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Archive Reference / Library Class No.Q/AM/1/10
TitleHundred of Wirksworth: account of persons who have had their weights and balances tried and adjusted
Date1797
DescriptionGives place, name, occupation. At the end is an account of the inspector's expenses
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Quarter Sessions
Transcript or Index[Known abbreviations expanded, without square brackets]
An Account of the several Persons who have had their Weights and Ballances tried and adjusted by John Latham and John Snibson, Inspectors & Examiners of Weights and Ballances in the said Hundred, together with an Account of the Expences incurred by making a Private search in different parts within the said Hundred.

21st June 1797 at Ashbourne
Mr Earld (Grocer); John Getliffe (Gardiner); Mr Blore (Barber); Mr Eglington (Tea dealer); John Mather (Woolcomber); Mr Barnes (Grocer); Mr Frith (Brass founder); Mr Etches (Sadler); Mr Bowering (Upholsterer); Mr Wairing (Baker); Mr Thomas Tunicliffe);Mrs Dytch (Grocer); Mr Leeson (Flower Seller); Mr Mountford (Grocer); Mr Armstrong (Grocer & Flower Seller); Mrs Evans);Mr John Barnes (Grocer); Mr Toplis (Currier); Mr Barnes (Grocer & Chandler); Mr Richardson (Baker); Mr Leeson (Grocer); Miss Dyche (Grocer); Mr Richardson (Baker); Mr Harley (Clockmaker); Mr J. Spencer (Butcher); Mr Skidmoor (Butcher); Mr William Etches (Butcher); John Tomlinson (Butcher); Mr Motterham (Confectioner); Mr Etches – Butcher

22nd June
Mr Riddleston (Mercer); Mr Smith (Flower Seller); Mr Cordin (Grocer); Mr Jones (Grocer); Mr Lucas (Flaxdresser); John Johnson (Baker); Mr Bradley (Grocer); Mr Blore (Flower Seller); Mr George Etches (Butcher); Mrs Matkin (Shopkeeper); Mrs Robinson (Shopkeeper); Mr Wetton (Shopkeeper); Mr Benbridge (Grocer); Mr Thomas Bradbury (Confectioner); Mr Wharton (Grocer); M. William Etches (Butcher); Mr Mather (Hosier); Mr Spencer (Butcher); Mr Antony Bradley (New Mills

23rd June
John Longden Esq. (Iron monger); Mr Hallam (Rope Maker); Mr Wood (Grocer); Mr Hartshorne (Maltster etc.); Mr Beardsmoor (Flower Seller); Mr Eglington (Tea dealer); Mr Frith (Brass founder); John Critchlow (Grocer ( Thriveton); James Gell (from Mr Bradley's Cotton Manufactory); Mr Armstrong (Grocer); Mr Hooley (Grocer); Mr Frith (Button Maker); Mr Bradley (Grocer); Mr Eglington (Grocer); Mr Brunsley (Butcher); Mr Buxton – Butcher

26th June At Hartington
Mr Woodiwis (Grocer); Mr Orme (Baker); Mr Brownson (Grocer Parwich); Mr Barker (Miller); Mr Harrison (Shopkeeper); Mr Smith (Shopkeeper); Mr Edward Fogg (Butcher); Mr Jonathan Hand (Baker Tissington); Mr Heathcoate (Grocer Kirk Steandale [Sterndale]

At Wirksworth 28th June 1797
Joseph Clayton (Grocer Elton); Richard Brown (Grocer Elton); Samuel Taylor (Grocer); Matthew Hodgkinson (Grocer Elton); George Hadfield (Grocer Elton); Joseph Fowke (Miller); John Beeley (Cheesfactor); Thomas Bridge (Grocer Elton); Mr Evans (Miller Cromford); Peter Buxton (Grocer Brassington); Thomas Pickard (Miller); James Smith (Grocer); Kitty Taylor (Grocer); Widow Griffin (Hugster); Bartle Griffin (Skinner); Arthur Spencer (Grocer); Isaac Twigg (Grocer Bonsall); Mary Poyzer (Currier or Leather Seller); Thomas Mather (Baker); Joseph Collinson (Shopkeeper); Ralph Toplis (Grocer); Edward Allinson (Grocer); Joseph Frost – Grocer

