment of Mr. John Bigsby’s son in the Church with the little bell14s 4d[Bapt. 1671–2, Jan. 2, Nicholas, son of John Bigsbey, gent.]
• Rec’d by the same for ye Interment of Sir John Sabine’s son with ye great bell15s 4d[Sir John Sabine, knight.]
• Rec’d by ye same for ye Interment of Edmund Cripps with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d by ye same for ye Interment of Mr. Joseph Austin’s daughter with the great bell15s 4d[Mr. Joseph Austin, of London, Woollen Draper.]
• Rec’d by the same for ye Interment of Mr. Samuel Acworth with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d by ye same for ye Interment of Mr. Buckler, being buried in ye Chancell, only ye great bell1s 0d[William Buckler, gent.]
• Rec’d by the same for ye Interment of Mr. Street with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d by ye same for ye Interment of Mr. Rowland Kniviton with ye great bell15s 4d
• Rec’d by ye same for ye Interment of Mr. Bigsby’s daughter with ye little bell14s 4d[Bapt. 1674, April 20, Judith, daughter of Mr. John Bigsbye.]
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Dame Katherine Brodrick with ye great bell17s 8d[Catharine, daughter of Robert Nicholas, widow of Sir Thomas Brodrick. There is a monument to her and her husband in the Parish Church, but it does not give the exact date of death, only decubuit anno Domini 1678. Her eldest son, Sir Allen Brodrick, was one of the churchwardens, 1678–9.]

The Church Disbursements

• Paid for a Register booke to enter burialls, according to a late Act of Parliament for burying in Woollen3s 6d

The Poor’s Receipts

• Rec’d upon ye Penalty of ye Act for not burying Dame Catherine Brodrick in Woollen£5 0s 0d

The Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid, by the hands of Mr. Thomas Andrew, to several poor people, ye Penalty of not burying Dame Catherine Brodrick in Woollen£5 0s 0d

The Church Receipts

• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. William Lloyd’s daughter in ye Church with the little bell14s 4d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. Daniell Major with ye great bell15s 4d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. Daniel Major’s Child with ye great bell15s 4d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mrs. Buckler’s Child with ye little bell7s 2d[Bapt. 1677, Oct. 1, Margarett, daughter of William Buckler, gent.]
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Doctor Jenkes his Child with ye little bell7s 2d[Bapt. 1672, Apr. 20, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jenkes, Dr. of physicke.]
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Goodwife Elliott’s nurse child in ye Churchyard2s 0d
• Rec’d for Interment of Mr. Bushnell’s Child with ye great bell7s 8d[Bapt. 1678, April 14, Richard, son of Mr. John Bushnell.]
• Rec’d for ye great bell when Mr. Hubbert was buried1s 0d[Abraham Hubbert, Esq.]
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. Pellitt’s child with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. William Barker with ye great bell7s 8d

The Poor’s Receipts

• Received upon ye Penaltie of ye Act for not burying Mr. Hubbert in Woollen£2 10s 0d
• Rec’d of Mr. Edward Barker for ye Penalty of ye Act for not burying Mr. William Barker in Woollen£5 0s 0d

The Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid ye Penaltie of not burying Mr. Hubbert in Woollen to several poor people that night he was buried£2 10s 0d
• Paid to ye Coroner and other charges for ye boy that was drowned and cast upon Wandsworth Shoare£1 0s 0d
• Paid to Widow Dean and Widow Epsome to look to ye maid that fell sick and died on Shurlock’s hill2s 6d

The Church Receipts

• Rec’d of Sir Allen Brodrick, being his gift towards the new burying place£33 14s 0d
• Rec’d upon ye Penalty of the Woollen Act for Mr. Selbie£2 10s 0d
• Rec’d upon ye Penalty of the Woollen Act for Mrs. Chinall£2 10s 0d
• Rec’d upon ye Penalty of the Woollen Act for Thomas Merritt’s child£2 10s 0d
• Rec’d of Mr. Moseley for several Interments in ye Church£1 5s 6d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mrs. Winington in ye Church with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mrs. Bull in ye Church with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. Chinall’s child in ye Church6s 8d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of the Widow Peacock with the great bell and a peal upon all ye bells8s 8d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mrs. Chinall in ye Church with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of John Bentley in ye Church with ye great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Will. Waterfield’s child in ye Church7s 2d[Bapt. 1681, Apr. 8, William, son of William Waterfield, miller.]
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mrs. Rushworth in ye Church with ye great bell15s 4d
• Rec’d for ye Interment of Mr. Loat in ye Church with ye great bell7s 8d

