Parish of Hammoon

 

Extracts from Hammoon Overseers Accounts

A set of Overseers Accounts for the Parish of Hammoon exist from the year 1716 to 1836, they are deposited at the Dorchester Record Office and have been filmed by the LDS Film No. 1526223. These extracts have been transcribed from the film, they are not a complete transcript as the copy I had was of poor quality and often illegible. There has been no effort made to correct spellings or the variations in names. Lynda Mudle-Small, April 2003.

 

1716

Paid Poor Rate

Henry TRENCHARD

Robt. BYLES

Samuel MUSTON

Philip DUGDALE

Thomas? FORRISTER?

William BROWN for Parkers Keep

Thomas UPWARD

 

Payments were made to:-

Paid P BRIDGE

Pd. Widow PITMAN 5 weeks ***********

Paid for 3000 bricks

Paid carriage for ye bricks

Pd John TIORE? for building MOHUN's chimney

Pd for a sack of lime

Pd for fetching a load of sand

Pd for ye poore book

 

1718

Paid Poor Rate

Hon'ble Col George TRENCHARD

Henry CHURCHILL

Robt. BYLES

Samuel MUSTON

Phillip DUGDILL

Widow FORSSTER?

Willm. DOWN for Parkers Kept

Willm DOWN for his living

Thos. UPWARD

 

1719

Payments paid

Widow PITMAN  for most of the year

 

1722

Poor Rate paid

The Hon George TRENCHARD

John CRABB

Robert BYLES

Samnel MUSTON

Phillip DUGDELL

The Rev Mr Thos ROSSITER?

Willm DOWN

Willm DOWN for his living

Thos UPWARD

 

1723

Paid Poor Rate

The Hon

John CRABB ****

Robert BYLES

Samuel MUSSON

Phillip DUGDELL

The Rev Mr Tho ROSSITER?

Wm DOWN

Wm DOWN for his living

Thos UPWARD

 

1724

Paid Poor Rate

2 illegible

Mr CRABB

Mr BYLES

Mr MUSSON

Mr DUGDELL

Mr LAWN

Mr UPWARD

Mr DOWNS

 

1725

Payments made all year to "old FWOT" usually 6/-

 

Paid Poor Rate

George TRANCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr BYLES

Mr MUSSON

Mr DUGDAL

Mr LANNING

Mr UPWARD

Mr DOWN

 

1727

Paid Poor Rate

George TRENCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr LANNING

Mr JOHN

Mr FORRISTER

Mr MUSTON

Mr UPWARD

James LONGMAN

 

1728

Payments

Paid two years Bridge money   £4

Paid for Old SWEET's Coat  Making 16/-

Bought 2 shirts and making          5/-

For mending his Shoes & Shirt    1/-

 

1730

Poor Rate paid

George TRENCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr LANNING

Mr BLAKE

Mr FORRESTER

Mr MUSSON

Mr DUGDAL

Mr UPWARD

James LONGMAN

 

Payments

Pair of drawers for Old SWEET    8/-  (Note: a Richard SWEET was buried in 1730)

For mending his shoes three times   1/8d

Bridge money    18/-

Paid Joan MELMOTH? For the relief of her son William in his sickness   5/-

Paid her money to help bury him    5/-  (Note: the registers state William was buried 27 Oct 1730)

 

1732

Payments made

Gave a travelling woman big with child      2/-

Gave Joan MELMOR in her ***** and her sons    3/-

January Joan PITMAN  4/-

February  Joan MELMOR   4/-

March Joan PITMAN   4/-

April Joan MELMOR    4/-

 

1732

Poor Rate paid

George TRENCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr BLAKE

Mr FORRESTER

Mr LANNING

Mr MUSSON

Mr DUGDAL

Mr UPWARD

Mr LONGMAN

 

1735

Payments made

Paid John MOOHUN     2/-

Paid John MOOHUN for a poore woman    2/-

One hundred of faggots     14/-

 

1736

Paid Poor Rate

Mr John HAINE for ye Farm

Mr John LANING for ye Livings

Mr FORESTER

Mrs Mary DUGGDELL

Mr BLAKE

Mr Samuel MUSTON

Mr Thos UPWARD

 

1737

Payments

Regular payments to Joan MELMOR

 

1738

Payments

Regular payments to Joan MELMOR, including faggots for her

 

1739

Payments

Regular payments to Joan MELMOR

 

1740

Regular payments for Joan MELMOR

Pd Mr Robt. WILLIS for what he did

Paid Philip DUGDAL a waywarding wareant

Paid for burying a woman that drowned in the River

 

1741

Payments

Regular payments for Joan MELMOR

Paid POAPE for five score fagots and careye them

Paid to Joshua CATHER of Tarrant Gunston

Paid Joan PITMAN

Gave Joan PITMAN 4/-

Paid Philip DUGDEL for a waywarding warrant

 

Paid Poor Rate

George TRENCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr BLAKE

Mr FORESTER

Mr LANNING

Mr MUSSON

Mr DUGDEL

Mr KERLY?

