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The following entries in Feoffee accounts for 1766 to 1866 mention James Bishop.

Date Name Type Description Amount (£ s d)   Building link
0/0/1808 James Bishop income Paid Mr James Bishop for Lime 0 - 04 - 00  
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0/0/1815 James Bishop payment Recieved of James Bishop Over Seear,The Rent for the Poor House Due April 5th 1815. 11 - 00 - 00  
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0/0/1815 James Bishop payment Recieved of James Bishop for Samuel Stones. 1 - 01 - 00  
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0/0/1816 James Bishop income Paid Mr James Bishop A Bill 0 - 05 - 00  
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0/0/1819 James Bishop income Paid James Bishop A Bill 0 - 02 - 04  
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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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