The Poor’s Receipts

• Taken out of ye poor’s box, fifty shillings of it being for ye penalty of ye Woollen Act on Thomas Merritt’s child, and placed in ye Church receipts[figure unclear in scan]

The Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid Jasper Avery for burying a man that died in ye Brickfield2s 0d

The Church Receipts

• Rec’d upon the penalty of the Woollen Act for William Chinall£2 10s 0d
• Rec’d of Mr. John and Mr. Thomas Moseley for the interment of several in the Church, as per note, from the 20th April ’81 to April ’82£4 2s 10d[John Moseley, elected Clerk of Wandsworth post fratrem — i.e. after his brother.]

Church Receipts

• Cash received of Mr. Foster of London for the interment of his Child in ye Church
• Ditto of William Swaine for the interment of his kinswoman
• Ditto of Mr. Hebert, and ditto for ye great bell for said Mr. Hebert
• Ditto for the interment of Phill. Walker’s daughter in ye Church
• Ditto for the interment of Richard Bull
• Cash received for ye great bell going for Mrs. Barker
• Ditto of George Gylls for the interment of a child from London
• Ditto received for the interment of Phill. Walker’s grandchild, and ye little bell going
• Cash rec’d for the great bell going for Mr. Martin

Receipts for the Poor

• Ditto rec’d of Mr. Barker for the interment of Mrs. Barker in Linen£2 10s 0d

Church Receipts

• Rec’d of Mrs. Martin for the great bell for her husband1s 0d
• Rec’d of Mrs. ffitch for the interment of his (sic) mother in the Church and the great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mrs. Goswerk for her father Mr. Heath1s 0d
• Rec’d of Mr. Greenage for the interment of his Child in the Church and the little bell14s 4d
• Rec’d of Mrs. Monger for the interment of her son John in the Church and the great bell7s 8d[Bapt. 1684, Jan. 4, John, son of Mr. Benjamin Monger. Also: 1682, Oct. 23, marriage allegation for Benjamin Monger of Wandsworth, about 23, and Frances Avorth (or Aworth) of Surrey, widow.]
• Rec’d of Mrs. Loat for the interment of her husband in the Church and great bell7s 8d[Christian Loat.]
• Rec’d of Mrs. Rausau for the interment of her husband in the Church and great bell7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mr. Andrew for the interment of Mrs. Harvey in the Church and great bell7s 8d

Disbursements for the Poor

• Paid charges to the Coroner and Jury when they made inquisition upon the death of one Christopher Paine, per bill£1 4s 10d
• Paid charges to Coroner and Jury when they made inquisition upon the death of an infant that was found in Ive’s Barn, as by bill[figure unclear in scan]
• Paid to Mr. Aps for preferring a bill against Margaret Corbet for killing her child, as by bill4s 0d

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Bacon’s man7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of a Gentleman who died at Mr. Bignald’s15s 4d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mrs. Hubbard7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mrs. Katherine Monger7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Susanna Short15s 4d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Draper’s Child7s 8d
• Rec’d of James Rich for the Interment of Mrs. Goose7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mr. Lusher for the Interment of Mr. Ranshaw7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mrs. Pillett for the Interment of her husband7s 8d

Receipts for the Poor

• Rec’d of Mr. Godfrey for Mrs. Hubbard’s burying in Linen£2 10s 0d
• Rec’d for Mrs. Goose’s burying in Linen£2 10s 0d

Disbursements for the Poor

• Paid to 50 poor people, in 50 twelvepenny loaves, the money received of Hubbert’s (sic) being buried in Linen£2 10s 0d
• Paid to relieve Joakin Rice, from the 26th of May to the 16th of July 1684 — clothes to shift him, a coffin and shroud, and a nurse, with other charges£2 9s 2d
• Paid for the burial of Driver — a coffin, shroud, bread and beer7s 9d
• Paid the Coroner, sitting up, and other charges, for a jury of inquisition upon a woman drowned£1 3s 0d

The Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of Andrew Dent’s wife’s mother7s 2d
• Rec’d for George Street’s child’s Interment7s 2d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Peregrine Benham’s wife7s 4d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Plomb’s Child15s 4d

Poor’s Disbursements

Individual amounts largely illegible in the source for this year.