 

1742

Payments

Regular payments to Joan MELLMER and Joan PITTMAN

 

1743

Payments

Regular payments to Joan MELMOR and Joan PITTMAN

Gave a traveller that was with child

Paid for sining Walter HORDERS serevecate

 

1744

Regular payments to Joan MELMOR and Joan PITTMAN

 

1745

Payments

Regular payments to Joan MELMOR and Joan PITMAN

Paid for wood for Joan MELMOR

Gave Joan PITMAN in her sickness 5/-

 

1747

Payments

9th Feb Gave Joan PITMAN in her sickness  12/-

two weeks after gave her more

gave Joan PITMAN ye 12th gave her more

the 13th she died paid for laying her out   (Note, there is no record of this burial entered in the Hammoon registers, although there is one for 1744)

for her coffin & affadavit and shroud  12/-

for her grave and ringing the bell   18/-

Paid Margaret PEARCY for tending her in her sickness  15/-

Pd Richd PEARCY for diging gravel for the highways 5 days   5/-

For mending the stocks

For a new waistcoat for Joan MELMOR

Mr BALDWIN and Mr CAINS carried 24 loads of gravel for the highways and his man throwed it about

 

1750

Payments

Regular payments to MELMOR's family

Paid the Docktor his Bill in Wotton

Paid Goody WARREN for going in Events? For MELMOR family

Paid Mr Lanning what expended towards the ****** of the MELMOR family in the smallpox

Paid Mr DUGALL for carring of Thos. MELMOR to Church (Note: a Thomas MELMOR was buried 24th August)

 

1752

Payments

Regular payments to Goody WARREN

For years house rent for Goody WARREN

Gave Richard SAVORY at burial

 

1753?

Payments

Regular payments to Goody WARREN

Gave Richard SAVORY whilst he was sick

 

1755

Payments

Regular payments to Goody WARREN

For years house rent for Goody WARREN

For years house rent for SAVORY to Laddyday

Paid Mr DUGDALE for expenses going to Sessions

 

Paid Poor Rate

First two names illegible

Mr BLAKE

Mr FORRESTER

Mr LANNING

Mr DOWNS

Mr DUGDALL

Mr MUSTON

Mr UPWARD

Mr THORBY

 

1755

Regular payments to Goody WARREN

 

1756

Paid Poor Rate

George TRENCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr LANNING

Mr BLAKE

Mr FORRESTER

Mr MUSTON

Mr DUGDALL

Mr DOWNS

Mr UPWARD

Mr JENKINS

 

1757

Payments

Regular payments to Goody WARREN

Paid for the examination of Martha FINDER and Wm Ramsey GODING Senr? 10mth    1/9d

Paid for **uicats for Martha FINDER    3/-

Paid Martha FINDER *** 4 months pay to **** of April 1757   12/-

Paid James SIMS to carry hir up   3/-

Paid Wm RAMSEY for Isen? WICKES boarding and **** day at 2/6 per week    £1. 6s. 3d

March ye 6 last Martha FINDER ******  3 *****  ******* for admittson into Bath horspitle and paid shillings to defray her expenses therein   £3. 5s. 0d.

 

1758

George TRENCHARD Esq

Mr CRABB

Mr LANNING

Mr BLAKE

Mr FORRISTER

Mr MUSTON

Mr DUGDALL

Mr DOWNS

Mr UPWARD

Mr JENKINS

 

Payments

Paid the Woman for intending Richard LENOX? wife 1 weeks and four days

Lett Richard SAVORY wife house

Paid for Robert LONGMAN Examination

Regular payments to Goody WARREN, SHAW

 

1759?

Paid Mr MUSTON for bringing Edward MUSTON's goods from Cullyton

For keeping of Edward MUSTON at Hindon

 

1762?

