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The following entries in Feoffee accounts for 1766 to 1866 mention Henry Smith.

Date Name Type Description Amount (£ s d)   Building link
26/3/1799 Henry Smith income Mr Henry Smith Church Warden one years Rent for Mrs Newmans Land inclosed amongst the Poors Land due April 5 1798 1 - 10 - 00  
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14/4/1799 Henry Smith income Mr Henry Smith Church Warden one years Rent for Mrs Newmans Land enclosed amongstthe Poors Land due April 5.1799 1 - 10 - 00  
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0/0/1801 Henry Smith income Mr Henry Smith a Bill for Straw 5 - 10 - 03  
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0/0/1801 Henry Smith income Mr Henry Smith Church Warden for Mrs M Newmans Land 0 - 10 - 00  
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6/4/1801 Henry Smith income Paid Mr Henry Smith Church Warden One Years Rent for Mrs Newmans Land inclosed among the Poors Land due April 5th 1800 1 - 10 - 00  
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Notes:  
  The Feoffee was a charity which owned several properties and provide aid to the poor from the income derived from these properties. Two Feoffee ledgers survive for the period 1766 to 1866. They record only payments. During this period, it appears that the Feoffee owned Stafford House which was being run as a work house. There are no expenditures recorded for the support of people in the workhouse. It seems likely that this fell on the trustees for the poor rate. The payment are of two types: - support payments to beneficiaries, occasionally with a brief explanation of why the support was needed - payments for services or taxes, usually connected with the maintenance of feoffee properties, sometimes with an indication of the work Most of the support payments are made in the winter months, presumably because there was insufficient agricultural work to provide employment for everyone in these months.
 
 
 

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