• Paid for the burial of Timothy Miller
• Paid toward a coffin for the Widow West
• Paid for a coffin and charges burying Widow Simmons
• Paid for a coffin and charges burying William Saunders
• Paid to relieve Gough’s wife, and a coffin for her child
• Paid charges for the burial of Francis Neale

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of John Deaves7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Widow Porter7s 8d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid for the burial of Miller’s child, and coffin[Bapt. 1699, Mar. 15, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Miller.]
• Paid to relieve William Epsome in sickness2s 6d
• Paid for his shroud, coffin and other charges for his burial
• Paid the woman that watched with Goodman Hockey
• Paid John Mott for the bell and grave1s 0d
• January 20th: one Jane Miller came by accident and delivered of a child, lodged by the Constable at the Seven Stars, and paid to the nurse for herself and the woman15s 6d
• Paid the midwife, Mrs. Rogers5s 0d
• Paid to John Mott for grave and bell
• Paid for a coffin
• Paid to relieve Susan Tyler in sickness, and a nurse looking after her£1 1s 0d
• Paid for a coffin for her child
• Paid John Mott for bell and grave
• Paid John Mott for bell and grave for Widow Green’s child
• Paid John Mott for bell and grave for a child that died at Mr. Higham’s
• Paid for bell and grave, Thomas Bull’s child1s 6d
• Paid for charges for the burial of the Widow Finch17s 6d

Church Receipts

• 1701, Aug. 22: for the interment of 3 nurse children, 6d; Sept. 28, for the interment of a nurse child, 2d8s 0d
• Sept. 22: for the interment of Mr. John Hanwell’s wife, 6s 8d, bell 12d; Jan. 18, for the use of the bell for Mr. Hanwick’s child, 12d8s 8d
• Feb. 22: for the interment of Doctor Jenks, 10s; Feb. 22, for the interment of Mr. John Lawrence, 7s 8d; Feb. 26, for the interment of Mr. Hist’s (?) wife, 2s£1 5s 0d

Poor’s Disbursements — Coffins and Other Charges

• Apr. 12: paid Gossell for a coffin for Widow Adams, 7s; bell & grave 12s8s [?]
• May 8: paid Gossell for a coffin for Miller’s child, 6d; a shroud 18d; beer & refreshment 2s; bell & grave 12d7s 6d
• July 22: burying a drowned man, 13s 6d; Coroner 17s 6d; informant’s fee 6d; received of Putney parish 15s 6d£2 12s 10d
• Sept. 22: paid Gossell for a coffin for Frankling
• Dec. 14: paid Gossell for a coffin for Edward Howard
• Jan. 25: paid Gossell for 2 coffins for John Higgs & child, 8s; funeral 2s 6d; bell & grave 2s12s 6d
• Mar. 8: paid Gossell for a coffin for Widow Epsom, 7s; funeral & drink 3s; bell & grave 1s

Received for the Use of the Church

• For the interment of Mr. Best, 7s 8d; for the interment of Mr. Ball’s daughter, 7s 8d15s 4d
• For the interment of Mr. Draper’s child, 7s 8d; for the interment of Mr. Street’s child, 6s 8d14s 4d
• For the interment of Mr. Fleetwood[figure unclear in scan]

Paid for Coffins and Other Charges

Individual totals for most of these entries are not clearly legible in the scan.

• A coffin for Widow Clark — a shroud 18d, beer 18d, the Sexton for bell & grave
• A coffin for Robert Box — a shroud 18d, beer, Sexton bell & grave 12d
• A coffin for Widow Marcy — a shroud 18d, laying her out & beer, Sexton bell & grave
• A coffin for a man who died at Jermaine’s — a shroud 18d, Sexton bell & grave 12d, two women stripping and laying him out, for his lodging & drink
• A coffin for Widow Maine — a shroud 18d, beer & laying her out 2s, Sexton bell & grave
• A coffin for Dennis Prince — a shroud 18d, Sexton bell & grave 12d

Received for the Use of the Church

• 1705, June 30: for the interment of Mr. Essington, 7s 8d
• July 22: for the interment of Mrs. Clarke, 7s 8d
• Sept. 1: for the interment of Mr. Lawrence, 7s 8d; Sept. 15, for the interment of Mrs. Street, 7s 8d
• Nov. 12: for the interment of Mrs. Figg, 7s 8d; Jan. 19, for the interment of a Minister, 15s 4d

