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HUNGERFORD
CONSTABLES' ACCOUNTS
1700-1736
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Transcribed by Eileen and Eric Bunt 1986-1992
Typed by Julia Huntingford and Christine Amphlett 1997

THE CONSTABLES' ACCOUNTS OF THE TOWN AND BOBOOGH OF HDNGEBFORD
1700- 1736
Transcribed by Eileen and Eric Bunt 1986-1992
Typed by Julia Huntingford and Christine Amphlett 1997
Four volumes of the Constables Accounts are deposited in the Berkshire
Record Office, Shire Hall, Reading. They cover the following years:-
Volume 1 1658 - 1736
Volume 2 1737 - 1789
Volume 3 1790 - 1841
Volume 4 1841 - 1922
The Accounts here transcribed represent the second half of the first
Volume. A transcription of the earlier years is in progress.

CONSTABLES FOR THE YEARS 1700 - 1736
1700 Richard Sare
1701 John Toe
1702 Thomas Woodroffe
1703 Joseph Sare
1704 Thomas Butler
1705 Robert Patient
1706 John Boone
1707 Thomas Sare
1708 John Hamblen
1709 Thomas Robinson
1710 Joseph Sare
1711 William Ryman
1712 Roger Streat
1713 John Mackrill
1714 Richard Sare
1715 John Webb
1716 Thomas Robinson
1717 John Hamblen
1718 John Robinson
1719 Roger Streat (died in Office)
Thomas Sare
1720 Thomas Robinson
1721 William Coster
1722 John Robinson

CONSTABLES FOR THE YEARS 1700 - 1736 /Cootd
1723 Thomas Robinson
1724 Jonathan Coxhead
1725 William Forty
1726 George White
1727 Edward Lucas
1728 Thomas Sare
1729 Anthony Woodroffe
1730 Edward Hanson
1731 William Cheyney
1732 Thomas Liddiard
1733 James Webb
1734 Thomas Pike
1735 Joseph Povey
1736 John Mackrill

The Accounts of Richard Sare Constable for the year 1700
Receipts £ s d
Reed of Mr Lucas the late Constable 9 15 0
Reed of Mr Hamblen half a years rent for the Town land 5 10 0
Reed of John Povey for 3 poles of the Down gat 0 0 8
Reed of Mr Robinson 4 pounds in part of rent for Millmade 4 0 0
Reed half a years rent of Mr Huden 3 0 0
Reed of Stephen Hilliard 3 pounds 3 0 0
Reed of his wife 2 pounds 2 0 0
Reed of Mr Huden half a years rent 3 0 0
Reed of Jonathan Bird for the Town shop 1 5 0
Reed of Walter Tuttle and Jonat Hiden for the Town water 1 15 0
Reed of Wra Cleford for the Town lands of rent 0 15 0
Reed of Tho Woodrofe Bailef ? 14
Reed of Mr Hamblen half a years rent for the Town land 5 10 0
Reed of Mr Robinson 2 pounds the rest of rent for Millmade 2 0 0
Reed of John Ball for the marcet house 0 10 0
Reed of Richard Brown for his incum 0 2 6
Reed of Jos Sare Portreve 7 9 3
62 05 11
Reed of the Tithingman for head silver 0 9 9
(no heading)
Gave at several times por with pases 0 1 6
Gave 6 men with a pas 0 0 6
Paid in cripples and carreg 0 1 0
Gave a pore woman and for hir lodging 0 0 4
Gave 6 with a pas 3 pence 0 0 3
Gave 6 with a pas 4 pence 0 0 4
Paid for poles to mend the Marsh gate 0 2 0
Paid for hors hier to Lamborn 0 1 0
Gave a pore man 2 pence 0 0 2
Paid for too poles to mend the Down gate 0 0 8
Gave 3 men with a pas 0 0 3
Paid for 5 poles and carrying down to Dun Mill 0 2 3
Gave a man and woman and too children with a pas 0 0 2
Gave 3 men with a pas 0 0 3
Paid for a bull 2 14 0
Paid the Jurey for setting land raarcks 0 10 0
Gave at 3 several times to men with a pas 0 0 6
Paid for boy with a pas 0 0 1
Paid John Povey for worck about the fee pound and Marsh
and Down gate 0 9 6
Paid a tax to the pore for the Town 0 2 9
Gave a pore man with a pas a penny 0 0 1
Paid the Kings tax for the tole and fishing 0 3 9
Gave a pore man with a pars 0 0 2
Gave a pore man with a pas 0 0 1
Paid Richard Bird for keeping the Town bowns 1 15 0
Paid John Bettrege for a rope for the market bell 0 2 6
Gave a man and woman and too with a pas 0 0 2
Gave too pore women and six children 0 0 6
For mending the bowns by the Marsh gat 0 0
Paid for an act of Parliament 0 0 6
Paid Bart? for bying the bull 0 1 6
Paid John Povey for mending the Town and fee pounds

the Down gates and the Church wicket 6
For 4 poles to mend the pound and gate 1
For horse hier to AMngdon 0 9 0
For exspences there 0 9 0
Paid the Clerk 0 0
Paid horse and exspences with the assesors of the land tax 0
Paid a tax to the pore for the tole of the market and shambles 0 2 9
Paid Water Tuttle for marking the swan belonging to the Towne 0 1 0
Horse hier and exspences to Lamborn 0
Paid the land tax for the tole and fishing 0
Paid to quarterly pays for Millmade 0 2 0
Paid John Hilliard for mending the shambles and for nails 2d 0 1 10
Paid the Constable of the Hundred 0
Paid a tax to the pore 0
Paid for a lock for the Town shop 0 0 10
Paid horse hier to -?- my returns 0 1 0
Paid for keeping the Town bull at the Hundred 0 0
Paid for fetching the pound bull home 0 0 8
Paid Mr Hamblen the Kings tax for the tole and fishing and
for Millmade 0 4 9
9 15 1?
Paid John Povey for making and mending the Down gate as appears
by his bill 0 6 8
Paid the pore of Newbery 3 18 0
Paid for 3 hundred and a qtr of tiles, 2 bu and a halfe of
lime to mend the shambles 0
Half a hundred of laths and sand 0 0 9
Paid John Stacy for worck and tile pins 0 4 4j
Paid Robert Tuck as appears by his bill 0 13 10
Paid horse hier and exspences to Lamborn 0 1 4
Paid John Povey puting a post for the Marsh gate 0 6
Paid Mr Adams a qr gole money 0 8 Si-
Pa id Robert Coxhead to sine my returne 0 1 0
Paid too taxes to the pore 0 5 6
Paid the land tax for the tole and fishing and for Millmeadow 0 4 9
Paid horse hier to Lamborn to sine my return 0 1 0
Paid Zackery Turton for looking after the clock and oyle 0 15 0
Paid him for making the clock clane 0 2 6
Paid John Tubb for a seal 0 6
Paid too taxes to the pore 0 5 6
Paid a tax for the pore 0 9
Paid John Tubb as apears by his bill 0 6
Paid Roger Pike as apears by his bill 0 10 5
Paid Jehosophat Rimber as apears by his bill for making the
Churchyard dores and mending the bridg 0 16 5?
Paid the quit rent for the Town land 0 0 6
Paid Wm Westal for carrying of parsingers -?- the last year 0 0 6
Paid Stephen Hilliard for puting out the fier in the Lane 0 2
Paid for mending the Churchyard wall 0 0
Paid for a coat for Stephen Hilliard 1 0 0
Paid in money 0 15 0
Paid John Boon for sumering and wintering the Town bull 0
Paid Wm Cleford for horse hier to Lanborn 0 1 0
Paid eleaven ordnareys at the Hocktid Cort 0 11 0
Paid for bear and tobacko 1 0 2
Paid for wine at the same Cort 0 19
Paid for 20 pore mens diners 0 10 0
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Paid Tho Woodrofe Bailef his sallery 1 1 0
Paid him for 4 weights 0 1 10
Paid him 13s for mending the shambles 0 13 0
Paid Mr Robinson for suraering and wintering one of the
Town bulls 1 0 0
Gave the pore in blew cloth 0 15 0
Gave the pore in linnen cloth ? 0 0
Paid the pore intrest money 1 11 6
Paid at the Lawday Cort for 9 ordnarys 0 9 0
Paid for bear and tobaco 1 15 0
Paid Robert Tuck as apears by his bill for 14 foot of planck
to mend the bridg 0 4 6
Paid for 20 pore mens dinners 0 10 0
Paid horse hier and exspences to Lamborn with Pike 0 1 4
25 15 8
Paid for beare when the fier was in the Lane 0 3 0
Paid John White for keeping the Town Bowns 1 0 0
Paid Mr Thistelthwayt for keepin 3 Corts 1 10 0
Paid the Fee Jury and other exspences there 0 6 0
Paid Pike the Tithing his bill 1 0 0
Paid Baret horse hier 0 2 0
Paid Peter Tompson Tithingman his bill 0 8 0
4 9 0
The whole of the Constables receipts the year last past
amounts to 62 9 7
Disburst by the Constable -?- year 39 19 10
Remains now in the Constables hand 22 9 9
Remains due from Mr Lyson for the rent of Pale Mead 2 0 0
It is agreed that twenty pounds be put into the Towne chest
and the remaining two pounds nine shillings and nine pence
be paid to the new Constable.
We whose names are here underwritten being Jurymen doe allow
the amount before mentioned. Witness our hands this ninth?
day of May 1701.
Thomas Robinson
John Harablin
Will 3ell
Tho Masling
Thomas Sare
Joseph Whyneatt
John Cannon
Edmund Pacing?
Rick Browne
John Boone
Caleb West
Will Forty
Robert Tuck
Hugh Shepherd
Hen Blake
Paid Mr Wells 6s 8d for preening Mrs Curtises sermon 0 6 8
Paid Wm Pike for horse hier and exspences to Lamborn with
-?- Stroud 0 2 1
Reed since of Jo Sare Poretreve one shilling and lOd 0 1 10
0 6 11

The accounts of John Toe Constable of the Towne & Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1701
Receipts £ s d
Reed of ye last Constable Richard Sare 2 2 10
Reed of the Widdow Hellier in part for ye tole of ye mercat 1 0 0
Reed of Clem Cooper for old wood 0 2
Reed of Jno Rennalds for -?- willow stick? 0 0 4
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier 0 0
Reed of John Hamblyn half a years rent for ye Townd land 5 10
Reed of John Hudden half a years rent 0 0
Reed for a bull hide 0 9 0
Reed for one of the bulls 1 6 0
Reed for ye flesh of one of ye bulls 0 18 0
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier
Reed of Thomas Robinson for the rent of Millmead 6 0 0
Reed of Ms Lyson for the rent of Palemead being 2 years & halfe 5 0 0
Reed of Widdow Hellier 00
Reed of Jno Hudden £ a years rent 3 0 0
Reed of Jno Hamblyn £ a years rent 5 10 0
Reed of Walter Tuttle and Jonath Hidden for ye rent of ye water 1 15 0
Reed of Jonathan Bird for ye rent of ye Townd shop 1 5 0
Reed of Tho Sare Bay1iff 12 0
Reed of ye Portreeve 7 11 2
Reed of Jno Ball for ye mercatt hous 0 10 0
Reed head silver 0 3 5
60 02 06
Reed of Wm Clifford 0 15 0
60 17 6
Reed of Widdow Hellier 0 0
61 17 6
Disbursements of John Toe Constable for ye year 1701
Paid for timber nailes & mending ye Townd pound 0 1 4
Pd Jno White for keeping ye Townd bounds 0 15 0
Pd ye jury for setting land marks 0 10 0
Pd hors hire and expenses to Lamborne to sign a return to
ye Sessions 0 4
Pd hors hire to ye by Constable 0 0 6
Pd hors hire with my wittnesses to Abington Sessions 0 9 0
Pd expenses & for hors meat there 0 10 6
Pd for drawing ye certificate 0 0
Pd the Clerk of the Peace 0 1 0
Pd hors hire & expenses to Lamborne to sign a return to
the Assizes 0 4
Pd 2 quaters goal money 0 17 4
Pd hors hire to carry ye goal money 0 0 6
Pd hors hire & expenses to Newbury with ye assessors 0 1 6
Pd Thomas Woodrof son & John Hamblyn being assessors for the
land tax their hors hire & charges to Newbury 0 4 0
Pd a poors tax for ye tole of ye mercat and shambles 0 2
Pd Walter Tuttle for marking ye swan belonging to ye -Townd 0 1 0

Pd ye land tax for the tole of the mercat & Millmead 0 1$
Pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtiss funerall sermon 0 6 8
Pd a poore tax for the tole of the mercat & shambles 0 2 9
Pd expenses with a Captain in billeting his souldiers 0 0 8
Pd Clement Cooper for work about the pond 0 1 6
Pd expenses with a Lieutennant in billetting his souldiers 0 0 4
Pd William Rosier & his son for a dayes work about the Townd
pond 0 1 6
Pd hors hire & expenses to Lambourn to sign a return 0 1 4
Pd Clement Cooper for work at Sheepbridge & ye pond 0 4 0
Pd ye land tax for the tole of the mercatt & Millraead 0 Ij
Pd a poore tax for ye tole of ye mercat & shambles 0 2 9
05 13 10i
Pd Zachary Turton for nailes & plates for Shipbridge & the
Townd pond, mending ye clock & ye lock of ye Townd hall outer
dore & looking after ye clock halfe a year as appears by his
bill 0 15 10
Pd a poore tax for the tole of mercat & shambles 0 2 9
Pd hors hire to ye Justice with Dick King 0 1 0
Pd Jonathan Read & his hors & expenses at Lamborn with King 0 2 10
Pd the fee jury & other expenses there 0 4 8
Pd Richard York & Will Miles for ? - ending & goeing to goal
with Caleb Wests man 0 11 0
Pd Jno Wheeler for watching Caleb Wests man & his treble
about dryving ye bulls 0 1 0
Pd for somering ye two bulls 1 0 0
Pd for hors hire to ye Justice with Wm Allen 0 1 0
Pd to Richard Brown for hors hire & expenses in goeing to
Reading with Caleb Wests man as appears by his bill 0 14 0
Pd John Tubb for mending & cleansing ye Townd clock
& mending 3 locks as appears by his bill 0 4 9
Pd one quarters goal money 0 8 8^
Pd for carrying it to ye Cheif Constable 0 0 6
Pd the land tax for ye tole of ye mercat & Millmead 0 7 lj
Pd hors hire & expenses to Lamborn to sign a return to ye
Sessions 0 1 4
Pd for carrying it to ye hy Constable 0 0 6
Pd Jos Pearce for bringing a proclamation from Newbury 0 0 2
Pd a messenger to Lamborne to gett a return signed to ye
Assises & for carrying it to ye hy Constable 0 1 6
The Bellmans 5 yds cloth at 3/- 0 15 0
coat 1? yd red shag & for silk thred tape & canvas 0 2 0
Pd Jno Biss for making ye coat 0 3 0
Pd ye bellman in money 0 15 0
Pd Frank Morris & Dick Stephens for watching all night when
Adam Bettridge chimney was on fire ? ? ?
6 15 5i
Pd ye Poor of Newbury 3 18 0
Pd expenses & hors hire at Ramsbury with Mr Robinson when we
went to demand ye rents of Mrs Lyson for Pale Mead & 3
acres year able in Charnham feild 0 2 1
Pd expenses at Wm Bells with Mr Simpkins & Thomas Robinson
when we —?— ye rent for Pale Mead 0 3 10
Pd ye land tax for ye tole of ye mercatt & Mill Mead 0 7 li
Pd one quarters goal money 0 8 8i

Pd hors hire and expenses to Lamborn to sign a return
to ye Sessions 0 1 4
Pd Roger Pike as appears by his bill 0 8 0
Pd him what was due to him last year about ye shambles 0 3 1
Pd Thomas Robinson for attendance on ye Judge about ye
Wheat merchants 0 5 0
Pd Robert Tuck as appears by his bill about the pond, ye
pillory, the shambles the clock hous & Sheepbridge 5 0 8
Pd Joseph Burton for work & raens work -?- lathes & tile
pins about ye clockhouse 1 9 4
Pd Jno Tubb for looking after the clock z a year & other
work as appears by his bill 0 13 8
Pd a poors tax 0 2 9
Pd Jonathan Read ye charges of Caleb Wests men 0 4 6
Pd Jno Buttler as appears by his bill 0 3 1
Pd ye Bayliff his bill & sallery 4£
Pd Jonathan Read for bear at ye proclaiming ye Queen 1 0
Pd for bread bear & tobacco at Hocktide Court 1 0
Pd 10 ordinaryes 0 10 0
Pd 22 poor raens dinners 0 11 0
18 10 6i
Pd for makeing ye quitt rent role 0 2 0
Pd ye -?- dinner & otherwise at ye Clerk of Mercatt Cort 0 2 0
Pd for mending ye leather buckets 0 16 0
Pd a poors tax & half 0 4 li
Pd Jehos Kimber for a bord & work about ye blind hous 0 1 2
Pd Jno Tomkins for mending the ffee pound O i l
Pd Clem Cooper for work about ye downe rayles 0 2 6
Pd Jno Knowles as appears by his bill 0 15 3
Pd Will Reymond as appears by his bill 5 6
Pd Tim Shadwell for druming at ye proclayraing ye Queen 0 2 6
Pd Joseph Mitchell for bear for ye ringers 0 8 0
Pd ye Widdow Hellier for her treble 0 0 6
Pd Wra Bell as appears by his bill 2 14 10
Pd Danniell Parker 2 0 0
Pd for wine at ye Hocktide Court 0 16 0
Pd Robert Tuck which was gave ye Widdow Stacy by ye consent
of ye inhabitants 2 10 0
Pd Mr Thistlethwayte for keping 3 Courts 1 10 0
Gave ye poor people in linnen cloth 2 0 0
Pd interest money to ye poor 1 14 0
Gave in blue cloth 0 16 0
Allowed the Surveyors of the High wayes by consent of the
inhabitants 10 0 0
Pd at Lawday Court 4 ordinarys ... 0 4
0
Pd 12 poor mens dinners 0 6 0
32 12 8J
Pd for bread & bear 1 7 6
Pd Jno Talmage tythingman 0
Pd for casting up ye accounts 0 1 0
1 15 1
Gave ye Widdow Hellier 1 0 0
2 15 1

Disbursements 66 7 8^
Reed 61 17 6
Rest due to Mr John Toe 4 10 2?
Gave ye ffee jury 0 1 0
Due 4 11 2f
Pd Joseph Sare for timber for rayles in ye Downe 0 6 0
4 17 2i
Pd Tho Woodroffe jun for expenses at ye Wheat merchants 0 5 9
5 2 Hi
It is agreed by the Jury undernaraed that Mr Toe the present Constable
shall have the sume of five pounds two shillings and eleven pence of Mr
Thomas Woodroofe the Constable for the ensueing year which said sume is
now due from the said towne. And also allow the ,above mentioned accompte.
Witness our hands this 24th day of Aprill 1702
Thomas Robinson John Cramp Robert Pashant?
Richard King? William Forty Thomas Woodrofe
Tho Woodroofe John Cannon William New
John Boone William Cliford Caleb West
Hugh Shepherd
/O.