29th June
Joseph Hodgkinson (Maltster & Gardiner); Samuel Williamson (Miller); Ralph Gell (Grocer & Woolcomber); Thomas Gell (Grocer & Woolcomber); Henry Simpson (Grocer); Robert Gell (Baker); Anthony Poyzer (Currier); Mr Buxton (Grocer Brassington); Thomas Mather (Baker); Thomas Simpson (Woolcomber); Richard Smith (Woolcomber); Richard Alsop (Woolcomber); Mrs Gregory (Grocer Cromford); Jonathan Debank (Grocer Cromford); Jonathan Daffey (Coal higler); Thomas Marshall (Grocer); Edward Mather (Grocer); Benjamin Taylor (Baker); John Wright (Grocer); William Cundy (Coal higler); Thomas Lomas (Baker); Joseph Mather – Woolcomber

30 June
John Ogden (Butcher); Daniel Slack (Grocer Carsington); Walter Jessop (Glazier); Thomas Smedley (Hosier); George Warner (Woolcomber); John Harrison (Grocer Cromford); John Smedley (Hosier); William Peal (Shoemaker); Joseph Lemonby (Tea dealer); William Fearn (Grocer Brassington); Stephen Hall (Middleton by Wirksworth); Samuel Nuttall (Currier); John Walker (Coal Seller); Samuel Kirk (Gardiner); George Brierley (Mercer); Hannah Parkin (Confectioner); John Wright (Grocer); George Salt (Grocer); Samuel Higton (Blacksmith); John Beeley (Cheesfactor); Francis Mellor – Mercer

At Matlock 1st July
Joseph Sowter (Grocer & Chandler); Mʳˢ Sowter (Grocer); James Leedham (Flaxdresser (Winsley)); Samuel Hodgkinson (Grocer); James Fletcher (Baker); James Bown (Miller); Anthony Alsop (Grocer (Wensley)); George Beresford (Swailer); Joseph Carlisle (Baker); George Smith (Baker); …. Marsh (Baker Cromford); Ralph Lomas (Baker Tansley); James Mather (Grocer); John Lowe (Baker); Ann Barnes (Grocer Wensley); Isaac Flint (Grocer Wensley); Mʳ Dunn (Miller Wensley); Mary Knowles (Grocer); Luke Wilson – Swailer

An Account of the Money paid and Expended by John Latham and John Snibson
21st June 1797 [the following transcript does not follow the formatting of the original, costs given in pounds, shillings and pence]
Paid Expences Fetching County Weights from Brailsford & Toll Barrs – 3s
Paid 2 Men Assisting in going round the Hundred with Horse & Cart con’g Weights & 8 Days at 2 shillings each – £1 12s
Cart and Horse 8 Days at 3/6 – £1 8s
Expences for 4 Men and Horse in going round the Hundred to adjust Weights and Ballances agreeable to advertisement, 8 Days at £1-2 per Day (£8 16s
Carried forward – £12 4s

Expences brought forward – £12 4s
Paid Joseph Collinson for making a Strong Box to convey the Weights &c. thro’ the Hundred when wanted and Triangles for Weighing &c. as per Bill – 18s 9d
Paid Richard Kinder for Ironwork – 2s 6d
Paid Mr Drewry for Advertising Days for adjusting Weights &c. [crossed out]
Charged to this County by Mr Drewry & paid – £13 5s 3d

To J. Latham & J. Snibson’s Trouble in the above Business 8 days each – [blank]

Expences in Making a Private Search
August 14th At Kirk Ireton and its neighbourhood
15 At Gorsey Bank & part of Wirksworth
18 At Middleton by Wirksworth
Sept 20 At Bonsall and its neighbourhood
22 At Cromford and Matlock Bath
28 At Brassington & Hognaston
29 At Hopton, Carsington & part of Ashborne
Oct 10th & 25th At Ashborne, Bentley, Tissington and Bradborne
Nov 13th & 15th At Matlock, part of Darley, Wensley, Tansley & Riber
17th, 20th & 22nd At Wirksworth, other part of Matlock and Matlock Bath

Expences for ourselves, Man and Horse during the above
14 Days at 17s – £11 18s 0d
To our Man 14 Days at 2s – £1 8s 0d
To Horse & Cart 12 Days at 3/6d – £2 2s
Expences brought from the o’r side – £13 5s 3d
[Total] £28 13s 3d

To J. Latham and J. Snibson for their Trouble 22 Days, exclusive of the Days attending the Magistrates Convictions – £16 10s
[TOTAL] £45 3s 3d

N.B. for an Account of the Number of Convictions and Money paid thereon, together with the sum Defective Weights have been Sold for, See the Account delivered to Mr Maynard, by Mr Langton
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