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of Madam Bilson7s 6d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Ploome’s daughter15s 4d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Relieved Widow Dixon, from the 12th of April to the 23rd of November, in want & sickness£2 15s 0d
• Paid for laying her out & at her burial3s 6d
• Paid for the bell and grave1s 0d
• Paid at the burial of Bushel’s boy, & for the bell and grave2s 6d
• Paid George Street for a coffin & shroud
• Relieved Charles Lewis’s wife and nine children in sickness, from the 29th of May to the 24th of August£6 17s 10d
• Paid at the burial of two of Lewis’s children, & for the bell and grave
• Paid at the burial of Lewis’s wife, & for shroud, bell & grave6s 3d
• Paid charges for burying a stranger, from William Jones
• Paid for a coffin, shroud, bell & grave, at the burial of Robert Giles’s child
• Paid for a coffin & other charges, burying Thomas Leeke
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for Thomas Turner’s child2s 9d
• Paid for bell & grave for Thomas Barum’s wife
• Paid for a coffin & shroud for Charles Lewis’s wife

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Hatch7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Crisp’s child15s 4d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Emerly7s 8d[John Emlie was executor of Francis Millington & gave £40 in his lifetime to the parish.]
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Allen Acworth7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Edward Buckler7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mrs. Best15s 4d
• Rec’d for the Interment of a Woman from Mrs. Batsford15s 4d

Poor’s Receipts

• Rec’d of Robert Mott for the Interment of 4 nurse children in the Churchyard8s 0d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid for burying of Horn’s grand-daughter, to the bearers, & a shroud
• Paid to relieve Elizabeth White in her sickness, for a shroud, nursing and burying

Church Receipts

• Received for the Interment of an infant of Edward Barker Esq.7s 8d
• Received for the Interment of a child of Mr. Hodgson7s 8d
• Received for the Interment of Mrs. Parsons7s 8d
• Received for the Interment of Capt. Willford7s 8d
• Received for the Interment of Mrs. Swaine7s 8d

Church Disbursements

• Paid James Pere for coffins for poor people£2 2s 0d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid to relieve John Ashon’s wife when sick, & family, & burying his wife
• Paid to relieve Roger White’s wife in sickness, & burying her
• Paid to relieve Henry Mousely, & a shroud for his wife
• Paid to relieve & bury Higgins’s child, nursed at Battersea
• Paid charges of burying a man who died in Ives’s Barn
• Paid for burying Henry Rice
• Paid burying William Simmons
• Paid charges for burying a woman who died in the Street
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for George Taylor, and burying
• Paid horse hire & charges going to Brentford to attend the Bench of Justices, to get the charges of burying George Taylor4s [?]

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Crisp’s child7s 8d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid for a coffin, shroud, grave & bell for Edward King8s 6d
• Paid to Henry Webb’s wife to bury her child2s 6d
• Paid to Ann Jenkins towards the burial of her mother, Saunders
• Paid for a coffin, shroud, bell & grave for Simmonds’s girl3s 9d
• Relieved John Potter, late servant to William Cox
• Paid Thomas Laxam toward the burial of ditto
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for the child [of a travelling woman]
• Paid for a coffin for Griffen Mierrick
• Paid Mr. Cock for the jury on the death of a boy found dead on the Common
• Paid the Coroner his fees
• Paid Roger Tedder for fetching the Coroner and his attendance
• Paid to relieve Widow Bentley in sickness12s 6d
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for ditto
• Paid for beer, sugar and other materials for her burial
• Paid for a grave and bell for ditto2s 6d
• Paid for a coffin and shroud, and parish duties [? for Eliz. Humphreys]

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of a Gentlewoman at Mr. Batsford’s15s 4d
• Rec’d of Mr. Spark for the Interment of his daughter7s 8d
• Rec’d of Madam Bisson for the Interment of her child7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mr. Stables for the Interment of his child7s 8d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Relieved James Dueslow, and paid for a coffin for his wife
• Ditto, for the burial of his [Henry Webb’s] child
• Ditto, for a coffin & shroud for Elizabeth Bird
• Relieved the widow of Richard Gosswell in sickness, & paid for coffin, shroud & other charges to the nurse
• Paid for a coffin for Smith’s man
• Paid for passing Goody Devenport & daughter out of town
• Ditto, relieved her in sickness and her burial
• Paid for the burial of Thomas Ballam’s wife, and charges
• Paid for the burial of Thomas Ballam, and charges
• Relieved Sarah Reynolds
• Paid for her burial & charges