The Receipts of Thomas Woodroffe Constable for ye year 1702
£ s d
Received of Caleb West for wood 00 01 06
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier in part for ye tole of ye raercat 01 00 00
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier in part for ye toll of ye mercatt 01 00 00
Reed of John Hamblin half a years rent for ye Tound land 05 10 00
Reed of John Hudden for half a years rent 03 00 00
Reed of Mr Robenson in part for ye rent of Mill mead 3 00 00
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier in part for ye tole of ye markett 1 00 00
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier in part for ye tole of ye raarkett 1 00 00
Reed of Ms? Leyson for ye rent of Pall mead 2 00 00
Reed of John White for one of ye bulls 1 05 00
Reed of John Ball for ye rent of ye market house 0 10 00
Reed of Walter Tuttell and Jonathan Hodding for ye rent of
ye water 1 15 00
Reed of Jonathan Byrd for ye Tound shop 1 05 00
Reed of Mr Robenson in part for Mill mead 3 00 00
Reed of Mr Robenson ye -?- of ye rent of Millmead for
tenn years 10 00 00
Reed of John Hamblen half a years rent for ye Tound land 05 10 00
Reed for 45 faggot made of ye brush of ye wethes 00 03 9
Reed of William Clifford for ye Tound Hands 00 15 00
Reed of Robert Pashant Baylef 11 11 05
Reed for head silver 00 01 10
Reed of ye Widdow Hellier for ye tolle 01 00 00
Reed of Mr Hudden half a years rent 3 00 00
Reed of ye Portreve 7 08 10
64 16 04
Reed of Jonathan Coxhead for his cowes being turned out
in ye night contrary to ye Hocktide -?- 00 04 00
65 00 04
The Oisbursments of Tho.Woodroffe Constable
Paid hors hier and expenses to Lanborn with Adam Betreg
and John Field 00 02 02
Paid for two bulls for the Tound 04 08 00
Paid for bringing them home 00 01 00
Paid ye jurey for seting land marks 00 10 00
Paid for hors hier and expenses to Newbery with ye asesors
of ye land tax 00 07 00
Paid expences with a Capten for bileting sougers 00 00 06
Paid expenses in tacking Tom Plasted and keping him 6 days 00 04 00
Paid a mesenger three times to Andover to bring back horses
that ye sowgers had to carrey bageg 00 03 00
Paid Will New and Joseph Sare ye land tax for ye shambles
and ye toll of ye market and Millmead 00 10 03
Paid hors hier and expenses to Lamborn to sign my return
to ye sheshons 00 01 04
Paid hors hier to ye high Constable 00 00 06
Paid hors hier and expenses to Lamborn with my witneses
ye agenment of ye quarter sheshons being ther 00 13 00
Paid for drawing ye certifycat 00 04 00
Paid ye Clark of ye Pase 00 01 00
Paid John Toe that he forgott to set in his acompt 00 01 10
Paid John Whit for keping ye tound bounds 01 15 00
Gave ye ringers when ye Queen came by 00 10 00
Paid hors hier to Lamborn to sign my return to ye asises 00 01 04
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Paid hors hier to ye high Constable 00 00 06
Paid 3 ordnarys and expenses at ye fee court 00 04 09
Paid ye pore of Newberey 03 18 00
Paid for a cote for ye bellman 01 00 00
Paid for a hatt for him 00 05 00
Paid Tho Warrick for raaiking ye cote 00 03 00
Paid Will New ye second pay. for ye land tax 00 10 03
Paid Trus Jiles for 2 lode of stons and 3 lode of sand 00 03 00
Paid Joseph Mackrell for stons for ye Church Lane 00 04 00
Paid John Tubb for looking after ye clock half a year 00 11 03
Paid hors higher and expenses to Lamborn to signe ray return
to sheshons 00 01 04
Paid Mr Lewcass ye land tax for ye tole of ye market hous
shambols and Millmead 00 10 03
7 02 03
Paid John Ball for bord and works to mend ye blind house 00 02 3
Paid John Tomkins for a new gate for ye mash mending dound
gate ye pound and Smithara Brige -?- 00 13 00
Paid hors hier and expenses to Lamborn to signe my return
to ye shessons 00 01 04
Paid hors hier to ye high Constable 00 00 06
Paid Roger Streat 3 pore taxes for ye towl of ye market
and Millmead 00 08 03
Paid Joseph Kember as apears by his bill for worke about
ye Brige 00 16 00
Paid his ? for Jehosophat as apers by his bill 00 11 06
Paid Robert Tuck for timber as apers by his bill 03 06 00
For 88 foot of 3 inch plank, 30 foot of 2 inch plank,
5 foot of timber of my own and valued by Joseph Kimber
for ye bridge 03 00 00
Paid Clem Cooper for 2 dayes worke about ye brige 00 03 00
Paid John Stasee and Will Nalder for their worke about
ye brige 00 17 00
Paid ye same for a lode of gravill 00 02 00
Paid or hors hier to Lamborn to signe my return to ye
asiaeses 00 01 04
Paid hors hier to ye High Constable 00 00 06
Paid Mr Wells for preening Mrs Curtes funeral sarmon 00 06 08
Paid one quarters gaill money 00 08 08
Paid Rogger Streat 4 pore taxes for ye toll of ye market
and Mill made 00 11 00
Gave ye rigers and driraers at ye reioycing for tacking and
burning ye French fleet 00 07 06
Paid Mr Lewcass and Will New ye last quarter paye for ye
land tax for ye toll of ye market and Millmade 00 10 03
Paid Tho Lewes for a paire of hand boults 00 02 06
Paid Edward Parson for setting loges eras? ye river between
ye further down and ye Woodmarsh 00 01 00
Paid for hors higher to Newberey to return a warrent to
ye Justes 00 01 00
Paid for hors higher to signe my return to ye sheshons 00 01 00
Paid Jbhn Tub for looking after ye clock half a year and
mending ye tound hall lock 00 12 09
Paid for summering ye to tound bulls 01 00 00
Paid John Stasee and Will Nalder for -?- and deging
gravill to mend ye Church Lane 00 09 00
15 14 00
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Paid Richard Newport for loping ye wethes and -?- out
ye -?- and fagoting ye brush 00 01
Paid Zecariah Turton for helping 00 00
Paid Farmer Pars for drawing ye setts to ye lower down 00 01 0
Paid Francis Cannon and Will Cannon for setting ye -?- 00 02 6
Paid Andrew Viner for bushes and withs 00 08
Paid Franck Plaster and John Smith for bushing ye wethes 00 02 6
Paid John Knowls for brikyard lime for ye brige as apers by
his bill for ye brig 00 13 0
Paid Mr Thislethwayt for 1 hundred £-?- of briks 00 03
Gave ye poor in lennon cloth 02 00 0
Gave ye poor in blew cloth 00 12 10
Paid ye poor intrest money 01 14 0
Paid for wintering ye tound bull 00 15 0
Paid Richard Brown for feching stones sand and gravel1 for
ye brige and ye Church Lane as apers by his bill 00 17 6
Paid John Toe ye money hee was out of pocket ye last year
for ye tounds youse 05 02 11
Paid ye Tithingmans bill 00 06 8
Paid John Ball for bord and worke to mend ye blind house 00 02 3
Paid Rogger Pike for work done for ye tound as apears by
his bill 00 10
Paid Tho Warwick for macking ye blew -?- 00 02 0
Paid 8 ordnereys at ye Hocktid Cort 00 08 0
Paid for beare and tobacko and sider at ye same Cort 01 11 0
Paid for 17 poor mens dinners 00 08 6
Paid Mr Thislethwayt for keeping three Courts 01 10 0
Paid ye Baylef his sellere 00 19 3
Paid ye Baylef his bill for mending ye shambels 00 09 5
Paid Mr John Butler as apers by his bill for a lock for ye
blind house and naill for ye same and naill for ye brig 00 04 4
Paid for a dobell fared engen for the tound yous 17 00 0
Paid for carrig and expens of 00 15 0
For collering ye brig being 18 yards 3 collers at 9d ye yard 00 13 3
For ye diall? to Mr Rawling 02 10 0
For wine at ye Lawday Court 00 17 8
For bear bread and tobacko 01 02 10
For 19 pore mens dinners 00 09 6
Gave ye fee jurey 00 01 0
Paid for beare to Mr -?- for ye workmen when they worked
at ye brige 00 03 4
40 17 ?
Pd the bellman 00 15 00
The receipts of Thomas Woodroofe jun Constable of the
borough 65 15 04
The said Constables disbursements 74 18 00
Due to the said Constable from the said towne which is to be
paid out of the towne chest pursuant to a late order made for
buying a fire Engin 10 09
Wee whose names are underwritten doe allow of the abovementioned
accompt. Witness our hands the 10th day of Aprill
Anno Dud 1703
John Boone Will Pike John -?- Thomas Lewes
Thomas Robinson Rich Browne Tho Shephard Edward -?-
John Hamblen Hugh Shepherd Jos Sare
John Cannon Daniell Hasell William Ryman

The Accounts of Jos Sare Constable for the year 1703
Receipts £ s d
Reed of Jonathan Coxhead when I wose ofersear of the Comen
for putting his shep in the down contrary to custom 00 03 04
Reed out of the Towne chest by consent of the jurey 15 00 00
Reed for a old poast 00 01 00
Reed of the Widdow Hellier on yrs reant for the tole 01 05 00
Reed for a old poast 00 00 10
Reed for sheps 00 00 06
Reed of Iseack Rambling 3 qtrs reant for the tole of the
market 03 15 00
Reed of Mr Hudding a years rent 06 00 00
Reed of Doctor Shearwood and Tho Woodrof a years rent for
Millmead 07 00 00
Reed of Mrs Lyson a years reant for Pale mead 02 00 00
Reed of Walter Tuttle & Jonath Hidden a years reant for the
weater 01 15 00
Reed Jonathan Bird a years reant for the Townd shop 01 05 00
Reed of John Hambleng a years rent for the Townd leands 11 00 00
Reed for one of the bulls 01 10 00 „
Reed head silver 00 05 04-z?
Reed of Tho Robson for the market hous 00 10 00
Reed of John Mackerel 1 Bayleff 12 17
Reed of Robert Patient Portreeve 07 06 03
Reed of Will Clifford 00 05 00
72 10
Disbursements of Jos Sare Constable 1703
Pd the last Constable Tho Woodrof 10 09
Geaf the widdow Hilliard 01 00 00
Pd for a townd bull and bringing home 02 04 00
Pd 4 lodgs and Clem Cooper seaten them oup by twen the
down and the Woodmaish 00 02 04
Pd 4 Aseasers expenses at Newbury 00 08 05
Pd for mending the Mearsh Geate and marken the Bowns 00 02 00
Pd John Wheite for keeping the Town bowns 01 15 00
Pd hors hire and expenses to Lamborn 00 01 06
Pd the jury for setting land marks 00 10 00
Pd John Smeth for worcke at the wethes in the lower down 00 02 00
Pd for nails and a padlocke 00 01 03
Pd Jos Kember for worcke and bords at the market hous 00 05 06
Spent a going aftar the seishons and -1- -1- -?-
_7_ _9 -- ?_ contrary to custom 00 02 06
Pd Mr Rambling 4 qtrs pays for the land tax 02 01 00
Pd 3 qtrs gole money 01 06 00
For sand in of it to the Heigh Const 00 02 00
Hors and exspeances to Lamborn 00 01 03
For 10 and a J of timber at 9 pence a foot for the down
geate and the pound 00 07
Pd John Hollerd and his boy for work don at the down gate
and pound 00 06 00
For 2 lodgs and nails 00 00 10
For hors heiar and expences to Lamborn to sing a return to
the Asises and sand in it to the heigh Constable 00 02 04
For hors hier to Walingford for my seale and wetneses to
the Sestisions 00 09 00
Expenses thare 00 09 10
Pd the Clark of the pase 00 02 00

Pd for sanden 2 pras warants to the heigh Constl at
2 saparet times 00 02 00
Spant in the town bisnes 00 00 08
Gave the ringers when the Queen came by bing in the harfest 00 12 00
Pd John Hellerd for menden the lower down geate & shep bredg 00 01 06
For hors and expenses to Newbury weth Mr King and Tho.
Masleing about the -?- 00 05 00
For 9 foot a i of timber at the pound and saing of it 00 08 IDfc
Hors to Lamborn and expenses 00 01 04
Pd John Hellerd for worck don at the pound 00 05 00
For a foot a J of timber 00 01 03^
Hors and expensis to Lamborn to seing a return to the
Sesisions 00 01 06
For sending it to the heigh Constable 00 01 00
Pd the Trophy money 00 12 09
Hors and expenses to Lamborn 00 01 06
Geaf the rengers when the Queen came from Bath 00 07 00
Hors and expenses to Lamborn 00 01 03
25 14 03-^
Spant at the Clarke of the market corte 00 02 00
Spant a qr soldars 00 00 03
Geave the fee jorey and exspances 00 05 00
Pd the pore of Newbrey 03 18 00
Pd Jonathan Coxhead for going to Beaseingstocke weth a
caredg 00 04 01
Pd Mr Butlais for nails 00 00 09
Pd 7 pore taxes 00 19 03
Pd 2 dozen of brass botons for Moreise coate 00 02 06
For candles at the Town hall 00 00 02
Paid 6 sowldars quartars cast away in the heighwend 00 03 00
Horse and exspenses to Lamborn 00 01 04
Horse and exspenses to Lamborn to seing my return to the
Sesisions and sand in it to the high Consble 00 02 04
Spant in Town bisnes 00 00 05
Pd for 2 preas woronts 00 02 00
Pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtises funeral1 sermon 00 06 08
Hors and exspanses to Lamborn 00 01 06
Pd for seingen my return to the Seises and sand in to the
heigh Constble 00 02 06
Geaf the reangers the day the Queen wose proclaim 00 05 00
Spant a qr soldars at 3 times 00 01 00
Hors heiar and a man going to Lamborn for a preas woront 00 02 00
For seanding to the heigh Constable 00 01 06
Pd for macken the ballman coate 00 03 06
Spant a qr soldars 00 00 06
The Teathen-man spant weth Sarah Bird? and for a pore
woomans lodgen 00 00 09J
Geaf Moreis and John Wheite for carieng a post to the pound 00 00 06
For 2 foot & i of timber and saweing of it 00 02 00
John Hellerd worck 00 00 08
Spant a qr soldars 00 00 04
Hors and exspeances to Lamborn 00 01 04
Pd John Hillerd for worck 00 01 06
Hors hier to the Gestes and heigh Constable to pres a caredg 00 02 06
Hors and exspences to Lamborn to seing my return to the
Sesisions 00 01 04
For seanding it to the heigh Constable 00 01 00

