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Page cvii
... shillings per week , and often more , was the customary rate . As nine shillings per week could not maintain a man with a family , the rule was to allow him to apply to the overseer , when he had more than two children , for additional ...
... shillings per week , and often more , was the customary rate . As nine shillings per week could not maintain a man with a family , the rule was to allow him to apply to the overseer , when he had more than two children , for additional ...
Page cxvii
... shillings per week . Bet Bennam declared she had made but one shilling for the last fortnight , and after pressing him , he gave her one shilling , and the other woman the same . That after this , she did not apply at church for a month ...
... shillings per week . Bet Bennam declared she had made but one shilling for the last fortnight , and after pressing him , he gave her one shilling , and the other woman the same . That after this , she did not apply at church for a month ...
Page cxviii
... shillings and six - pence , and on the 26th four shillings . When she had the above one shilling and six - pence , viz . on Monday , the 6th of February , she asked the Overseer to let her have the Parish Doctor ; but he told her to ...
... shillings and six - pence , and on the 26th four shillings . When she had the above one shilling and six - pence , viz . on Monday , the 6th of February , she asked the Overseer to let her have the Parish Doctor ; but he told her to ...
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