Church Receipts

• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. John Sparkes7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mr. Barnard for the Interment of his child7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mr. Barker7s 8d
• Rec’d for the Interment of Mrs. Lesow7s 8d
• Rec’d of Edward Barker Esq. for the Interment of his 2 sons15s 4d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid Mr. Delarge for physic for Ely Hardin2s 6d
• Paid for a petition and other charges putting Ely Hardin into the Hospital2s 6d
• Paid for the coffin, shroud, affidavit and other charges for the burial of Ely Hardin11s 6d
• Paid for the coffin and shroud and burial of Anthony Chiber10s 0d
• Paid for the burial of one of Davis’s children at Westminster7s 6d
• Paid towards the burial of Hugh Mousely at Battersea7s 6d
• Paid for Warren’s child’s burial8s 6d
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for the Widow Reynolds9s 0d
• Paid Robert Mott for the Widow Reynolds’s burial1s 0d
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for George Knight9s 0d
• Paid for the coffin, shroud, burial and affidavit and other charges of Henry Mousely11s 6d
• Paid towards the burial of Aliah Farmer’s child3s 6d
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for Goody West9s 0d
• Paid for the burial and affidavit of Goody West1s 6d
• Relieved Sarah Pue, a travelling woman brought sick out of the Common15s 0d
• Paid for Sarah Pue’s coffin and shroud8s 0d
• Paid for the burial and affidavit of Sarah Pue1s 6d
• Paid for nursing Sarah Pue’s child4s 0d
• Paid for the coffin, shroud and burial of Sarah Pue’s child3s 6d
• Paid for the affidavit of Sarah Pue’s child6d
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for Eliza Ashon9s 6d
• Paid for Eliza Ashon’s burial and affidavit1s 6d
• Paid to bury old Ounsly’s wife7s 6d

Church Receipts

• Received for the Interment of Mr. Leasow7s 8d
• Received for the Interment of Mrs. Crips7s 8d

The Poor’s Disbursements

• For the burial of Oliver at the Hospital
• Paid Mr. Iles for a coffin for Elizabeth Ashley
• Paid Henry Mousely’s nurse in his illness & burial from the Hospital
• Paid coffin & shroud for Widow Baldwin
• Paid Widow Pero for parish coffins, as per bill
• Paid Coroner’s warrants for burying 3 drowned men
• Paid charges interring them, one being very offensive
• Paid Mr. Skinner [churchwarden] for his trouble in going to Ealing several times about the said [Widow] Cookcow12s 6d
• Paid for coffin & shroud for John Milton9s 6d
• Paid Robert Mott for burying him1s [?]
• Paid for a coffin & shroud for Widow Tayler9s 6d
• Paid for carrying her to the ground & burying her3s [?]
• Paid expenses in burying a stranger found dead in Mr. Cross’s field, viz.: to the 3 people who removed her, 2s 6d; to 2 women to lay her in the coffin, 2s; to 4 men to the burying ground, 4s; for a coffin, 8s; to Robert Mott, 1s17s 6d
• Paid to relieve Widow Cookcow during her and her children’s sickness of the smallpox17s 6d
• Paid her funeral expenses, coffin, shroud, double dues & other charges£1 7s 0d[Minutes of Vestry — 1720, Jan. 8: “The Sexton [shall] dig no more Graves in the Churchyard until further notice.” 1721, April 23: Leave is given that Mary Jones, widow of Griffith Jones, be buried in the Churchyard.]

Church Receipts

• Received of Mr. Page for burying his child in the Church7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mrs. Every, for ditto7s 8d
• Rec’d of Mr. Daberon for ditto7s 8d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid Robert Mott, for burials & going to the clockmaker3s 6d
• Paid for beer at old West’s burial2s 9d
• Burying Peacock’s wife3s 6d[Minutes of Vestry — 1721, Oct. 15: Permission granted for burying Mr. Edward Applegarth in the Churchyard. 1721, Nov. 26: A grandchild of Robert Motte to be buried in the Churchyard. 1721, Jan. 21: That Frances, daughter of Joseph Laysel, be buried in the Churchyard. 1721, Jan. 28: “That leave be given to inter William Fry in the Churchyard of this Parish.” 1721, Mar. 4: The order made 8 Jan. 1720 that the Sexton should dig no more graves in the Churchyard be suspended till further notice.]