Pd Robut Tuck for a plancke and a ocken board 00 03 08
Spant at Newbary weth the a seasars of the land tax 00 05 06
Gave the pore in linnen cloth 02 00 00
Pd the pore intres money 01 14 00
Pd 2 preas waronts 00 02 00
Pd John Tubb locken to the clock a year 01 02 06
For raeanden the engen 00 03 06
Pd John Batredg for a line for the clock 00 03 00
13 11 £
Pd Rogger Picke as apears by bill 00 09 04
Pd for beare at the Hocktide Court 01 13 08
Pd 14 raens ordinaries 00 14 00
For bread and tobacco 00 09 00
For 23 pore mens ordinaries 00 11 06
Pd Frances Moreis bellman 00 15 00
Pd for 2 bols of pounch 01 13 08
For 13? bottles of syder 00 10 10
Pd for wenteren and someren the 2 Townd Bulls 02 00 00
Pd for poor in blue cloth 00 17 10
Pd Tho Masling and Tho Sare Surveyors of the wayes 05 00 00
The bellmans coat to Mr Toe as apars by bill 01 00 OOJ
Pd Dan Hazel meandin a cheair 00 00 02
Pd for dreiven the bull to Ramsporey Feaiar 00 00 06
Pd John Hellier for worck dun at the downd geat and
Sraetham Bredg 00 04 00
For 6 foot 3 qrs of timber at 9 penc a foot 00 05 00^
Pd for sawein of it 00 01 10
Pd for a wadgen going to Thacham 00 05 04
Pd John Tompkens for mendin the ffee pound 00 02 06
For the Townd shop dore 00 00 09
Pd Richard Browngon as apares by bill 00 08 06
Pd John Mackerell Bayliff salrey 01 01 OEfc
Pd him a bill for manden the shambles 00 04 02
Pd Mr Thislethwayte for kiping 3 Courts 01 10 00
and for drawing a lease for the Townd land 00 03 04
Pd Will Ryman for waits? and worck and his exspenses and
hors heiar as apars by bill 01 02 05}
Pd for beere at Lawday Court 01 06 00
For 9 mens ordinaris 00 09 00
For 16 bottles of syder 00 13 04
For 21 mens ordinaris 00 10 06
Pd the ffee jurey 00 01 00
Pd the Bayliff the rent roll 00 02 06
Pd for quartering the soldars and sending to the high Constable 00 01 02
Remains to the town £8 18 10
24 05 09
We whose names are underwritten doe allow of the aforementioned
Witness our hands the fifth day of May Anno Dom 1704
accompt.
N
Tho Butler Edward -?- Tho Masling
Thomas Robinson John Hamblen John Cannon
John Boone John Seager William Trayhorn
Will Forty John King Jonathan Read?
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Accompte of Tho Butler Constable of the Towne & Burrough of
Hungerford for the yeare 1704
£ S d
Reed for Mr Joseph Sare late Constable
Reed of Tho Treyhorn for ye bull
08
01
18
09
10
00
Reed of Isac Hamblin for ye rant of ye tolle 05 00 00
Reed of Mr Huding for rant 06 00 00
Reed for keping Lovegrove & Seraanse horse on ye Coraan
Reed of Mr Hamblin for rant
00
11
10
00
00
00
Reed of Jonathan Bird for ye townd shop 01 05 00
Reed of Walter Tuttle for rant of ye wattar 03 10 00
Reed of Wm Cleford for ye townd eillands 00 15 00
Reed of Mrs Leyson for rant of Pall Mead 02 00 00
Reed of Tho Eastraant for ye rant of ye Market house 00 10 00
Reed of Roger Stret Baylef
Reed head silver of ye Tithingman
11
00
10
04
5*
00
Reed of Jno Mackrell Portreve 07 06 3£
Reed of ye Baylif which he reed for wood & tilles? that was
left when ye shambles was mended 00 08 00
Reed of -?- -?- Mr Woodrofe for ye rant of Mill Mead 07
67
00
06
00
7
Disbursements of Tho Butler Constble
Pd Jno Whitt for keping ye townd bounds 01 15 0
Pd ye Jurey for settling land marks
Pd for a bull to Jno Webe
00
02
10 0
01 0
Spant in quartring of sowlldars 00 00 3
Pd ye land tax to Mr Hamblin 00 10 3
Spant in ye Townd bisnes 00 00 4
Gave ye Ringers ye first vickt. of ye dewch of Marlbrough
and ye Dromers 00 07 0
Pd hors heyer & expensis to Lamborn 00 01 6
Hors heyer to ye Constbl of ye Hundard 00 00 8
Pd Geill money 00 08 8j
Hors heyer for myselfe & witnisis to Abingtpn 00 09 0
My expensis at Abington with witnisis 00 10 2
Pd for my certeficate 00 02 0
Pd ye Clark of ye Peas 00 02 0
Hors heyer & expensis at Lamborn 00 01 3
Hors heyer to ye Constble of ye Hundard 00 00 8
Spant in qtr of sowlldars 00 00 3
Hors heyer to Mr Wheslove? about ye removal1 of Barratt T-?- 00 00 8
Gave ye ringars & dromars at ye Second Victrey of ye Deuk
of Marlbrough 00 07 0
Pd Jno Hellear for mending ye Churchyard railIs & ye downe gate 00 02 0
Pd ye pore taxe to Caleb West
Gave ye ringars & dromars ye Thanksgiven day
00 03 5
00 03 6
Pd for lathes for ye shambolls 00 12 0
Pd ye land tax to Mr Mundy 00 10 3
Hors heyer & expensis at Lamborn 00 01 4
Hors heyr to ye Constble of ye Hundard 00 00 8
Spant with ye naibors when met about ye demand of ye quitrent
& James Simpkins throwing down ye shambolls 00 02 4
Gave ye fee jury & expensis thar 00 04 6
Pd ye pore of Newbrey 03 18 0
Pd 2 pore taxes to Mr West 00 06 10
Pd Tho Jeset? for work in ye Rever 00 03 0
Pd Robert Tuck for timber for ye churchyard raills 00 17 2

Pd ye pore tax 00 03 5
Pd Mr Wells for preching Mrs Curtises sarmon 00 06 8
Pd for ye bellmans cote 01 00 0
Pd for triming of ye cote 00 03 0
Pd ye land taxe 00 10 3
Pd for making ye bellmans cote 00 03 6
Hors heyr & expensis at Lamborn 00 01 4
Hors heyr to ye Constble of ye Hundrd 00 00 8
Hors heyr to Lamborn 00 01 4
Pd ye pore taxe 00 03 5
Pd gaill money 00 08 8}
Hors heyr & Expensis at Lamborn 00 01 4
Hors heyr to ye Constble of ye Hundrd 00 00 8
Pd ye pore taxe 00 03 5
Pd ye land taxe 00 10 3
this side is 18 10 "&
Pd trofey money 00 12 9
Spant at ye Clark of ye Markete Cort 00 02 4
Spant in ye town bisnes 00 00 4
Hors heyr and expensis at Lamborn 00 01 6
Hors heyr to ye Constble of ye Hundrd 00 00 8
Pd Jno Tub for looking after ye clok as by his bill 01 12 5
Pd ye bellman 00 15 0
Pd for keping ye bull 01 00 0
Pd for a hat for ye bellman 00 05 0
Gave ye pore in lennen cloth 01 18 "#
Gave ye pore in blue cloth 00 13 0
Pd ye pore intrest money 01 16 0
Pd Wm Blissett for mending ye market bushill 00 00 3
Pd Goodman Tompkin for mending ye Marsh gate 00 03 0
Pd Goody Hamblen for -?- of hir -?- at ye Clark of ye
Markete Cort 00 00 6
Pd Georg Whit for work 00 01 0
Pd for 9 Ornereye at Hocktid Cort 00 09 0
Pd for wine & sidar 01 02 0
Pd for bread and bear 01 08 6
Pd ye Tithingmens denars 00 02 0
Pd for 25 pore mens denars 00 11 6
Pd Roger Stret ye Baylife which he pd for mending ye
shambolls 08 11 0
Pd ye Baylife his sallerey 00 19 2
Pd for mending ye clok waite 00 04 2
Pd gaill money 00 08 8}
Pd ye Tithingmans bill 01 05 6
Pd ye seasars expensis & hors hiar to Newbury 00 05 0
Pd mor 00 05 0
Pd Tho Lewisis bill 00 02 0
Pd Mr Thistlethwyt as by his bill 02 07 6
Pd ye fee jury 00 01 0
Pd Wm Fortey for oiling ye lather of ye engen 00 02 0
Pd 12 ornereye at Lawday Cort 00 12 0
Pd for bread bear & Tobacco 01 09 0
Pd for 25 pore mens dennars 00 12 6
Pd sum pore pepoll which was forgot 00 05 0
30 05
Receipts 67 06 01
Disbursements 48 15 09
Remains due to the towne 18 10 9
\6

Wee whose names are underwritten doe acknowledge the receipt of the said
Constable, ye said sum of eighteen pounds ten shillings and nine pence three
farthings, and also doe allow and approve of his said accompt, tenn pounds
whereof is put into our towne chest and ye remainder paid to the new
Constable. Witness our hands this 27th day of Aprill Anno Dora 1705
John Boone
Thomas Woodroffe
Thomas Robinson
Willm Forty
Caleb West
Richd Browne
John Cannon
Will Coxhead
Tho Masling
Richard BrownJohn
William Ryman
Benj Stroud
Joseph Povey
John King
Row Mundy
> .. '

Disbursraents of Robt Patiante (1705)
£ s d
Pd Jno White for keeping ye town bowns 1 15 0
Pd jurey for setting land marks 10 0
Pd Tho Barrett 5 0
Pd lasak Hamlin 5 0
Pd for mending ye marsh hedge 1 6
Pd Clem Cooper for mending Downgate 2 0
Pd Jno Ball for post at the shambles 2 0
Pd Fra Plaster for mending Down gate 3 0
Pd Jno Dennis for diggen in ye downs 1 10
Pd Tho Noon for naileing? Smithem Bridge 00 4
Pd Tho Watterman for marsh hedge 00 6
Pd goyle mony 00 08 83-
Pd for clock line 00 03 0
Pd Morris for putting in ye clocke line 00 00 2
Pd Clem Cooper for worke 00 08 0
Pd for church rate 00 01 8
Pd horse hier for self & wittness goeing to Abbenton 00 09 0
Pd expences at Abbenton 00 11 2
Pd the clarke of ye peace & cryer 00 02 6
Pd horse hier to Laraborn 00 01 0
Pd for mending the marsh hedge 00 01 3
Pd horse hier to Lamburn 00 01 2
Pd horse hier to ye hei? Counstable 00 00 6
Pd Fran Morris for helping about ye clock 00 00 0
Pd to the ringers 00 05 0
Pd to ye drummers 00 01 0
Pd Dennis for diggin in the ponde 00 02 0
Pd Rosher for diggen in the ponde 00 02 0
Pd for nailes 00 00 2
Pd Jno Ball for a slouse? for ye ponde 00 03 0
Pd horse hier to Lamburn 00 01 0
Pd expenses 00 01 10
Pd horse hier to Lamburn & expenses about Mary Orsburn 00 02 10
Pd to the trained bands men 00 06 0
Pd to White for mending hedge 00 00 2
Pd horse hier to Lamburn & expenses 00 01 4
Pd expences for goeing to pound ye sheepe 00 01 0
Pd to Clem Cooper for worke 00 03 4
Pd to ye jurey of ye Fee Court 00 01 0
Pd for expences 00 03 10
Pd ye land tax 00 10 3
Pd ye land tax 00 10 3
Pd expences for chuseing scoole master 00 03 6
Pd for Mrs Curtis serraond 00 06 8
Pd to Robt Tuck for timber for ye ponde 02 16 0
Expences about ye scoole master 00 03 6
Pd Newbery poor 03 18 0
Expences in buseness at White Hart 00 00 6
Pd horse hier & expences to ye Cunstable of ye hund 00 01 4
Expences in qr of soldiers 00 00 3
Pd horse hier to Lamburn & expences 00 01 4
Pd land tax 00 10 3
Pd horse hier to Lamburn & expences 00 1 6
16 13 3&
Horse hier & expences to Counstable of ye hundr 00 01 4
Pd for ye cloath of ye bellman coat 01 00 0

£ s d
Pd horse hier & expences to Lamburn 00 01 6
Pd for making ye Bellmans coat 00 03
Pd Jos Winnet for making a bridge 00 02 6
Pd horse hier & expences to Lamburn 00 01 6
Expences for ye Town besseness 00 00 6
Pd horse hier to ye Cunstable of ye hundr 00 00 6
Pd goyle mony 00 08
Pd horse hier to ye Cunstable of hundr 00 8?
Expences for Clarke of ye Market Court 05 0
Pd horse hier to Lamburn & expences 01
Pd the Poor Tax 01 00 6
Pd Land Tax 00 10 3
Pd for worke to Clem Cooper 00 00 6
Pd for the Bellmans hatt 00 05
Pd Old Torapkins for mending ye fee pound 00 05 0
Pd horse hier to Lamburn & expences 00 01 6
Pd Jno Boone for summering the Town bull 00 10 0
Pd horse hier to Lamburn 00 01 0
Pd Morris 00 15 0
Pd Jno Knowles as per bill 00 04
Pd Jno Tub as per bill 01 12
Pd Geo White as per bill 00 04 6
Pd Roger Pike? as per bill 00 18
Pd Wm New as per bill 00 11 0
Pd ditto for sallerey 01 00 0
Pd Hamblin as per bill 00 04 6
Pd for dying ye blew cloath for ye poor 00 00 6
Pd for racking ye cloath 00 00 6
Pd Sarah Bell as per bill 05 04
Pd for linnen cloath 01 18 8
Mony disburst for scoolehouse
Pd Robert Coxhead for worke 00 00 6
Pd Robt Tuck as per bill 00 03 6
Pd Tho Woodrofe as per bill 01 06 5}
Pd Jno Buttler as per bill 00 09 0
Pd Jno Knowles as per bill 01 02 3
Pd Cha Vick as per bill 01 15 11*
Pd Geo White as per bill 01 09 9
Pd Geo White as per bill 00 04 6
Pd for 2 loade sande 00 03 0
Pd goyle mony 00 08 8J
Pd for a belt for ye soldier 00 01
Pd for triming of the bellmans coat 00 05 0
Pd at ye Lawday Corte 03 06 0
Pd fee jurey 00 01 0
Pd for Jonath Knackston at fee cort 00 01 6
29 03 04*
the other side is 16 13 03*
45 16 07*£
Pd Thistlethight 1 10 0
47 6 7^

Receipts of Robt Patiant Constable of the Town & Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1705
£ s d
Reed of Jno Rambling 11 00 00
Reed of the Bayley 12 01 6
Reed of Jno Hudding
Reed of lasak Rambling
6 00
5 00
0
00
Reed of Madam Lysence 2 00 00
Reed of Potrife 6 13 00
Reed of Tho Eastment 00 10 0
Reed of Wm Clifford for ye Town Islands 00 15 00
Reed of Ed Acckins 00 07 06
Reed for a ladder 00 02 06
Reed for old woode 00 00 06
Reed for ye bull 01 05 00
Reed of Jonat Burd for the town shop 01 05 00
Reed of Jonat Hidden for the rent of ye water 03 10 00
Reed of Rowland Munday ye tithinman 00 05 04
Reed of Tho Woodrofe for Milmead 07 00 00
Reed of ye old Constable 08 10 09%
Reed 66 6 1*
Pd 47 6 ?•&
Rest due to the Town 18 19 6
Pd more 00 10 09
Due to the Towne 18 08 09
We whose names are underwritten doe approve and allow of
ye above mentoned accompt errors in casting exted. And
we doe hereby direct that tenn pounds -?- of ye above
mentoned surae of eighteen pounds eight shillings and
nine pence to be put in ye towne chest, the remainder
to be paid to our Constable for ye year ensueing and
doe hereby discharge the said Constable from the above
raentoned receipts. Wittness our hands this 12th day of
Aprill anno d— 1706
Tho Robinson
Tho Butler
Jos Sare
John Boone
Willm Forty
Thomas Woodroffe
Tho Masling
George White
Hugh Shepard
Caleb West
Robert Tuck
Jos Whyneatt
John Webb

