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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D77/6/1/84
Former ReferenceD77 Box 23 folder 2
TitleAccounts of monies given to the Poor of Netherseal between 1669 and 1678
Date[c.1678]
DescriptionSummarising details of:
1) Sir Thomas Rich late of Sunning, Berkshire bequeathed to the poor parishioners of Netherseal £200 to purchase land of the yearly value of £10 forever for the use of the poor to provide and buy weekly forever 4s of bread to be distributed every Sunday to the Church going p or. Also a former rector of Netherseal did give to the poor £10. 40s was to go to Overseal, 40s to Donisthorpe and the rest to Netherseal, 1669;
2) John and Elizabeth Ramser gave to the poor of Netherseal 4 acres and 3 roods of arable land in the four common fields of Netherseal for the payment of 50s per annum forever, to be distributed on Good Friday, as recorded in the deed of 19 Jul 21 Ch 2 [1669];
3) Will of John Ramsor dated 4 Dec 1675, which gave to the poor of Netherseal rents and yearly profits of one piece of ground called Little Margerywall to be distributed amongst the poor of Netherseal forever; and
4) Rebecca Johnson, spinster, late of Netherseal gave to the orphans in Netherseal £50 by her will of 24 Apr 1678
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGresley family of Drakelow
Related Material[For an assignment by Thomas Gresley regrdaing a recital of the will of Rebecca Johnson, see D77/1/16/10]
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