Account Entries

The following entries in Feoffee accounts for 1766 to 1866 mention William Ashby.

Date Name Type Description Amount (£ s d)   Building link
22/2/1766 William Ashby support 0 - 07 - 06  
none
3/1/1767 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 00  
none
21/11/1767 William Ashby support 0 - 14 - 00  
none
10/12/1768 William Ashby support 0 - 14 - 00  
none
10/12/1768 William Ashby support A second time 0 - 03 - 00  
none
4/12/1769 William Ashby support 0 - 10 - 06  
none
1/2/1770 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 03  
none
2/2/1771 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 03  
none
28/12/1771 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 03  
none
13/1/1772 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 03  
none
21/12/1772 William Ashby support 0 - 10 - 06  
none
10/1/1774 William Ashby support 0 - 10 - 06  
none
20/12/1774 William Ashby support 0 - 07 - 06  
none
8/2/1775 William Ashby support 0 - 07 - 06  
none
29/1/1777 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 00  
none
9/2/1778 William Ashby support 0 - 05 - 00  
none
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.