The Receipts of John Boone Constable of the townd & borrough of
Hungerford 1706
£ s d
Receved of the last Constable 8 8 9
Reed of Anthoney Feeld for his to bullocks goin in the
Common contrary to the custom 0 3 4
Reed of Robert Kinchin for his incora 0 2 6
Reed of Mr Tulls man the quitrent as the Porttref did
not colect last year 0 14 4
Reed of the Overseer of the Comon for a stray hors 0 3 4
Reed of Mr Roberson for Johnathan Coxhead sheep being
impound out of the barly feeld 0 4 0
Reed of John Woodley for his sheep being impounded out
of the wheat feld 0 4 0
Reed of John Whit for the hog 0 4 0
Reed of Isack Hamblin a years rent for the toul of the
marcet 5 0 0
Reed of John Crab for his incura 0 2 6
Reed of Johnathan Burd for the tound shop 1 5 0
Reed of Mr Hamblin for the tound land 11 0 0
Reed of Mr Clifford for the towne islands 00 15 0
Reed of John Betteride for his income 00 2 6
Reed of Daniell Seager for his income 00 2 6
Reed of Mrs Lyson for ye Pale mead 02 0 0
Reed of Jos Povey for rent of ye towne water 05 0 0
Reed for head silver 00 5
Reed of Portreeve 07 9 4j
Reed in part? of ye mountebanke 00 1 0
Reed of Tho Woodrof for the reant of Millmead 07 0 0
Reed of Will Fortey Bayle 04 9 6
Reed of Will New in behalf of the Bayly 02 18 0
Reed of Adam Batredg for the Town bull 01 00 00
Reed of Tho Egraont 00 10 0
59 05 0%
The disbursments of John Boone
Pd Mr Robisin for fechin a load of -?- from Standing 0 2 6
Pd John Whit & -?- Stasey for making the Heg agenst
the woodmash 0 2 0
Pd for a load of -?- 0 8 9
Pd the jury for seting land marks 0 10 0
Gave the ringers at the newes of the Duck of Molborog
vicktry 0 5 0
Gave the drumers then 0 1 0
For hors hire & expencis to Newbery to cary my return
abot the papists 0 1 8
Gave the ringers a thanksgivin day 0 5 0
Spent about the tound bisnes 0 1 6
Pd Toby Pofly for mending the heg 0 0 3
Pd Robert Tuck the land tax 0 10 3
Gave the drumers a thanksgivin day 0 2 0
For hors hire & expencis to Lamborn to sine my retorn
for sise & sessions 0 2 5
Pd for my setivecat to Mr Knackston 0 2 0
Gave the Clark of the pece & the cryer 0 2 6
Expencis at Abington for myself & witneses 0 11 0
For hors hire to Abington 0 9 0
Pd John Whit for ceping the Townd bounds
Pd for a bull & expenses at Newbery
1
4
15
5
0
5

For hors hire & expencs at Spinemland to cary a retorn
0 0 6
Pd Mr Wells for prechin Mrs Curtis sermon 0 6 8
about the papists
Pd Will Pound for mending the heg
0 1 8
Gave the Fee jury and rayexpence there 0 6 0
Pd to men for ceeping Coxheads & Jo Woodlys sheep in
the pound 0 1 6
For hors hire and expens to Lamborn to sine my return 0 1 8
Pd the Hey Constable the gole money 0 8 3 }
Pd Robert Tuck the land tax 0 10 3
11 14 2}
Pd the poore of Newbey 3 18 0
Pd for the bellmans coat & triming 1 5 0
Gave the ringers at the news of Prenc Hugos vicktory 0 5 0
Gave the druraers then 0 1 0
Pd Caleb West the land tax 0 10
Pd the High Constable the goall money 0 8 8
Pd for bring the 2 pools from Reading 0 5 0
Gave the ringers a thanksgivin day 0 5 0
Gave the drumers then 0 1 0
Pd John Hiddin his hors hire & expencs eight time to
Lamborn 0 13 4
Pd 4 men for bringin the ladder out of the churchcroft 0 0 6
Pd John Hidden for bear & bred when the man was taken 1 3 9
For sumering the to bulls 1 0 0
Pd for making the bellman coat 0 3 6
Pd Johnathan Coxhead Robert Kinchin for my 2 hors & man
-?- -?- -?- -? ?- with the soulders 0 7 6
Pd Joly Read for my hors fechin from Vernum as carid a
sick souldor 0 1 6
Pd the High Constable for drums & collors 0 12 9
Pd for oill? & for collering the ladders 0 10 0
Pd for racking ye blu cloth 0 0 6
Pd Clem Cooper for mending the dound geats & the pound 0 2 10
Pd for Jo Povey to meak the laders 0 15 0
Pd the poars taxes for the toule of the raarcut & Millraead
& the Shambles Market hous 1 0 6
Pd Calleb West the land tax for the toull & -?- 0 10 3
Pd Old? Kiraber for 4 days work a making ye ladders 0 6 8
Pd his son Hosophatt for 4 days 0 6 8
For wintering the town bull 0 10 0
Pd Clem Cooper for mending the brig 0 1 0
Spent at the Clerk of the marcut cort 0 3 0
Pd Richard Heath? for timber to make rongs for the ladders 0 4 0
15 11 09
Gave the poor in Linin cloth
Gave the poor in blu cloth
2
0
0
16
8
0
Paid for eighteen mens ordinary att the Hocktide Court
dinner 0 18 00
Paid for twenty seven poor mens ordinary 0 13 06
Paid for bread & bear there 2 10 00
Paid for cider 1 00 00
Paid for tobacco 0 02 06
Paid for wine & three bolls of punch 1 10 00
Paid the poor in money 2 06 00
Paid John Painter for goeing to Lamborne twice
Paid Thomas Waterman for looking after ye Marsh gate
0
0
?
00
?
06

£ s d
Paid John Tubb for keeping the Clock 1 05 00
Paid Robert Tuck as per bill appeares 1 08 06
Paid John Tompkins as per bill appeares 1 08 06
Paid Roger. Pike as per bill appeares 0 06 00
Pd Jos Read? for goeing to Lamborne to guard ye men 0 01 00
Gave ye ringers ye thanksgiveing day 0 05 00
Paid Clem Cooper for worke and nailes att ye pound 0 01 00
Paid Morris 0 15 00
Gave ye young men for useing? the engine & -?- -?-
in order 0 02 00
Paid for mending ye engine 0 04 00
Paid Mr Thistlethwayte for keeping ye three Courts
Pd Daved Woodam for going to Lamborne and workin 2 days
1 10 00
and neights 0 03 00
Pd Will New for sineing my retorn 0 00 06
Gave the ffee Jewry 0 01 00
Pd for 13 mens ordinary 0 13 00
Pd for 30 pore mens ordney 0 15 00
Pd for bear bread & tobcho and seidair 02 09 06
Pd for the bellmans hatt
Paid Caleb West the tythingman
00
01
04
10
00
00
Paid Mr Patient ye last yeares Constable who pd the poor
& was forgott in his accounts 02 07 00
Pd ye said Mr Patient who pd to Mr Thistlethwayte for
keeping ye Courts & ws likewise forgott 01 10 00
28 19 02
Gave Isaac Hamblin 01 00 00
29 19 02
Totall of receipts 59 05 03j
Total1 of disbursemts 57 05 00?
Due to the towne 02 00 03
Wee whose names are hereunder written doe approve and allowe
of the before mencioned accounts errors in casting excepted
and wee doe hereby direct and order that the money being two
pounds and three pence be paid to our Constable for ye year
ensueing and doe discharge the sd former Constable from his
receipts. Wittness our hands this second day of May 1707
Thomas Robinson
Thomas Woodroffe
Robert Pashant
Jos Sare
Will Picke
Dan Seager
Row Mundy
John King
Thomas Sare
David Woodam
Joseph Whyneatt

The Accounts of Tho Sare Cunstable of the Tound & Burrough of
Hungerford for the year 1707
Receipts £ s d
Reed of Mr John Bon lat Constabl 02 00 03
Rasaved of'Will Fortey 461$
Rasaved of lasack Hamblen 1 10 0
Rasaved of the man for the stray hors going in the coraan 00 12 00
Rasaved of him for Alochand and croying of him and showing 00 2 10
Rasaved of the man for the hors hay 00 11 02
Rasaved rent for the Tound land of Mr Bon and Mr Kamiin 05 10 00
Rasaved of Isack Hamblin 01 10 00
Rasaved for fagots as came from the Tound pond 00 06 03
Rasaved of John Bon for the Tound land 02 10 00
Rasaved of Mrs Lyson for Pal mead 02 00 00
Rasaved of Isack Hamblin 02 00 00
Rasaved of Jonathan Burd for the Tound shop 01 05 00
Rasaved of William Clifard for the Tound oylons 01 00 00
Rasaved of William Rosher and William Trayhorn for the
Tound water 05 00 00
Rasaved of Mr Hamblin for rent for the Tound land 03 00 00
Rasaved of Mr Joseph Shipton for his incoum 00 05 00
Rasaved of Mr Woodruf for the rent of Mil mead 07 00 00
Rasaved of the Captin for a prest man as was cared in 00 1 6
Rasaved of the Captin for a prest man as I cared in 00 1 00
Rasaved of Gorg Whit the Tithenman the hed penc 00 3 ^
Rasaved of Thomas Easraant for the Market hous 00 10 00
Reced of Mr fforty Portreeve 07 00 09
Reced Apr 23rd 1708 of Mr Broane bayliff the sume of 12 00 01
Tot 60 06 03
Reced more of the Portreive
Tot
00
60
07
13
04
07
Disbursments of Tho Sare Cunstable
Pd William Rosher for work at the Tound pond 00 3 00
Pd John Tub for loking to the Tound klock 01 5 06
Pd Richard York for stoans 00 3 6
Pd Charls Vick and Richard York 00 00 6
Pd Moris for ying belman 00 15 00
Pd Mrs Bel at the Hoctod coart 03 14 00
Pd for the belmans hat 00 5 00
Pd Mr Robenson for fechen stons 00 1 6
Pd John Helard? for work 00 3 0
Pd Tho Pichens? for work dun at the brig and at the Tound hall 00 15
Gave 6 samen in money 00 00 6
Gave four samen in money 00 00 6
For charges of a prest man 00 06 00
For chages of to prest men 00 08 00
For caring of -?- to the Lower dound 00 1 00
Pd John Knowls for teyls and bricks 01 6
Pd to Robart Tuck for timber for the brig and for laths 04 6 00
Pd Gorg Whit for timber and boards for the Shambls 00 10 00
Pd Tho Woodruf and Joseph Sare for going to Nubry to
-?- the land tax 00 5 00
Pd Mr Hamblin for nails 00 4 10
Pd for Tiding the Tound pond 00 1 00
Pd John Buttler for nails 00 0 9
Pd John Pamer? for nails for the brig 00 1 8
.

£ s d
Pd John Tomkins bil for mending the fe pound and maish gat 00 8
Pd Daved Wodam for nails for the ould brig 00 1 00
Pd for lim for the Shambols 00 4 00
Pd for nays? for the Sharabols 00 00 £
Pd Trus Jels? for sand 00 1 00
Pd for feching of gravel and sand and workmen and stoans
for the brig 00 9 00
Pd for a load of sand to the Shambls 00 1 6
Pd William Nalder for work dun at the Shambls 00 18 9
Pd John Plasted for sawing 00 6
Pd Jhosophat Kimber for a day and a half work 00 3 00
Pd for bear for the workmen 00 1 5
Spent in Tound busnis 00 1 0
Pd John Holard for teylpins for the shambols 00 3 6
Pd William Reyman for culerin the brig 00 13 3
Pd Mr Thistelthoyt for keping of to coarts 01 00 00
Pd Mr Car? for half a hundred of teyls for the shambols 00 01 00
Pd Thomas Waterman for taking cear of the maish gate 00 00 6
Pd Mr Mils for :6: rag?tils? and Mr Robenson for :4: bricks 00 01 1
Pd John Tub and Jonathan Burd for work dun to the engen 00 1 2
Pd for oylen and grasing? the engin and gut 00 2 0
Pd Gorg Whit the Tethenraan his bil for goeing to Justes
wit peas? 00 3 6
Pd John Howard for work and nails 00 0 4
The disbursements of ye second side is 19 17 04
Pd Jno Whit for keping ye tound bounds 01 15 00
Pd the Jurey for seting land marks 0 10 00
Pd for a bul and expenses 01 13 00
Pd for lugs and puting them up to kep the cows out of the
Woodmaish 00 01 06
Pd for a hors and raey expens to goe to Nubrey with Cramp 00 02 08
Pd for hors hier and expens to Lambourn with Wase 00 01 0
Pd for oyling the gut for the ingen 00 01 06
Pd for a lock for the fe pound 00 01 00
Pd for the hors hay and creying of him and shuing 00 7 8
For hors heyr and expenses for going the Justes 00 01 0
Paid for mending the fe stocks 00 00 6
Paid for hors heyer and expens for goeing to Nubrey to
the Jestes 00 01 0
Pd for hors heyr and expens for going to the Jeste with
four semen 00 06 00
Pd Robart Pashen the Land tax 00 10 03
Pd the joyl money 00 08 0$
Pd for a lock? for the stolen hors and for shuing 00 2 10
Pd for hay for the stolen hors 00 3 6
For hors heyr and expens for going to Abenton to be sworn 01 00 6
Paid for sining mey return for sise and seshions 00 2 6
Paid Robert Pashent for Land tax 00 10 03
Paid Mr Thistlethoyt for ceping the fe cort and three
raens oroneys 00 13 6
Paid the fe Jurey 00 01 00
Paid the pors taxes to Tho Loufloch 00 03 05
Paid Mr Bon for suming of the to tound bouls 01 00 00
Paid John Weab to poar taxes 00 06 10
Pd Mr Wells for preachin of Mrs Curtes Sermun 00 06 8
Pd for the Bellmans coate 00 18 0
Pd for making the coate 00 3 0

£ s d
Pd for mending the dound gate 00 00 6
Pd Calep Weast the land tax 00 10
Pd the joyl money 00 8 8|
Spent in tound busnis 00 00 9
Pd the poar of Nubrey 03 18 0
Pd the poar tax to Tho Lovlok 00 3 5
Pd for puting -?- att Sanam dound Gate 00 00 9
Pd Gorg Whit for mending of the blind house 00 01 00
Pd John Bon for wintern of the tound bul 00 10 00
Pd in tound busnis 00 00 4
Pd for withs for the fagots att the tound pond 00 00 3
Pd 6 semen which was cast away 00 2 00
Spent at ye Clark of ye Markets Cort 00 3 4
Spent when Joseph Peart was had in befor the Justes 00 00 4
Pd John Web the pors tax 00 3 5
Pd Calep West the land tax 00 10 3
Pd Roger Streat for cloath 00 13 00
Pd for -?- eying and raking the -?- cloth 00 7 00
Gave the poar in linnen cloath and money 01 18 00
Pd for going to Nubrey to have mey return sind for Sesions
and for going to the hay? stable 00 2 00
Pd for worck dun at the brig the sum of to pound won
shilling four pence 02 1 4
23 17 5
Gave the poar in money as I had forgot 00 7 6
Pd William Reyraan for mendin and cleaning the tound hall
windos 00 5
Pd John Clogdil for orney and exterorney 00 3 10
Pd for Mr Knackston diner 00 1 00
Gave the Fe Juerey in money 00 1 00
Pd bayliff his Sail & expenses 01 05 00
3 days horsehire 00 03 00
Spent more at the clerk of the markets coart 00 03 08
Gave two boys 00 00 03
05 19 00
Pd Nicholas Butler Tythingman 00 19 10
06 18 10
Total of receipts 60 13 07
Total of disburstments 50 13 09
Remains due to the tound 10 00 00
Wee whose names are hereunder written doe approve & allow of
the before mentioned account errors in casting excepted and
wee doe hereby direct & order that the money being tenn pounds
bee paid to the Constable of this Burrough for the year
ensueing and doe discharge the said Mr Thomas Sare our
Constable from his receipts. Witness our hands this twenty
third day of Aprill Anno Dm 1708
Thomas Robinson
John Hamblen
Thomas Woodroffe
Robert Pashant
Richard Brownjohn
Row Mundy
Benj Stroud
John Crabb
John Betteredg
Joseph Povey
George White
Edward Noise?
Hugh Shepard