Regular payments to Edward MUSTON's wife & Widow WARREN

August 13 Paid Matt FINDER to keep her till Cristmas (seems to refer to Edward Muston's wife)

 

Year unknown after 1761

Regular payments for Martha FINDER

A years house rent for Richard SAVORY

 

Year????

Regular payments to Martha FINDER until

March 24th Paid Roger COOMBS for buring M FINDER (Note: no record of this burial in registers)

Paid Richard SAVORY years house rent

 

1770

Paid Poor Rate

George TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

The Rev. M TEMPLEMAN

Mr BLAKE

Mr MUSTON

Mr NEWMAN

Mr DOWN

Mr UPWARD

Mr JENKINS

 

1775

Paid Wm AMOS's bill for Richard SAVORY's coate

Regular payments to Betty RAMSAY

Paid Savory's maid

Paid Catheran WOOLDRIGE

 

1780

Payments

Regular payments to Cattren WOOLRDIGE, Betty RAMSAY, Betty SAVERY and occasionally Hannah MELMOR

Salve for John MELMOR's wifes leg

 

Paid Poor Rate

William TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

The Revd. Mr TEMPLEMAN

Mr Thomas LANNING

Mr William BLAKE

Mr John MUSTON

John NEWMAN

Mr John JENKINS

Mr Robert JENKINS

   

Overseers

Thomas LANNING John NEWMAN

 

1781 
Paid Poor Rate

William TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

The Rev Mr TRENCHARD

Mr LANNING

Mr BLAKE

Mr MUSTON

Mr NEWMAN

Mr Robert JENKINS

 

1781

Payments

Regular payments to Betty RAMSEY, Betty SAVERY, Cattren WOOLRDIGEs Child, and Salve for John MUSTON's wifes leg

Also payments to Edward MUSTON's child and John NEWMAN's house rent

 

1782

Payments

Regular payments to Cattren WOOLRDIGE, Betty RAMSAY, Betty SAVERY and to Edward MUSTON's child

Paid for coffin for John MELMOTH's wife

For a shroud and burial

Paid Richard SAVERY and wife

Paid Richard SAVERY's house rent to John NEWMAN

 

1783

Poor rate paid

William TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

The Rev Mr TRENCHARD

Mr LANNING

Mr BLAKE

Mr MUSTON

John NEWMAN

Mr JENKINS

 

1784

Payments

Regular payments to:-

Richard SAVERY and wife

Edward MUSTON wife & child

Paid rent of Richard SAVORY

 

1785

Payments to:-

Mary MUSTON

Edward MUSTON & child

Betty SAVERY

"Paid John MELMOTH & Mary MUSTON house rent"

 

1787

A bill of expense to Buring Martha DOWN (Note: no record of this burial in registers)

To a coffin    8/-

To Flannel to Shroud   3/-

To laying out & Coffining etc   2/-

To expenses in her illness & Tending    6/-

 

1790

Paid Poor Rate

William TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

The Rev Mr TRENCHARD

Mr Thomas LANNING

Mr John MUSTON

Mr John NEWMAN

Mr John JENKINS

Robert JENKINS

 

Payments

Regular payments to:-

Mary MUSTON

Betty SAVERY

Betty LONGMAN

"Paid for load of faggots for the poore"

Paid John MELMOTH for Betty SAVERY's house rent

 

1798

Payments

Made to:- Mary SAVERY, Martha BAKER, Hanna MELMOTH, Betty LONGMAN, Sarah ANDREWS,

 

1800

Paid Poor Rate

William TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

The Rev D TRENCHARD

Late LANNING's

Robert FISHER

Mr GILLEBRAND

Mr John MUSTON

Mr John NEWMN

Rev. Wm JINKENS

Henry JINKENS

 

Payments

Made to:-

Martha BAKER, Sarah ANDREWS, Hanna MELMOTH, Mary LONGMAN, Betty LONGMAN

 

1806

Payment made to:-

Sarah ANDREWS

Sarah GULLIVER for attending on Sarah ANDREWS

Job ROBERTS

William ROBERTS

Susannah ROBERTS

Robert LONGMAN

 

1813

Paid Poor Rate

Wm TRENCHARD Esq

John TRENCHARD Esq

Rev G MEECH

Rev Wm JENKINS

Mr Robert FISHER

Mr GILLIBRAND

Mr John NEWMNA

Mr John MUSTON

Mr JENKINS

 

Payments

Sarah ANDREWS

Betty LONGMAN

William SAVERY

Job RABBETS

Hannah HALLET

Robert LONGMAN

 

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