Church Receipts

• Received for the Interment of Mr. Essington’s child, Mr. Savage’s child & Mr. Page’s child

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid a woman in Kelley’s Barn, for nursing & burying her child
• Carrying &c. of Carter’s child
• Paid for burying a drowned man
• Paid for Grey, sickness and burial
• Paid for Widow Tuck’s affidavit &c.
• Paid the bearers & Sexton for the Widow Wexham
• Paid when Walker’s son died
• Paid for the child which died in the Watchhouse
• Paid carrying &c. of the Widow Savage
• Paid carrying &c. of the Widow Neal
• Paid Street for Neal & Savage’s burial
• Paid carrying old Bennet
• Nursing, bringing and burying old Freeman

Church Receipts

• Received for the Interment of Mr. West’s child
• Ditto for Mr. Essington’s
• Ditto for Mr. Newport’s
• Ditto for Mr. Essington’s
• Ditto for Mr. Sparks

Poor’s Disbursements

• Relieved a lame woman at the Widow Harvey’s
• Paid for looking after her, and a shroud
• Paid George Street for burying her
• Relieved John Smith, 12 weeks
• Paid George Street for burying ditto
• Paid George Street for burying a child from the King’s Lyon
• Relieved a woman 2 weeks, who died in Welding’s Barn
• Paid for laying her out and putting her in the coffin
• Paid four men to carry her to the burying ground
• Paid George Street for burying her
• Relieved old Harris the Smith before he died
• Paid for laying him out and putting in the coffin
• Paid for beer for those that carried him to the ground
• Relieved the Widow Miles, 10 weeks£1 0s [?]
• Paid for a coffin for her husband
• Paid to relieve the Widow Thomas in illness
• Paid George Street for burying her

Church Receipts

• Received for the Interment of Mr. Page’s child7s 4d
• Received for the Interment of Mr. Applegate’s [child]7s 4d

Poor’s Disbursements

Individual amounts for most of these entries are not clearly legible in the scan.

• Paid a woman at Tooth’s, and burying a child
• Paid to Mary Copper for a shift
• Paid ditto, several weeks’ relief and funeral costs
• Paid George Street for a burial [? Wm. Peacock]
• Paid for the charges at the burial
• Ditto for coffin and shroud
• Paid for a boy that was found dead on the Common
• Ditto, a coffin and shroud
• Paid a coffin and shroud for Paul Stainer
• Paid for a coffin and shroud for a child at the King’s Lyon
• Paid George Street for the burial of ditto
• Paid the Widow Bleeze in illness at times
• Paid for a shift, and a sheet, coffin & shroud
• Paid ditto to George Street
• Paid for laying out ditto, and carrying to the grave
• Paid for coffin and shroud, a child dying at the King’s Lyon
• Paid for burying ditto, to George Street
• Paid for coffin and shroud for Molendine’s girl
• Paid George Street for burying her
• Paid Widow Harris in illness at times
• Paid ditto for a straw bed, as per order of Vestry
• Paid for coffin and shroud for ditto
• Ditto, laying out & 4 men to carry her
• Paid George Street for burying her

Church Receipts

• Received for the Interment of Mr. Melsham, Mr. Kurls’s (? Krull’s) daughter, and a young child from London£1 2s 6d

Poor’s Disbursements

• Paid for burying a drowned man8s 0d
• Paid Eisley for a coffin and shroud for Price9s 6d[Minutes of Vestry — 1725, Sept. 26: John Green to be a Millington pensioner, in place of William Peacock, deceased.]

Church Receipts

• Rec’d of Mr. John Page for the Interment of a child
• Rec’d of Mr. Christopher Page, ditto
• Rec’d of Mr. James Porter, ditto
• Rec’d of Mr. Essington’s, ditto[Bapt. 1727, May 12, Susanna, daughter of Mr. Essington.]
• Rec’d of Mr. Cowper’s…

Poor’s Receipts

• Rec’d of Mr. Ewers for burying his wife in Linen