The Disbursements of John Hamblen Constable for the yeare 1708
£ s d
pd Isick Hamblen by the order of the Jurey 00 10 00
pd Mr Thomas Sare as he pd for me for a horse & man to
Lamborne for a press warrant for waggins to carry soulders
to Andover in my absens 00 02 00
pd for the warrant and Mr Sare expensis 00 00 09
pd John White for keeping the townd boundes 01 15 00
pd horse hier & expensis to Lamborne for a press warrant for
waggins to carry soulders baggig to Andover 00 01 08
pd for a warrant & my expensis in the quartering them 00 00 09
gave a poor woman being very ill to forward her in her way
whome 00 00 06
pd for clensing the gutters in the shambles 00 00 04
pd the Jurey when they sett the land marks 00 10 00
pd John Siney for 4 luges 00 01 04
pd Win Roshier for fixen them in the rivir 00 00 09
pd for \ and 1/8 of hundred of bricks for repareing the
market house 00 02 00
pd for 2 bushills and \ of lime 00 01 03
pd for sande 00 00 03
pd Wm Nalder for his worke 00 02 00
pd Row Munday a poore tax 00 03 05
pd Goodman Torapkins for two postes & 2 rallies for the ffee
pound 00 06 06
pd the first quarterly land tax 00 10 03
pd the assessors of the land tax joyrneys twice to Newbery 00 05 00
pd for a loge(?) for pins for the ffee pound 00 00 04
nails for the same used then 00 00 09
pd horse hier & expensis to Lamborne for a press warrant 00 01 06
pd for a warrant & my expensis in the quartering them 00 00 09
pd horse hier & ray expensis to Lamborne to signe my returne
for the sises 00 01 06
pd Joseph Kimber for worke done about the brige & diall 00 02 00
pd John Stacey for worke done at the bridge 00 00 06
This side is 05 01 01
pd Richard Heath for 2 pieces of worke done att the townd
bridge 00 01 06
pd Mr Row Munday a poors tax 00 03 05
pd for sumering the bull 00 10 00
pd Mr Knaxstone for sending the inquisission to London for
Painters child 00 01 00
pd Joseph Mackerill for 2 loads of greate sassin stone 00 15 00
pd Mr Pearce a baker in Newbery 03 18 00
gave the ringers upon a victory obtained by the alies 00 02 06
delliverd in cloth & trimming for a greate coate for the
bellman 01 03 00

1708/contd
pd for the making itt 00 03 00
pd for hand barrogh usd att ye piching 00 00 10
pd horse hier & expensis to the petty sessions at Newbery 00 01 06
pd expensis & attendens for 3 press men to Jonathan Reade
& garding them to Lamborne being in custody 2 nights 2 days 00 12 06
pd my horse hier & expensis then 00 02 00
my horse hier & expensis with Joe Sare to Lamborne against
Jno dennis 00 02 00
my horse hier & expensis with Jno dennis to Lamborne against
the deare steallers 00 02 00
pd for a mittemas for Jno dennis 00 02 00
pd by consent of the inhabitants when Mr Younge wase chose
scoole master to Jno Hiddin for beare and fireing 00 05 00
Spent att Jonathan Reads upon the -?- when dennis was taken
by Sir Jemet Reyman 00 01 00
pd a quarterly payment to the land tax 00 10 03
pd a quarters goale money 00 08 08%
pd William Palmore & Richd Yorke for attending John dennis 00 06 00
pd att John Hiddins when the address was signed in order to be
sent to the parliament about ye navigation 00 06 00
pd horse hier & expenses to the petty sessions att Newbery 00 01 08
pd horse hier & expenses to Lamborne to have my returned
signed for the quarter sessions 00 01 06
pd Jonathan Coxhead for feching of 6 loade of sande 00 07 06
pd horse hier & expensis for the tythingman to Newbery &
Lamborne in townd bisness 00 03 00
pd Mr Blagrove for a warrant for taking up of idell pepell 00 01 00
pd Tho Greene for goeing to Mr Popphams in townd bisness 00 00 06
This side is 10 12 04
pd Thomas Shadwell for worke done about the diall 00 00 06
pd horse hier & my expensis to have my returne signed for the
sessions 00 01 06
pd a quarters goale money 00 08 08%
pd Mr Thistlethwaite for making up surtivekate for the
sessions 00 02 00
pd horse hier and expensis to the quarter sessions for
myself e and 2 wittnessis 01 00 00
pd the Clarke of the peace 00 02 00
pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtis sermon 00 06 08
gave the ringers upon the obtaining a victory in Flanders 00 05 00
my expensis with the Constables in making my returne for
Jureys for sise & sessions 00 00 06
pd a quarters goale money 00 08 08%
pd John Povey for worke done as appers by his bill 00 17
pd Mr Hawkins for mending the sun diall . 00 05 00
spent there upon poore men who wase assisting in itt 00 01 06

1708/contd
pd George White for worke done then as appers by his bill 00 09 10
pd Mr Win. Ryman for worke done as appers by his bill 01 16 00
pd Joseph Sare for a loge for the Marsh gate 00 00 04
pd Mr John Butler for hingis for the clocke dore 00 00 08
pd Mr Row Mundy a poors tax 00 03 05
pd the second quarterly payment to the land tax 00 10 03
pd for a -?- of tiells & 2 bus of lime for the reapearing
the Clock hous 00 02 10
pd Wm Nalder & his son for worke about itt 00 02 06
pd the fee Jurey 00 01 00
pd myn & the stewards ordanary & extrordanarys 00 03 00
pd for 5 mens ordanary then 00 05 00
pd horse hier & expensis to have my returne signed for the
sessions 00 01 06
gave a poore woman being with child in her joyrning to London 00 00 04
pd Goodman Tompkins for keping the Marsh bounds in repear 00 02 00
This side is 07 18 06
pd Mr Alisander Thistlethwaite for drawing a petision
conserning ye navigation & his attendans at Lidtecut & the
parke 00 10 00
pd Mr Knaxstone for ingrossing itt 00 02 06
pd John Povey for worke done as appears by his bill 00 12 07
pd Trustram Giles for diggin of 20 loades of sande 00 06 08
pd Row Mundey a poors tax 00 08 08%
pd Isick Feild for a dayes worke being due to him the other
yeare on ye towne acompt 00 01 00
pd John Povey for a raile & work done at the Downe and Church
land 00 03 00
pd Wm Nalder as appears by his bill for piching the Church
land 03 14 02
pd Richd Yorke for 20 days worke done att the same time 01 00 00
pd for 2 loade of stones to make an end of the piching
the land 00 03 00
gave a poor disbandid drummer haveing a passe in his
necessity 00 00 06
pd Jno Povey & his son for worke done about the Downe gates 00 01 04
pd horse hier & expensis to Lamborn concerning a man taken
for a soulder 00 01 06
pd for looking after him for two dayes 00 01 00
pd horse hier & expensis to ye petty sessions att Newbery 00 01 08
my horse hier & expensis to the petty sessions at Newbery 00 01 06
pd Row Mundey a poore tax 00 03 05
ray horse hier & expensis to Lamborn to have my returne
signed for sise 00 01 06
my horse hier & expensis to the petty sessions att Newbery 00 01 06
pd Wm Reymond the 4 quarterly payment to the land tax 00 10 03
pd Francis Morris his allowance as being bellman 00 15 00
-_

1708/contd
my horse hier & expensis to Lamborn to make a return of a
warant in towne bisness 00 01 06
my horse hier & expensis to Lamborne to have a warrant to
press two waggins & horses to carry soulders bagig to
Aborne 00 01 06
pd for the warrant & my expensis in quartering them 00 00 09
ray horse hier & expenses to Lamborne to have a press
warrant for 2 waggins & horsis to carry soulders baggig 00 01 06
pd for the warrant & my expensis in quartering them 00 00 09
pd Jno Povey for mending the fee pound 00 01 00
spent in quartering of 2 par -?- soulders 00 00 04
my horse hier & expensis to the petty sessions att Newbery 00 01 06
pd Mr Row. Mundey 2 poores taxes 00 06 10
This side is 09 11 02
gave a poore sicke soulder & his wife being under greate
wante 00 01 00
pd John Tubb the cutler as appears by his bill 01 13 03
pd my ornary & Mr Knaxstons att the Clarke of the Market
Courte 00 02 00
pd then for exterornaryes 00 14 00
gave to 7 disbandid seamen haveing with them a pass for
lerland 00 01 00
pd Robt. Tuck as appers by his bill 01 11 02
pd Roger Pyke as appers by his bill 00 10 01
pd horse hier & expensis to Newbery petty sessions with a
returne of inholders 00 01 06
pd horse hier & expensis to Lamborn to have my returne
signed for sessions 00 01 06
pd for -?- letting of Mill Meadow to John Patey 00 15 00
pd Richd Yorke for worke done the other yeare not being
paid him 00 00 06
Pd Mr Jos. Shippen the tythingman his bill
01 01 01^
paid a quarters goale money 00 08 08%
gave the poore peopell in the blew cloth to the value of 00 17 00
pd intrest money to the poor 01 11 06
gave away in linin cloth to the vallu of 02 00 00
candells burnt att the tound halle & redd tape to bind
the booke 00 00 03
pd Mrs Bell att the Hbcktied Courte for wine beare & tobaco 03 04 06
pd at the same time for 16 mens ordanarys 00 16 00
pd at the same time for 21 poor mens ornarys 00 10 06
pd Mr Alizander Thistlethwaite for keeping the towne courte 01 10 00
for naills delivered at severall times for the townes use 00 04 06
pd Mr Jonathan Knaxstone for making a rent rowlle & entring
a precept of the same in the booke 00 04 00
pd the Baylife what he layd out 00 03 08
pd the Baylife Ms sallery 01 00 01
pd Vim Nalder for gravill 00 01 00

1708/contd
pd Mr Thistlethwaite for law chargis 00 12 10
pd John Hiddin for bread,beare and tobaco at the Lawday Courte 03 ? 00
pd for 15 poor mens ornarys 00 07 06
pd for 13 mens ornarys then 00 13 00
pd Mr Knaxstones ornarys 00 01 00
pd the Jurey in the ffee 00 01 00
This side is 24 03 02
,
The Receits of John Bamblen Constable for the Towne and Burrogh
of Hungerford for the yeare 1708
£ s d
Reacd of Mr Thomas Sare the late Constable 10 00 00
reacd for a loade of sande 00 00 02
reacd of John White for the bull 01 05 00
reacd of Mr Robt Patient being overcharged upon his acotnpts 01 10 00
reacd of Isick Hamblen a years rent for the towle of ye market 05 00 00
reacd of Edward Glass for the fishery belongin to the towne 04 00 00
reacd of Mr Thomas Woodrofe for a yeare rent for Mill Meadow 07 00 00
reacd of William Clifford for a yeare rent of ye towne Hands 01 00 00
reacd of Jonathan Bird a yeare rent for the towne shopp 01 05 00
reacd of Edward Atkins a yeare rent for the towne land 06 00 00
reacd of Thomas Estment for rent 00 10 00
reacd of Mr John Boone a yeare rent for the towne land 05 00 00
reacd of the Poortrife for quitt rents for the yeare
07 08 08^
reacd a yeare rent of Mr John Huddin Bayley 12 01 09
reacd of Mr Hanse ? of Ramsbury for a yeare rent for Pale
Meadow 00 00 00
reacd of the tythingmen
00 04 OA
Reacd in the yeare 62 04
Disbursements 57 06 03
Remains due to ye Towne 04 18 08

1708/contd
We whose names are underwritten do approve & allow of the before-mentioned
accounts Errors in casting excepted and we doe hereby order that the money
remaining due to the towne being four pounds eighteen shillings and eight
pence halfpenny be pd to the Constable of the Towne for the year ensueing
and we doe hereby discharge the said John Hamblen our Constable from his
receipts for the use of said towne. Witness our hands the thirteenth day of
May Anno Dora 1709.
signed:
Thomas Robinson
John Talmage
Anthony Woodroffe
Thomas Woodroffe Junor
John Webb
Richard Brownjohn
Caleb West
William New
John Bettriedge
Thomas Lewes
Hugh Shepard
Joseph Shipton
Row Mundy
Wm Allen
John Crabb
Benj Stroud

The Acowents of Thomas Robinson Constable of the Town and Boro of
Hongerford for the year of our Lord 1709
The Rasaights £ s d
Raseved of Mrs Lisens for the rent of Pale Mead and other
land which was not paid to Mr John Hamblin 02 00 00
May 26
receved of Mr Wadraan for half a year rent for some dueye
25 March 01 00 00
receved the first qarters rent of Will Traihorn for the water
in all 04 05 00
receved of Mr Hamblin the late Constable which was due to
the towen on his acowents 04 18 08
receved of farmer Batton for a trespas in the Port Dowen
with his -?- 00 00 06
receved of Roger Strete toward the rent 06 00 00
receved of Mr Riman the baylife £12 12 00 00
receved of Mr Wadman for half a years rent for Pale Mead and
other land in Charmenfele due March 1709 01 00 00
receved of Mr Hamblin for rent 11 00 00
receved of Isaac Hamblen for ye towel of the market £3 and
£2 in all 05 00 00
receved of Will Clifford for rent of the Towen Hands 01 00 00
receved of Jonathan Bird for rent of the Towen Shop 01 05 00
receved of Thomas Aiers for his incom 00 02 06
receved of Thomas Esmon (?) for his quitt rent 00 10 00
receved of Anthony Woodrofe & Jo Crab the tythingmen for
head silver 00 02 02
receve of Mr Wadman for rent of Pale Mead and other land due
at Lady day last past 01 00 00
receved of the portreve 07 08 06
Disbursments of TTmmaa Robinson
The resaits 58 11 04
pd Thomas Maslin for a bull 01 15 00
pd John Hamblin by the order of the Hocktide Jury 00 10 00
gave 2 disbanded soweldiers being wounded 00 00 06
pd John White for making the bounds in the down 01 15 00
pd for horse hier & expenses to Lamborn with Mr Haines to ye
jestis 00 01 06
pd the Assesers of the land tax their expenses to Newbery 00 01 00
pd for a post and work abought the Marsh Gate and mending
hoocks 00 03 07
gave a soweldier with a pass 00 00 04
pd for a lock for the fee powend 00 01 00
July ye 7 1709
for hors hier & expenses to Laraborn to sine my return 00 01 06
.

1709/contd
reed of Mr Robbenson bein the land tax for the whole year 02 09 00
July 12
-?- to me the Masling 00 00 00
pd for hors hier and expenses to Abinton for myself &
witnesses 01 00 00
pd Mr Naxton for making ye setefecat 00 02 00
pd the clark of the sessions 00 02 00
agest ye first pd hors hier & expenses to sine my retorn 00 01 06
gave 5 woonded soweldiers 00 00 06
for digin and fechin 5 loade of gravil 00 06 08
pd hors hier and expenses to mate the Hi Constbl at Kinbery 00 01 02
gave 4 pore women and children 00 00 04
pd Ed Person and Richard BrownJohn for cutting rodes that
pepel might pass 00 03 00
pd a qarters gole money 00 08 08
pd for sending it to the Conbl of the hundred 00 00 04
for hors hier to sine michelmas retorn & expenses to Lamborn 00 01 06
gave 6 poor travelers in want 00 01 00
pd Mr Wells for Mrs Curtis serment 00 06 08
gave the fee jury 00 01 00
pd for 8 ornaries at the fee court 00 08 00
pd in exterornaries 00 02 09
pd the poor of Newbery 03 18 00
pd for 12 loade of gravel and diging it 00 15 00
pd Nalder and York for work on Church land 00 13 00
pd for a raile for the pond 00 00 06
gave 3 pore pepel 00 00 03
This side is 15 16 01
pd for a cote for the bellman 01 04 02
& for making of it 00 03 00
pd for hors hier and expenses to Lamborn to sine my retorn 00 01 06
pd for sending it to the Constbl of the hundred 00 00 04
pd a qarter Goale mony 00 08 08
pd the Cutler for ceping the clock 01 05 00
pd for mending the fee powend 00 02 02
gave 12 wounded sowelders 00 01 00
pd for diging and caring 12 loade of gravil into the Church
and Cow Lane 00 15 00
pd Nalder for work 00 02 00
pd for grate stones to set by the sides 00 01 06
pd for a lode of small stones and feching them 00 01 06
pd for sining my return to sises 00 01 06
pd for mending the dowen gates 00 02 03
pd for 3 hors hiers to Newbery and expenses abought the
solders 00 04 06
pd trofe mony and sending it to Abinton 00 14 03
pd Sheperd 8 taxes for the shambells and towel of the market 01 07 04
gave 6 wonded sowelders 00 01 06
pd for mending the marsh gate and making ye hedg there 00 01 10

1709/contd
pd a qarters gole mony 00 08 08
pd for mending the church rails 00 01 07
spent with the naibors when wee went to get land marks in
Pale Mead 00 04 06
April 14
pd for sining my return to Newbery sesions 00 01 06
pd for sending the gole mony to the Constbl of the hundred 00 00 04
pd the bell man his wages 00 15 00
for ceping the bell this yeare 01 00 00
gave the pore pepel in linin cloth & blue cloth & making 03 06 02
pd the tythingman his bill 00 02 09
pd hors hier and expenses to Lamborn with J Povey -? ? ?- 00 01 06
Hocktide Cort pd 15 onaries 00 15 00
pd for 28 pore onaries 00 14 00
pd for bred,beare,tobaco & fier 03 01 06
pd Mr Thiselthait for ceping the courts 01 10 00
pd Mr William Riman the baly his salery 01 00 00
pd him his bill as laid out 00 03 00
pd the pore intrest mony 02 08 00
pd Gorg White for work 00 00 08
pd Roger Pike for mending the down gate with iorn 00 05 00
disboursments at holaady cort
This side is 23 01 07
pd the fee jury 00 01 00
pd 15 ornaries 00 15 00
pd 28 pore ornaries 00 14 00
gave 8 pore pepel 00 04 00
pd for bred and beare and bacho 02 03 06
This side is 02 17 06
The whol racaights is 58 11 04
The whole disbursments is 41 14 02
Remains due to the towen 16 17 02
Whe hoas names are underreiten dow alow of this acount
earors excepted
signed;
John Hamblen John Webb John Cannon
Jos Sare William New John King
Tho Sare Ed Noise (?) Will Allin
John Bettridge
/contd over

