Record of the Workhouse Inmates Transcript

Of the Poor in the Workhouse

April 1_th 1755

Names Age Condition Employment Admission Discharges

Franci Smith

John Stock    Churchwardens

Richard Hague

Christopher Grissenhoofe       Overseers

Richard Carden

  1. Robert Church Master and
  2. Grace Church Mistress
  3. Francis… Children
  4. Grace…
  5. Robert…
  6. Elizabeth…
  7. Mary…
  8. M___ Fitch 73 Healthy Nurses ___
  9. Sam Ram 21 Broken Spins May 30th
  10. Tho__ Dranes 15 Evil Spins
  11. Robinson 14 Healthy Spins
  12. Dan Brown 71 Infirm Winds _____
  13. Hardcastle 63 Lame Helps
  14. Hon Saywell 23 Silly Works out
  15. W_n Herbert 7 Healthy Spins
  16. ___ Berwich 6 Healthy _____
  17. Pratt 72 Healthy Makes shoes
  18. Ann Smith 22 Silly Helps
  19. Martha Smith 3 Healthy School
  20. Sam Gaul 6 Healthy _____
  21. Widow Saywell 64 Healthy Helps out
  22. Widow Gordon 47 Infirm Helps
  23. Widow Maldo__ 72 Lame Past Labour
  24. Hardcuffs? 64 Lame Helps
  25. Elizabeth Edwards 13 Healthy Spins
  26. Charlotte Thorn 8 Healthy Spins
  27. Smith 7 Healthy S___
  28. Smith 3 Healthy School
  29. Smith 4 Healthy School
  30. John Stratford 71 Lame Makes Socks
  31. Mary Oalen 6 Healthy Spins
  32. Sa__ Newman 66 Lame Helps out
  33. Mary Taylor 26 Silly Spins
  34. Sam Stebbing 12 Healthy Spins
  35. Jeffery 55 Lame Makes socks
  36. Jeffery 61 Lame Nurses aid
  37. Mary _____ 28 Crazy Helps
  38. Gardiner 82 Infirm Past Labor
  39. Ann Gisby 3 Healthy School
  40. ____ 63 Lame Makes Glass Run Away
  41. Ann Searl 21 Healthy Helps
  42. Searl 0 A Bastard
  43. Shipawny 64 Lame Hoopshimmrog
  44. Rob Jolly 70 Lame Make Sacks
  45. Bisards 9 Healthy Spins
  46. Stokes 12 Healthy Spins
  47. Taylor 30 Poxed nurses
  48. Taylor 3 Healthy School
  49. Platt 26 Healthy Helps
  50. Platt 3 Healthy School
  51. Mary Clark 32 Healthy Helps
  52. Taylor 0 Infant
  53. ____ Sholdrake 68 Infirm Helps
  54. ____ Pond 78 Infirm Past Labor
  55. Martha Ripley 53 Infirm Helps
  56. Elizabeth Pond 72 Lame Past Labor
  57. Johnson 30 Lame Spins
  58. Ray 46 Crazy Helps
  59. Platt 4 Healthy School
  60. Sho___ Platt 0 Born in the House Apt: 4 April 13
  61. ___ Manning 25 Casual Poor Sick April 5 April 12
  62. John Gisby 13 Healthy Spins
  63. Gisby 9 Healthy Spins
  64. ____ Gisby 7 Healthy ____
  65. Gisby 5 Healthy School
  66. ___ Barker 70 Infirm ____
  67. ___ Rustin 40 Infirm (hirable)
  68. John Gisby 14 Healthy Cleans (town)
  69. _____ 8 ____ eyes ____ June 25
  70. Sarah Wyles 21 Healthy Spins June 30
  71. Martha Flockly 26 Sickly Nothing July 6 July 11
  72. Long 30 ______ Nothing July 11
  73. Edward Parker 73 Infirm Past Labour August 21
  74. Rogers 42 Sickly Nothing Sept. 10
  75. Mary _____ 51 Sickly Helps Sept. 28
  76. _________ 21 Healthy Helps Sept. 28
  77. Mary Thelurake Infirm Helps 8th 20th
  78. Ripley 54 Infirm Helps November 5th
  79. Robinson 55 Lame Helps Nov. 22
  80. Ann Searl 24 Healthy Helps Nov. 22
  81. Elizabeth White 23 Lame Helps Dec. 8
  82. Elizabeth Taylor 31 Healthy Dec 17th
  83. Taylor 3 Healthy Dec. 17th Feb. 4
  84. _____ 21 Lame Unnable Dec. 19th
  85. Mary House a Soldier’s Wife Dec. 20
  86. Elizabeth ______ a Soldier’s Wife Dec. 21st
  87. John Hawkins Son Dec. 21st
  88. White 60 Lame Works Jan 2 1756
  89. Mar: Twigley 14 Healthy Helps Jan 6
  90. Goo: Wood 50 Healthy _____ Lab Jan 15
  91. Mary Wood 36 Healthy Helps Jan 15
  92. Mary Wood 9 Sickly Jan 15
  93. Esther Wood 2 Sickly Jan 15
  94. Sargent Vincent 25 Poxed Jan 16
  95. Mason 30 Infirm Helps Jan 17
  96. Gisby 7 Healthy Twins
  97. Tho__ Pavitt Healthy January 23
  98. Mary Cook 33 Healthy January 24th
  99. W___ Cook 10 Healthy January 24th
  100. Elizabeth Cook 8 Healthy January 24th
  101. ____ Cook 6 Healthy January 24th
  102. Maria Cook 3 Healthy January 24th
  103. Rich Cook 0 Healthy January 24th
  104. Elizabeth Harris 31 Healthy Helps February 15th February 24th
  105. Penelope has Daughter February 15 February 24th
  106. ________ a Bastard March 12
  107. Ann Moody 24 Silly Helps March 30
  108. Rich Mallory Infant March 30
  109. Mary Clark 34 with child April 6th

*If there is only one date, it is the date of admission

**The transcription is incomplete, especially with the absent dates for the first half of the entries