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Cleaning Brooks Along Parish Boundaries |
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Paide to Shrieves Bayleifes Lucas and
Cowper presently after Michaelmas for
their fees for the indictment of Radmore
Brooke |
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8
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Item payd to the workmen for scowering of
Radmere Brook in March last |
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6
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Item payd at the Easter sessions to
Mr Randall |
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Item to the Clerk of the Peace |
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Ite. For the fine |
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6
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Ite. Payd to Mrs Emily which she layd out
for the towne for the part of the attorney's
fee |
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8
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And for the baylees fees |
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and towards her mans charges at the sessions |
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Item paid for the scouring of Radson brooke |
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9
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The above sequence refers to a dispute about
responsibility for cleaning the Radstone brook … as Ellis
comments "I am afraid that Helmdon was in the wrong on
this occasion as they had to pay all the cost, this occurred
in 1659, and the next quarrel in 1682 when Radstone had to
pay for the 'indictment'."
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Pd. For scouring the Weston Brooke and expense
about that business |
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However in the receipts occurs: |
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Received of Weston men towards the scouring of
ye brooke |
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| Page 32 (Ellis) |
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Parish Officers
Included the following:
The Mole or want catcher
The Crowkeeper
The Peaskeeper
The Cow-keeper
The Hayward
Parish Cobstable and
The Thirdboroughs |
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| Payments to the above occur in documents: |
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The Hayward as is customary at Lady Day |
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Ye Hayward at Michaelmas |
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| Pages 32/3 (Ellis) |
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Pd ye Want Catcher |
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10
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and gave Wm. Pallatt for trying to keep
ye crows from ye corn it being a long time. |
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Pd. Simon Borman of Radson for Cow Keeping |
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Pd. Peter Palet for keeping the Cows |
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Other payments are made to people for killing
vermin:
Hedgehogs (more commonly called urchins) 4d each, a fox 1/-,
sparrows 2d a doz for their heads. In 1700 - 123 doz. sparrows
were paid for - chiefly to children. |
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The Constable was compensated for his labour by
being given a piece of land rent free for his yr. of office.
Constable was assisted by two assistants or Thirdboroughs.
Small compensation for Thirdboroughs: |
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"for going with Thomas Gilkes and Will Mayo
to ye justices …….. |
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(invariably this sort of entry is followed by
one such as): |
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Spent when I went with …… to ye justices |
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