1709/contd
Robert Tuck
Joseph Mitchell
William Coxhead
Jos Povey
John Talmage
Thomas Toe
Thomas Ayres
Thomas Jones
Water Tuttel
^_

The Receits of Jos Sare Constable for the Towne and Burrogh of Hungerford
for the year 1710
Reed of Tho Robinson lat Constable the sura of 16 17 02
Reed for the close of Will Aleings man that hanged himself 01 10 00
Reed od Isaac Hambleng in part of the Tole of the Market 01 10 00
Reed of Mr Wadman half a years reant for pale mead dew
att Malmas last 01 00 00
Reed of Mr Hamblen a half years reant for the Town Land 05 10 00
Reed of Watar Totel 30s in part for the reant of the
Towne weater 01 10 00
Reed more of Watar Totel in full for the reant for the Town
water 04 00 00
Reed of Joe Beatredge for wood wich growde on the town grown
att Fras (?) Smockers hous as wose 01 00 06
Reed of Isaac Hambling for the Tole of the Market in full 03 10 00
Reed of Jont. Bard for the reant of the towend shop 01 05 00
Reed of Will Reyman the portref 07 10 10
Reed of Edw. Pleastar and Joe Bartedg the tythingmen the
head pane 00 05 04
Reed of Will. Clifford for the reant of the Town Hands 01 00 00
Reed of Rodg Streat a years reant for Mill mead 07 00 00
Reed of Jo. Weabb Bayle 11 10 09
64 19 07
Reed more of Mr Hambling 05 10 00
Reed of Tho Easmant 00 10 00
The Disbursments of Jos Sare 1710
70 19 07
pd for a hock (?) for the Church wocket 00 00 03
pd for rails and a head for the marsh geat 00 10 00
pd worke for the same 00 00 08
pd the Jurey for seting land marks 00 10 00
pd Jos. Kerabar for worke att the town pound 00 03 09
pd for nails the same 00 00 04
for Tember of Mr Tock the same 00 02 04
for a post for the same 00 02 07%
pd the Assesors of the Land Tax exspences att Newbery 00 04 00
geaf a woonded solder 00 00 02
pd John Wheit fork epen the Down boun 01 15 00
pd a qr gole money
00 08 08^
geaf Moreish for healpen about the man who hanged himself 00 01 00
pd Robert Lee for wore att the Down geat 00 00 08
pd Neickles Butler for facheng and careing the Down geat 00 01 oo
pd Horse heier and spent at Lamborn to sine my retorn 00 01 06
pd Horse heier and spent at Abinton ray self and wetneses 01 00 00

1710/contd
pd the Clarcke of the Sesions 00 02 00
pd Mr Nacston for makang the setefat 00 02 00
horse heier and spent to sine my return to the Assises 00 01 06
pd Mr Wells for preache Mrs Curtis serment 00 06 08
pd Tho Masling one pore tax 00 03 05
pd Tho Masling the first qr for the Land Tax 00 12 03
pd for degeng of grafel and Tobey Pofleys goeing to Mr Parsons 00 01 08
pd for deagen and fuchen of grafel and earth to macke the
Church Way 01 08 00
pd Tho Airs for a dozen of ale (?) for marcken of a swan 00 01 00
geaf the Reangers for Anvicktre woon in Spaine 00 05 00
Horse hier and spent to sine my return to the Sasons 00 01 06
pd Tho Masling the second qr for the Land Tax 00 12 03
pd then 2 pore taxes 00 06 10
pd Mr Robson leat Constable which he says wose forgot to be
seat down in his acounts 00 03 06
geaf the Fee Jure 00 01 00
pd 9 mens ordnarey 00 09 00
pd extorney for 9 men 00 04 06
pd Nickles Butler a days worke a careing Earth 00 06 00
pd 2 men for degen and fallon of it 00 01 04
10 02 06%
pd John Tobb for locker to the clock a half year 00 12 06
pd him then for worke don for the Town 00 04 06
geaf the rengers at Thanksgefing day 00 05 00
Spent at Tho Easments -?- 23 of the -?- -?- -?- -?- 02 04 05%
pd Mr Robson the leas Constable wich he undercast in his
acounts 00 17 08
pd the pore of Newberey 03 18 00
pd Will Coxhead 4 days work and % att grafel cart and
spraden of it and degen it 00 04 06
pd Adam Betredy for a clock line 00 05 00
for hors heirg and spent at Lamborn to give my retorn to
seshions 00 01 06
pd Mr Hambleng for the Balmans cote 01 04 01%
pd Mr Hambleng 2 pore taxes 00 06 10
pd Mr Weast for the Balmans hat 00 05 06
pd Tho Masling the 3 qrs pay for the Land tax 00 12 03
pd Mr Robson a day att grafel cart 00 06 00
pd Nickles Butler a day att the same time 00 06 00
pd Will. Coxhead 2 days -?- worck 00 02 03
pd Torton 3 qrs of a day 00 00 09
geaf Harey (?) Ream (?) Mr Stonehouse men for farche grafel 00 01 00
pd Will Coxhead a day att grafele with his cart 00 06 00
pd for degeing and -?- the cart and sprading ofit 00 02 06
pd Mr Hambling 2 pore taxes 00 06 10
hors heier and speant to sine my retorn to the Justices 00 01 06

1710/contd
geaf 3 pore Spanards 00 00 06
pd a man spreading grafel 00 01 00
Hors hier and spent with the aseasars of the Window tax 00 05 00
pd Tho Green for going out with the patison to heaf it sind 00 01 00
pd Jo Healer for worck his self and boy att Shep bredg 00 03 04
pd for Teimbar for the same 00 04 02
pd Mr Hambling for nails 00 00 04
pd Torton for nails 00 01 09
pd John Healer for manden the Town pond 00 02 03
pd Torton for nails 00 00 09
pd him for worck at the pond 00 01 00
pd more for nails 00 00 03
pd for a lodg (?) and a slabb 00 01 00
pd Will Nalder for worck 00 00 06
pd Rich Yourk for groben a tree 00 00 06
pd Mr Hambling a pore tax 00 03 05
pd Gleam. Copar for worck 00 02 08
pd the Ballman his wages 00 15 00
spent with the (?)eshars 00 01 00
geaf the pore in blew cloth 00 17 00
pd Will Reyman for mending the Ingen 00 07 02
Hors hiear and spent to sine my retorn to the sashons 00 01 06
pd Robert Tock as apears by his bill 01 12 02
pd Daniel Hazell for mending the Ingen and makeing the Down
geat 00 10 00
pd Tho Masling the 4 qrs pay for the land tax 00 12 03
pd 3 quarters Gole money 01 06 00%
pd John Tobb for half a yeare loocking to the clock 00 12 06
gaef the pore in linnen cloth 02 01 04
gaef the pore interes money 02 12 00
pd for somering and wentren the Town bull 01 00 00
pd Jo Batredg the Tythingman his bill 00 04 06
pd him more for careing of Jo -?- aneis to Breidwal 00 14 00
pd Zackrey a bill for the Town 00 04 04
geaf Tho Aiers for celing (?) and breng (?) in a Swan for the
Town 00 01 00
pd Edw Pleaster the Tithe money 00 04 06
gaef the -?- man when the brot the -?- the cort -?- a dozen
of ale 00 01 00
pd Jos Pofey for beare, bred and tobaco att the Hocktide
Cort 03 19 10
pd 31 pore mens ordney 00 15 06
pd the 2 Tithenmens ordney 00 02 00
pd 19 mens ordney 00 19 00
pd Jo Pofey for macken a new geat for the mairsh 00 07 11
pd him more for mackeng a headg and dech for the same 00 01 06
pd Mr Thistlethawite for keeping 3 Corts and other beisness
don for the Town 04 09 06
pd Tho Easment for ordney 00 14 00

1710/contd
pd for pore mans ordney
pd for beare, bread and tobacko
pd Jo Webb baileif his salary
pd him a bill laid out for the shambols
pd for the fee jouri
00 15 00
03 18 00
00 19 02
00 16 01
00 01 00
30 09 09%
April ye 20th 1711
Total of ye Receipts
Disbursements
Due
Due more
£ s d
64 19 07
55 12 05%
09 07
06 00 00
15 07
Wee whose names now underwritten doe allow of this Acct Errors Excepted
signed:
John Hamblen
John Boone
Tho Woodrofe
Rich Sare
Anthony Woodroofe
William New
Roger Streat
John Talmage
Richard Brown
Edward Noyes
Thomas Lewes
Roger Pike
Ed Dawson (?)
Tho Butler
John Paty
Thomas Lewes
Caleb West
Tho Easman
Joseph Povey
James Webb
Thomas Sare
F Mills
Will Westall
Joseph Whineatt
William Ryman

The receits of William Ryman Constable for the Townd and Burrough of
Hungerford for the year 1711
£ s d
Reed of Mr Jos Sare leat Constable the sum of 15 07 01
Racefed of Mr Wadman for Pale Mead half yeare rent due last
Ladday 01 00 00
Racefed of gooddy Hambilin for a quarters rent 01 05 00
Racefed of Mr Hamblin a half yeare reant for the tund land 05 10 00
Racefed of Adam Batterdg for the townd bool 02 07 06
Racefed of gooddy Hambilin for a quarters rent 01 05 00
Racefed of gooddy Hambilin for a half a yeares rent 02 10 00
Recefed of Tho Easment 00 10 00
Racefed of Rodg Streat a yeares reant for Mill mead 07 00 00
Racefed of William Rosher for the reant of the townd water 05 10 00
Racefed of Johnthen Berd for the reant of the townd shop 01 05 00
Racd of Willi Clefard for the reant of townd iland 01 00 00
Reed of Jos Povey and Jams Webb the tithenmen the head pence 00 06 07
Reed of Mr Wadman for Pale Mead a yeares reant 02 00 00
Racefed of John Webb the portref 07 07 01
Racefed of Cabell Wast Bayle 12 19 11
Racefed of John Betteridge a half yeares reant for the tund
land 09 00 00
Disbursments of William Rynaan
75 13 02
Dow 25 02 00
Pd for a lock for the blind hous 00 00 06
Pd Isick Hamblin 00 10 00
Pd for a lock for the Fee pound 00 01 00
Pd John Whit for keeping the Down bouns 01 15 00
Pd John Billiard for work at the Down gat at the pund 00 02 06
Pd laborer for digin the houles 00 00 10
Pd Niholas Butler for a days work at grafell cart which was
left by the leat Cunstable 00 06 00
Pd Jos Pofey his expenses to Lamborn and John Denes with a
strang woman 00 04 10
for mony spent with the sasers of the land tax 00 04 06
for sinin my return to Newbry 00 01 00
Pd the jurey for seting land marks 00 10 00
Pd Mr Shepin for furst quarter land taks 00 12 03
Pd for 2 candels at the town hall 00 00 01
for sinin my return to the sisis 00 01 06
for sinin my return to the sashins 00 01 06
for ecspenses to Abbintown 01 00 00
for a seffocat for the sashions 00 02 00
for the Clarcks fees 00 02 00
Pd a quarter gaill money . 00 08 08^
Pd for 4 luogs to Mr Woodrof 00 01 00

1711/contd
Pd William Painer for work 00 00 06
Pd Mr Wells for Mrs Curtes sacrament 00 06 08
for sinin my return to the sashins 00 01 06
for goin to Hamsted with my raturn 00 01 06
Pd a quarter gaill money 00 08 08%
Pd Mr Shepin the sackent land taks 00 12 03
Gef the fee jury 00 01 00
Pd 9 mens ordnrys 00 09 00
Pd 9 mens exturney 00 04 06
Pd Clam Couper for 2 days work 00 02 04
Pd Mr Thistlethwit for keepin fee cort 00 10 00
Pd Roger Pick as it apairs by his bill 00 12 07
Pd for bread for the pore of Nubery 03 18 00
Pd William Ryman 4 poore taksis 00 13 08
Pd Clam Cooper for 3 days work 00 03 06
Pd James Feeld (?) for 3 days work done at the gat at whits
and at the townd brig and at fee brig 00 04 06
Pd John Stacy and -?- for three days work don for the
tuond woll in the fee aganis the church yard 00 07 06
Pd a quarter gaill money 00 08 QQ%
for sinin my return to the seshins 00 01 06
Pd Gorg Whit as it apears by his bill 01 05 04
Pd for 3 foot of timber 00 03 00
Pd for 5 foot of timber 00 05 00
Pd Edmond Pearson by the ordres of the jury 00 09 00
Pd James Webb for the tound bull 02 01 00
Pd Mr Shepin the 3rd land taks 00 10 00
Pd Clam Copper for work 00 00 04
for my raturen to Nubery 00 01 06
for my raturen to Nubery 00 01 06
for sinin my raturn to the sisis 00 01 06
Pd for a pund of kandels for the soulgers at the market houes 00 00 06^
20 11
Pd Clam Cooper for work dun at the down gate 00 01 6
Pd Mr Shepin the 4 qrs land taks 00 10 0
Pd Anthony Woodroof 5 poor taks 00 13 9
Pd the Bellman his weages 00 15 0
Pd Robert Took as it apairs by his bill 01 4 1
Pd Richard York for a days work 00 1 0
Pd for semiring and wentren the tound bull 01 0 0
Pd a quarter gaill money 00 8 8%
for sinin my return for the sashins 00 1 6
Geaf the pore in linin cloth 01 15 9
Geaf the pore in blue cloth 00 17 0
Geaf the pore interes money 02 12 0
Pd Mr Hamblin for the Bellmans cote 01 4 8

••
1711/contd
Pd for maken of the Bellmans cote 00 3 6
Pd iMr Knowls for the briks & lime 00 14 8
Pd for makin of the Bellmans cote as was left boy the leat
Constabel 00 3 6
Pd John Tobb for a yeare looking to the clock 01 5 0
Pd Gorg Whit for work 00 0 6
Pd Mr Simpkins as apairs by is bill 00 3 4
Pd 25 juror mans ordney at Hocktide 01 5 0
Pd 19 mans ordney att the Hocktide cort 00 19 0
Pd 21 pore mans ordney 00 10 6
Pd Tho Easmant for beare, bread and tobacko att the
Hocktide Cort 03 15 0
Pd John Pofey the tathenman his bill 01 4 4
Pd for deigin and faichin of a lode of sand 00 1 5
Pd the 2 tythenmans ordney 00 2 0
Pd Jos Pofey for beare bread and tobacko 03 15 4
Pd 20 mans ordney 01 0 0
Pd 29 pore mans ordney 00 14 6
Pd James Webb the tathenman his bill 00 3 0
Pd Cabel Weast Bayle his bill 00 5 0
Pd Cabel Weast bayle his salery 01 0 9
Pd Mr Weast for the bellman hat 00 5 6
Pd the fee jurey 00 1 0
Pd Mr Thistlthawite for keeping 2 cortes 01 0 0
Pd Gorg Whit for work 00 1 0
May 10th 1712
29 18 10%
Wee whose names are underwritten doe allow of the aforementioned accounts
errors excepted in casting ten pounds to be put in the towne chest and the
remainder being fifteen pounds & two shilling to be paid to the next
Constable witness our hands
signed:
Jos Sare
Tho Robinson
John Boone
John Hamblin
John Robinson
William New
John Betteridge
Wm Cheyney
Tho Sands (?)
Richard Sharpis
Tho Pike
Hugh Shepard
Francis Wills
Robert Tuck
Joseph Toe
Nic Butler
Tho Masling
Ric Brown ju
George White
Edw Atkins
Anthony Woodroofe
Joseph Shipton
Edward Noise
Will Forty

The Recits of Roger Streat Counstable for the Townd and Burrow of
Bungerford for the year 1712
£ s d
Reed of Mr Wm Ryman late Counstable the sum of 15 2 0
Reed of Isick Hambling for towle of the marcute 1 10 0
Reed of Mr Wadman for Peall mead due att Michellmas last 1 0 0
Reed of Isack Hambling for the towle of the marcut 3 10 0
Reed of Mr Wadman for Peall mead due att Lady Day last 1 0 0
Reed of John Bettridge for a years rent for ye townd land 18 0 0
Reed of Jonathan Bird for a years rent for the townd shope 1 0
Reed of ye fishermen 5 10 0
Reed of Wm Clifford for the townd iland 1 0 0
Reed of Sir Jeamote Rayman Aprill 2 (?) 1713 for ye use of
ye pore of Hungerford for three years 1 10 0
Reed of Tho Esmunt for the marcute house - 10 0
Reed of the Bayle 10 13
Reed of Doctor Warnford for his income 0 5 0
Reed of Mr Hayne for his income 0 5 0
Reed of Edward Lige (?) for his income 0 2 6
Reed of Mr West ye porttrif 7 2 1\
Recit are 68 5 8^
The disbustment are 58 17 1
Remaines due to ye townd 09 8 1
Reed of the tythimen for the head pennys three shilling
& six pence and six pence for the harrow of a gate 00 04 00
Tot 09 12 1
The Disburstments of Roger Streat £ s d
Pd Isack Hambling by consent of the jourey 1 0 0
For horse higher and expences going to Lamborn with king and
winter 0 2 6
Spent att Newbery when I went in with Assesors about the
land tax 0 10 0
Spent upon the jourey when wee sett the land markes 0 10 0
Pd John White for keeping the Down bownds 1 15 0
Pd for postes and other timber for the fee stocke down gate
& ye pound ye marsh gate 0 6 6
Pd for nailes that was yoused about itt 0 1 0
Pd John Povey for worke as appears by bill 0 8 6
Pd ye land tax to ye Queen 0 2
Pd 2 quarters gaille money 0 17 k
For sining my return to ye sheshions 0 1 6
Expences att Abingdon 1 0 0
Pd for a satificate
Pd ye Clarke of ye shesshions 0 2 0
U-O

1712/contd
For going to hoult with my return 0 1 6
For signin my return for ye sises 0 1 6
Spent with ye High Constable when I carried in my return of
those yt are quallified in jurer serve 0 1 0
Gave a seaman from out of France with a pas 0 0 6
Pd Mr Robinson for horse higher to Lamborn 0 1 0
Spent att ye same time going with Roser and Warrick to ye
jestises 0 1 6
Pd for Estment men for carreying sick men into Charnam Street 0 0 6
Pd to have my return sined at ye jestise 0 0 6
Pd horse higher to have my return sined 0 1 0
Spent att ye same time 0 1 0
For going to hoult (?) to ye Constable of the Hundred with
my return and for horse higher & expences 0 1 6
Pd 2 quarters Gole money 0 17 k
Pd John Tubb for looking after the clocke 1 yeare 1 5 0
Pd ye land tax to ye Queen 0 9 2
Pd for 12 ornarys at ye Fee Court 0 12 0
Pd for 12 exterornarys 0 6 0
Gave the fee jourey 0 1 0
Pd ye stuards for keeping ye Courte in ye fee 0 10 0
Pd for bread to the pore att Newbery 3 18 0
Pd for the Bellman coate 1 5 0
Gave a woman with her child & that had the smallpox to go
out of ye townd 0 5 0
Pd ye land tax to ye Queen 0 9 2
Gave the jestice clarke to have my return sind for the
seshion 0 0 6
Spent att ye same time 0 1 0
For horse higher 0 1 0
For sining my return for ye sises 0 1 6
For going to ye High Constable with my return 0 1 0
IB I 9"
Pd 11 poore taxe for ye towle of the marcut 1 10 3
Pd John Heller for a new gate in ye down 0 12 0
Pd John Heller for ronging ye ladder 0 0 9
Pd ye land tax to ye Queen 0 9 2
Pd for 7 ornarys att ye clarke of the marcute corte 0 4 8
Pd att ye clarke of ye marcutt corte the exterornarys for
beare, tobacco and fire & with ye faithfees 1 4 9
Gave ye ringers when ye news came for ye sining of the pease 0 5 0
Paid Mr Bell for timber for ye turnpicke and for a raille
for Smytham Bridge and ye fee pound 0 6 8
Pd 2 quarters gayle money 0 17 4
For sinin my return for the seshions and expences 0 2 0
Gave the poore in linnen cloth 1 17 0
Gave in blew cloth 0 17 0
Gave the poore interest money 2 12 0
Pd for dying and racking ye blew cloth 0 8 0
Pd Hellor Winch for the rolle & use of her corn att ye
Clarks mayley (?) cort 0 0 6
Pd Win Coxhead for pitcnin the Little Lane 0 2 0

1712 /contd
Pd for stones 0 2 0
Pd for graville 0 0 6
Pd John Biss for making Morris coate 0 6
Pd Mr Ryman as appers by his bill 0 18 3
Pd Mr Boone for sonmering and winttering ye townd bull 1 10 0
Pd for 30 ornarys att Hocktide Court 1 10 0
Pd for 32 poore mens ornarys 0 16 0
Pd Gorg White as appears by his bill 1 16 0
Pd to ye poore of Hungerford money yt I reed of Sir Jemet
Rayman in ye yeare 1713 1 10 0
Pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtice sermant 0 6 8
Pd Mr Zackrey Turtton as appears by his bill 0 13
Pd the Tythingmans bill 3 14 0
Pd Morris the Bellman 0 15 0
Pd for 2 planckes for ye townd pond & to pises to keep them up 0 0
Pd for nailes for ye fee pound 0 0 6
A louge for ye Marsh Gate 0 0 6
2 loges for ye townd pound and nailes 0 1 0
25 1 6
Pd John Povey for mending the townd pond fee pound Marsh
Gate Church Wickuts & ye townd pound and the Down Gate 0 6 6
Pd Mr West for Morris hatte 0 5 6
Pd Mr Brown his bill for what he done to ye sharab. 0 4 1
Pd Mr Brown ye Baylife sallary 0 17 9
Pd Mr Thistlethwayte as appears by his bill 1 15 6
Pd Mr ?erson for cutting ye wood 0 6 0
Pd Mr Bell att the Hocktide Court for bear, wine and sider
and tobaco 5 0 0
Pd Rich Yorke for looking after Samore (?) one Day 0 1 0
Pd Mr Knackstone for making the Quit Rent Rowle 0 2 6
Pd for 29 ornarys att ye Lawday Court 1 9 0
Pd for 32 poore mens ornary 0 16 0
Pd Mr Bell att ye Lawday Court for mead ?
bear & tobaco wine & sider 4 10 0
May 24th 1713 15 13 10
Wee whose names are underwritten doe hereby allow & approve of the
aforementioned accounts being the present Constables all errors in casting
excepted and that the ballance therof being nine pounds twelve shilling &
seven pence shall be paid to the next Constable towards defraying his
outgoings. Witness our hands the day and year above written.
signed:
John Hamblen
Edwd Lucas
John Hayne
John Talmage

1712 /contd
Tho. Butler
Tho. Woodroffe
John Boone
Joeseph Toe
Jo.Mackrill
George White
Tho. Lewis
William Ryman
St (?) Miles or Mills
Robert Tuck
Tho. Pike
/
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^

May the 24th 1713
The Recitts of John Mackrill Constable of the Town and Burough of
Hungerford in the year 1713
1713/14
Reed of Mr Roger Streat latte Constable the sume of 09 12 07
Reed of Isack Hamblen for the towle of the markett 05 00 00
Reed of Mr Wadman for Peall Mead due att Michelmas lastt 01 00 00
Reed of John Bettridge for a years rentt for the Town land 18 00 00
Reed of Jonathan Bird for a years rentt for the Town shop 01 05 00
Reed of the fishermen 05 10 00
Reed of Mr Wadman for Pall Mead due at Ladyday lastt 01 00 00
Reed of William Clifford for the Town iland 01 00 00
Reed of Thomas Easmentt for the Markett House 00 07 06
Reed of Mr Browne the Portrife 07 02 07%
Reed of Joseph Povey for the lop of the withes 00 14 00
Reed of Willam Bird and Thomas Warik for the Town bull 02 09 00
Reed of Mr Robinson for the Markett House 00 02 06
Reed of the Bayle 11 15 00
The Recitt are 64 18 03
The Disburstments are 82 01 10
Remains due two me 17 03 07%
The disburstments of John Mackrill £ s d
Paid John Witte for keeping the Down bounds 01 15 00
Spent t upon juory when we sett the land marks 00 10 00
Paid for a staple for the Marsh geatt 00 00 06
Paid for suff to mend the Marsh geatt 00 01 00
Gave four poor seamen 00 01 00
For singing my return for the sesions 00 01 06
Expences att Abington 01 00 00
Paid for a certificate 00 02 00
Paid the Clark of the sesions 00 02 00
For going to Shaborn with my return 00 01 06
For singing my return for the Sises 00 01 06
For going to Shaborn with my return 00 01 06
Gave four poor seamen 00 01 00
Paid two quarters jayle money 00 17 04%
Paid John Povey for mending the Marsh geatt 00 00 06
Spent att Newbery when I wentt in with the asesors aboutt
the land tax 00 10 00
Paid John Povey for mending of the Down geatt and a rayle for
Smithembride and for nails 00 02 06
Paid for a rayle for the Down geatt 00 00 08
Gave two poor seamen 00 00 06

1713/contd
Spent upon a sickman that came out of New England and gave him 00 02 06
Gave the drummers when the peace was proclamed 00 05 00
Paid for the flagg and putting up 00 02 00
Paid for a rayle for the church yard 00 01 00
06 00 06h
Paid John Povey for mending and putting of a rayle att
the church yard 00 01 00
Paid John Povey for mending the Down geatt 00 00 06
Gave two poor seamen 00 00 06
Paid for loggs to keep the beastt out of the wood mash 00 01 00
Paid John Povey for mending of the Marsh geatt and for putting
up the loggs to keep the beastt out of the wood mash 00 01 00
Spent with the High Constable when I caried in my return
of those thatt are qualified to serve in jourey 00 02 06
Gave a poor souldier 00 00 03
Gave two poor souldiers 00 00 06
Gave two poor souldiers 00 00 06
Paid for 23 mens ornarys att the Fee cortt 01 03 00
Gave the Fee joury 00 01 00
Paid John Povey for mending the Town pond and for putting in
of a rayle for Sanum Down gatte 00 06 06
Paid 4 quarters jayle money 01 14 09
Spent with Mr Hamblen and Mr Sare when the Nett was burntt 00 01 06
Spent t with Mr Boon and Mr New when the withes was sold 00 01 06
Paid Richard York for looking after David Braxten and for
going to the jesties and for a copy of her confession
and spentt att Thomas Toe 00 08 04^
Gave a poor woman that was sick to go outt of the Town 00 01 06
Gave six poor disbanded souldiers that came outt of Spain 00 01 00
Paid the land tax to the Queen 00 09 02
Gave to poor seaman 00 00 06
Gave to poor souldiers 00 00 06
Gave to poor seaman 00 00 06
Paid to quarters gayle money
00 17 04^
Gave 6 disbanded souldiers 00 01 00
05 15 11
Paid for bread for the poor of Newbery 03 18 00
Paid Mr Wells for preaching of Mrs Curtis funerall sermon 00 06 08
Gave 6 poor souldiers 00 01 00
Paid John Povey for mending of the Town bolk for Isack
Hamblin to putt his suff in and for mending of Ship bridge 00 01 06
Paid for a rayle for the Down geatt 00 00 06
Gave 6 poor seaman 00 01 00
Gave 2 poor souldiers 00 00 06
Gave the Jesties Clark to have my return sined for the
Sesions 00 00 06
Expences att the same time 00 01 00

1713/contd
For horshier 00 01 00
For horshier and expences when I went two Newbery two make
a return of the ale (?) house keepers 00 02 06
Gave thee seaman 00 00 06
Gave six souldiers 00 01 00
Paid William Coxhead for mending the Town bridge and
Churchway and for stones 00 04 00
05 18 10
/
Paid 10 poor taxes for the twole of the Markett 01 07 06
Paid John Povey for mending the Down geatt and the Mash geatt 00 02 00
Paid the land tax to the Queen 00 18 04
Paid six quarters gayle money
02 12 01^
Gave four poor souldiers 00 01 00
Gave a poor sick woman 00 01 00
Paid John Canon for making of Moris coatt 00 03 06
Paid Thomas Lewis as appears by his bill 00 10 00
Paid John Tubb for looking after the clock 1 year 01 05 00
Paid Thomas Easmuntt as appears by his bill 00 09 06
Gave 6 poor souldiers 00 01 00
Gave 4 seamen 00 01 00
Gave in linen cloth two the poor 01 19 00
Gave in blew cloth 00 17 00
Gave the poor intire money 02 12 00
Gave 6 souldiers 00 01 00
Paid Joseph Povey for ale when the peace was procltrsed 01 16 00
Paid the charge when they took up Robert Lydell 00 08 07%
Paid Mr Tuck as appears by his bill 03 00 00
Paid Roger Pike as appears by his bill 03 11 07
Paid George Hamblen for mending the cloth for the Town Hall 00 01 00
Gave 6 poor souldiers 00 01 00
Paid Moris the Bellman 00 15 00
Paid Mr Rayman as appears by his bill 01 03 00
Paid Mr Westt for Moris hatt 00 05 06
Paid for dying and racking the blew cloth 00 08 00
Paid Joseph Pearce for dresing of the blew cloth and for
caridge 00 02 06
Paid the widow Canon for beare when the peace was proclaimed 01 17 06
26 10 11
Paid Mr Boon for looking after the bull 00 10 00
Paid Mr But tier as appears by his bill 00 07 04
Pd for Moris coatt 01 05 00
Gave 6 poor souldiers 00 01 00
Pd Mr Thiselthwaite as appears by his bill 01 10 00
Paid the Bayle sallary 00 19 07
Pd George Witte as appears by his bill 00 07 08
Pd George Witte for the engine 01 10 00
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1713/contd
Pd ornarys and exterornarys att the Clark of Marketts court 00 16 00
Pd the Tythinmans bill 00 16 07
Pd for 19 ornareys att the Hocktide cortt 00 19 00
Pd for 32 poor raens ornarys 00 16 00
Pd Thomas Toe att the Hocktide Cortt for bear ands sider
and tobaco 04 10 00
Pd for 29 ornarys att the Lawday cortt 00 19 00
Pd for 32 poor raens ornarys att the law cortt 00 16 00
Pd Mr Bell att the Lawday cortt for bread, bear and
tobaco wine and syder 03 17 06
19 00 08
Pd Mr Bell as appears by his bill when the peace was
proclaimed 18 15 00
April 16 1714
Wee whose names are underwritten doe hereby allow and approve of the
aforementioned accounts ( being the present Constables and Jury consisting
of one and twenty ) all errors in casting excepted and that there is due on
the sd account to the said John Mackarell the sume of seventeen pounds
three shillings & seven pence halfepenny which we doe hereby direct shall
be paid by the next Constable of the sd toune. Wittness our hands the day
and year above written.
signed:
Tho Woodrofe
Jos Sare
John Boone
Tho. Butler
Tho. Robinson
John Hamblen
Tho. Robinson jun
Willm. New
John Webb
Tho. Sare
Will Forty
Edward Playsteed
John Game (?)
Tho. Pike
Caleb West
John Bettridge
James Webb
William Ryraan
John Hudden

The Receipts by Rich. Sare Constable of Hungerford for the year 1714
£ s d
Reed of Mr Lucas coo pounds & teen shillings for halfe
a yeare rent for the tole of the market 2 10 0
Reed of John Bettreg the sum of nine pounds for halfe a years
rent dew a Michmas for the Town land and meade 9 00 0
Reed of Mr Lucas halfe a years rent for the tole of the
market 2 10 0
Reed of Mr Robenson for ye market 0 10 0
Reed of Mr Tomes incum 0 5 0
Reed of Mr Wadman too pound for the rent of Pale Mead & other
land 2 0 0
Reed of Jonath. Bird for the Town shop 1 0
Reed of Will Clifford for the Town ilands 1 0 0
Reed of Tho Warrick & John Rosier for the water 5 0 0
Reed of Mr Tho Robinson Bayleif 14 0 0
Reed of John Betrege halfe a years rent for the Town land
& meade 9 0 0
Reed of George White portreive 7 4 11
54 4 11
Reed from the tythingmen 00 02 01
54 07 00
The disburstments of Rich. Sare Constable for the year 1714
£ s d
Pd Morris for watching 00 05 00
Pd the jury for setting of land marks 00 10 00
Pd a pores tax for the shambles and the tole of the market 00 02 09
Pd hors hier to Lamborn 00 01 00
Pd for a proclamatision 00 00 04
Expenses at the justis 00 00 03
Pd a pores tax for the shamb and the tole of the market 00 02 09
Paid for nails to mend the fee pound 00 00 04
Paid for too proclamat. 00 00 04
Paid John Tub for cuting the sealing hamer 00 01 00
Paid John Povey for mending Marsh Gate and pound 00 01 06
Paid for three poles for the Marsh Gate 00 00 09
Paid hors hier & expenses to sighn my returns 00 01 06
Gave the Clarck of the Sessions at Abington 00 02 00
Paid other expenses at Abington 00 08 00
Paid hors hier to Abington 00 07? 06
Paid Adam Bettrege for a line for the clock 00 05 00
Paid for carrying Sarah Sturges to bridwel 00 02 06
Paid hors & expences with too returns to the Constable of
the Hundred 00 02 06

1714/contd
Paid for a proclamatision 00 00 04
Paid rar Eliot (?) when the King was proclaimed 01 03 09
Rec'd then of the coumpany that was there 6s 6d
Gave the ringers then 00 07 06
Paid too pore taxes for the tole & shambles 00 05 06
Paid for signn my return 00 00 06
Paid the Clarck of the Sessions 00 02 00
Paid expenses at Walingford 00 12 00
Paid hors hier to Walingford 00 09 00
05 15 07
Paid a pores tax for the tole of the market & shambles 00 02 09
Paid the land tax for the tole & shambles 00 09 03
Paid John -?- makeing the down gate and mending the pound 00 02 08
Gave the ringers and drums when the peace was proclaimd 00 08 00
Paid for nails to nail up proclamations 00 00 01
Gave the ringers when the King was proclaimd 00 07 06
Gave the ringings when the King was crownd 00 10 00
Paid John White for keeping the Town bouns 01 15 00
Paid John Holler for work done at the Hall & clockhous 00 06 03
Paid Trus. Gils for diging a load of sand 00 00 06
Paid Mr Wels 00 06 08
Paid the pore of Newbery 03 18 00
Paid Wm Coxhead as appears by his bill 00 14 00
Pd too pores taxes for the tole & shambles 00 05 08
Pd John Coxhead for \ bu of hard -?- 00 00 03
Pd four quarters gole money 01 14 09
Paid Mr Knowles as appears by his bill for brick, lime and
tiles used at hall 00 17 06
Paid Mr Ellet for fier and all other expences in the house
for Q Smith 01 09 09
Paid for carying Q Smith to Reading gole for expences on
the road & mare 01 03 02
Paid for hors to car Q Smith and them that went with him
to gole 00 15 08
Paid for The Soglys going to Oxford 00 03 00
Paid Jonathan Read & Tho. Pinuck 01 00 00
Gave the ringers the Thanksgiving day 00 05 00
Paid too pores taxes for tole & shambles 00 05 06
Paid for the puting up the lugs to kepe the cattel out of
the Woodmarsh 00 01 06
Paid John Tub for loock after the clock 01 05 00
Paid mending the roles 00 01 00
Paid too pores taxes for the tole & shambles 00 05 06
Paid Wm Coxhead for stone, gravel & work about the bridge 00 00 08
18 14 05

1714/contd
Gave to the seamen & soldiers with permits in the whole year 00 11 04
Paid the land tax for the Town rents for a year 00 09 03
For four peces of stuf for mending the fee pound &
Smitham bridg & Ship bridg as appears by his bill 00 09 06
Paid John Holler for puting in a post for Sanham down gate
& mending the rails & gate & for puting in a planck
at the Town bridg 00 04 00
Paid Mr John Butler as appears by his bill 00 07 00
Paid Tho. Sare for oyling the leather belonging to the Ingin 00 01 00
Paid the Constable of the Hundred for 6 qr Goale money 02 02 01%
Paid Robert Tuck for timber for the Town Hall the down gate
& pounds as appears by his bill 01 18 02
Paid Tho. Masling for keeping a bull for Town use 1 0 0
Paid Roger Pike as appears by his bill 0 18 6
Paid the bayleif for his sallery 1 3 4
Paid John Tubs diner 0 1 0
Paid the tythingmens diners at the hocktide cort 0 2 0
Paid expences of the Asessores of the land tax at Newbery 0 6 0
Paid Mr Hamblen for Morrises coat as appears by his bill 1 6 0
Paid Wm Reymond for leding over the clock house as appears
by his bill 2 1 6
Paid Mr Hamblen for 8 lugs to mend the Town pound & the
Marsh gate 0 2 0
Paid nineteen ordnarys at the hocktide cort 0 19 0
Paid for mending the Marsh Gate & for nails to John Povey 0 0 11
Paid Caleb West for Morrises hat 0 5 6
14 19 1%
Gave the pore in blew & linnen cloth 2 14 6
Gave the pore intrest money 2 4 6
Paid John Bis for makeing Morrises coat 0 3 6
Paid George White as appears by his bill 0 8 4
Paid Tho. Pike the tythingmens bill & John Cook 0 11 0
Paid at the Lawday cort for a leaven ordnaryes 0 11 0
Paid for twenty on pore mens diners 10 6
Paid for bear & syder & bread at the same cort 2 16 6
Paid Morris 0 15 0
10 14 10
Paid Mr Thistlethwaite for keeping the Courts 1 0 0
Two certficates of receiving the Sacramt pd to
Mr Thistlethwaite 00 04 06
11 19 04
Total of disbursements 51 08 03%
Receipts 54 07 01
Due from the said Mr Sare 02 12 09%

1714/contd
-.-
Ma -?- 6 : 1715
Wee whose names are hereunder written doe hereby allow and approve of the
before mentioned and accounts -?- the present Constable & Jury & others and
doe allow that the sum of two pounds eighteen shillings and nine pence half
penny be paid to the hands of the Constable and they haveing taken out of
the Chest the sum of twenty pounds & therewith paid Mr Mackerell the sum of
seventeen pounds three shillings & six pence & to Mr Ellet the sume of five
pounds fourteene shillings & six pence for extraordinaryes att Hocktide
Court and there remains nine pence which is paid into the hands of Mr Webb
the succeeding Constable.
Witnesse our hands
signed:
John Webb
John Hamblen
Thomas Robinson Senr
Tho Sare
William Ryman
Tho Butler
Tho Woodroffe
Jo Mackrell
Willlm New
Caleb West
Wm Cheyney
Edward Playsteed
Thomas Toe
T ( or F ) Mills
7

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The Receipts of John Webb Constable of the Town and Burrow of Hungerford
for the year 1715
£ s d
Rec'd of Richard Sare, Constable 00 00 09
Rec'd of Mr Luke for half a years rent for the toul of the
market 02 10 00
Rec'd of John Betteridge nine pounds for half a years rent
due at Michelmas for the town land and meadows 09 00 00
Received of Mr Robinson for the market house 00 10 00
Received for one bull 02 04 00
Received for Pale Meadow and land of Mr Wadman 02 00 00
Received of Jonathan Bird for the town shop 01 05 00
Received of William Clifford for the town ilands 01 00 00
Received for the year of the Balif 11 04 11
Received of Mr Luke for half a years rent for the toul of the
market 02 10 00
Received of the Tythingraen 00 06 00
Received of Mr Griffin Morgin for his income 00 05 00
Received of Mr William Coster for his income 00 05 00
Received of Mr Thomas Pendall for his income 00 02 06
Received of Thomas Warrick and John Rosier for the water 05 10 00
38 13 02
Received of Adam Bettridge for the bull 02 10 00
Received of John Betteridge the sum of nine pounds for half
a years rent due at Ladyday last past 09 00 00
Rec'd in all 50 03 02
Rec'd of Tho. Robinson Portreeve 07 05 04
£ 57 08 06
Disbursements of John Webb, Constable
£ s d
Pd for the bull 02 14 00
Pd Mr Hamlin the Church rate 00 02 03
Pd the poors tax 00 02 09
gave a man and woman that came with a permit 00 00 03
Spent upon the Jury 00 10 00
pd the poors tax 00 02 09
pd William Treyhorn for Cuting the wood 00 01 06
pd Mr Pearson for lugs for ye river 00 01 06
pd at William Birds Court 02 15 00
gave two poor men 00 00 02
gave 4 poor men 00 00 04
pd for hors hier to Abington 00 10 06
pd the Clark of the sessions 00 02 00
pd other Expenses at Abington 00 08 00

1715/contd
gave ye ringers on ye Crownation day 00 10 00
pd 2 poors taxes 00 05 06
pd. Richard Bird for 2 quarts of oyl & worke 00 02 06
pd Francis Saymor for keeping ye Downlands 01 15 00
pd the poor of Newberry 03 18 00
pd Thomas Trayhorn for driving the Bull to Newberry & selling
him 00 01 06
pd 6 quarters Goale money 02 12 01%
pd 4 quarters Goale money 01 14 09
pd 2 train souldiers for going forth 00 09 00
pd John Ross for making Morrises coat 00 03 06
pd John Robinson for liquor for the men at the fire 00 04 00
pd John Robinson for horse hier to Reding 00 03 00
pd the Clark of the sessions at Lamborn 00 02 00
pd hors hier and expenses at lamborn 00 05 00
For hors hire & expenses in carrying in the Assessment for the
land tax to Newberry to be signed by the Commissioners 00 06 00
pd for work dun about the Ingen as appears by his bill 00 09 00
Spent at the three swans to have two whole years returns
signed 00 02 06
pd Mr Lukes for 6 links at ye fire 00 03 00
pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtises sermon 00 06 08
pd 5 taxes to ye poor for the toul of ye market & ye shambles 00 13 09
pd for another Bull 02 05 00
pd Joseph Povey for 24 gallons of ale to ye market place 01 01 00
pd Joseph Povey for ale at ye fire as appears by his bill 00 13 00
25 16 08%
pd Mr Hamlin for Morrises coat 01 05 11%
Pd for expenses for himself and his hors 2 days and 1 night
for the towns service 00 04 10%
pd for 5 pound of candles at the fier as appears by his bill 00 02 08%
pd Henry Tuck for a planck and post for ship bridge & for
9 foot of plank for ye pond & 37 foot of square timber
for rails & a poast for the church land as appears by his
bill 00 19 04
pd John Povey for mending the Pond & mending ye pound & lane
geat & for mending ye marsh geat & fee pound & for
mending ship bridge and timber and nails and for mending
the pond after ye fier & other work & for 4 days an halfe
of work .and 3 pounds of nails as appears by his bill 00 13 11
pd John Tubb for keeping ye clock & for putting the rope
to the bell 01 05 00
& mending the cay to the door 00 00 05
Gave 4 seamen 00 00 08
Spent concerning quartering of soldiers 00 02 06
gave 4 seamen 00 00 06
pd Henry Tuck for 3 foot of plank & piece for a post for ye
bridge as appears by his bill 00 03 00
$1

1715/contd
pd John Povey for mending the bridge and nails and mending
the Marsh gate & 3 lugs and nails & mending the Down rails
& gates & 3 lugs & nails as appears by his bill 00 05 11
pd Mr Ryman for 4 leathers & 4 suckers for the Ingen & for
work and solder for the brass pipes & cleansing of
the same 00 15 06
pd Farmer Pokuk for keeping ye Bull 00 10 00
pd Robert Ellet for 30 gallons of ale at the fire 01 10 00
and for wine and tobacko on Thanksgiving Day as appears by
his bill 02 10 06
pd Mr Munday 00 03 04
pd Morris 00 15 00
pd 4 qr Goal money 01 14 10
pd Thomas Lewis for cleaning ye musket & for two watch bills
and a lock & staple & for nails for ship bridge and for
plates for the town pond & nails for the pond for mending
the Ingen & for altering the fier crooks as appears by his
bill 03 14 06
gave 5 sailors that came with a permit 00 01 00
pd William Coxhead for mending the bridge 00 01 00
pd Thomas Toe for hors hire to Ilsly and expenses & himself 00 05 00
pd the sallary to the Bailif 00 18 08
pd repairs to the shambles 00 06 01
pd expenses about William Rosier for keeping him a day
and night and for two men to look after him and spent in
carrying him to Reding for hors hire corn & hay and the
mittmas 01 08 00
gave a man and woman in distress 00 00 08
19 09 06^
pd the land tax 00 18 06
gave 4 sailors 00 01 00
gave the poor in blue & linnencloth 02 14 06
gave the poor Interest money 02 04 06
pd Adam Betterage for the clock line 00 06 06
pd for Morrises hat 00 05 06
pd Mr Simkins for making ye leas for pale mead 00 11 00
pd Mr John Butler for 16 of nails used at the town pond
and for Drawing an Estimate of the value of the
estates in Hungerford and for making 2 Assessments
of the tax for collecting money for the millitia as appears
by his bill 00 08 00
Spent in having the leas Drawn for Pale Mead and for paper 00 00 06
pd Mr Simkins for a Certificat of Sacrament & Affidavit of it 00 01 00
pd Mr Simkins for keeping the Cort leet in October 00 01 00
pd Mr Simkin for keeping the Hocktide Court & -?- 00 10 00
pd Joseph Povey for 26 ornarys 01 06 00
& for 30 poor mens ornarys 00 15 00
& the exterornarys 03 19 07
gave the Jury of the fee court at Michelmas 00 01 00

1715/contd
gave the Jury at the fee court at Hocktide 00 01 00
pd for 27 inens Dinners at the Law Day Court 00 13 06
pd for 10 mens dinners 00 10 00
pd for exterornarys as appears by Ms bill 03 18 00
Disbursements 25 16 8%
19 09 06%
19 15 07
£ 65 01 04
19 15 07
Disbursements 65 01 04
Received in the whole 57 08 06
Due to Mr Webb
We agree to this account errors excepted.
Signed:
Tho. Robinson
Tho. Woodroff
William Ryman
John Hamblen
Tho. Sare
Wm Coster
G Morgan
Edward Playsteed
Roger Streat
7 12 09^

The Accounts of Thomas Robinson Constable of the Town and Burrough of
Hungerford for the yeare of our Lord 1716
Receipts £ s d
1716 Nov 2 Reed of John Bettridge for half a years rent
for the Town land due 29th September 1716 09 00 00
1717 April 2 Reed of John Hellier for ye towle 05 00 00
8 Reed of Richard Heath for 2 elms that was blown
down in Pale Mead 00 05 00
20 Reed of Robert Ellett for his income 00 05 00
24 Reed of Mr Robinson for the market house 00 10 00
May 6 Reed of Andrew Viner for his income 00 02 06
Reed of Willm Clifford for the Islands 01 00 00
7 Reed of Mr Pearson for half a yeares rent of
Pale Mead due at Lady day 01 10 00
Reed of Jonat. Bird for the Town shop 01 05 00
Reed of Tho. Warwick and John Rosier for the
rent of the Water 05 10 00
8 Reed of Mr Bonner for his income 00 05 00
Reed for 9 load of earth and sand carryd out
of the Liberty of ye Town 00 01 06
9 Reed of John Robinson Bayliff 14 06 07%
Reed of Antn Woodroofe Portreeve 07 09 00%
10 Reed of John Bettridge for half a yeares rent
for the Town Land due at Lady day last 09 00 00
Reed of Mr Liddiard for his income 00 05 00
Reed in the whole of this yeare 55 14 08
Reed in the whole of this year 55 14 08
Disburst in all 36 00
Due to the Town 19 14 06k
Mem. that half a yeares rent due for Pale Mead the 29th of
Sept 1716 was not reed of Mr Wadman.
Reed of Sir Jemmet Raymond an yearly annuity of 10s which I gave away to
the poore of the parish of Hungerford.

1716/contd
The disbursments of Tho. Robinson Constable of the said Town for the yeare
1716
£ s d
May 3 Paid for the Town bull 02 15 00
Pd for buying and bringing home 00 01 06
Pd Trophy money charged on the shambles 00 00 02
5 Pd for a hook for the Down gate 00 02 04
Pd for 2 hors hiers to Mr Sherleys and
for 2 messengers to press carridges
for 6 troops of Dragoons 00 03 00
9 Pd Mr Pearson for setting up of lugs to keep the
cattle out of the Woodmarsh 00 01 06
17 Gave 2 poore seamen 00 00 02
18 Pd for a lock for the Town pound 00 01 08
19 Pd for a rope for the market bell 00 02 06
21 Pd for bricks and lime and work and an iron plate
to mend the corner of the Butter market house 00 04 06
24 Pd for hors hier and expenses for myself and
witnesses to the Sessions 00 14 00
May 24 Gave the Clerk of the Peace 00 02 00
25 Pd Mr Sympkins for my certificate 00 01 00
31 Gave a poore woman & a child 00 00 02
Pd the assessors of the land tax their charges to
Newberry 00 04 00
June 29 Pd Francis Seymore for keeping the Town bounds 01 15 00
July 11 Pd the first quarters land tax 00 09 03
16 Gave a poore disbanded soldier 00 00 02
21 Pd hors hier and expenses to meet the High Constable
with a return of persons names qualified to
serve on jurys 00 01 06
23 Pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtis's funerall
sermon 00 06 08
Aug
4 Pd for materialls and workmanship to mend the Town
hall as per bill appears of 02 07 06
Sept 29 Paid two quarters goal money 00 17 04^
Pd for sending it to the High Constable 00 00 06
Oct 3d Gave 2 poore seamen 00 00 02
17 Gave 8 poore seamen 00 01 00
20 Paid 4 poore taxes for the towle and shambles 00 11 00
This side is
11 03 07^
Oct 25 Paid the 2d quarters land tax 00 09 03
Nov 2d Paid the poore of Newberry 03 18 00
22dGave a poor disbanded soldier 00 00 03
27 Gave a soldier and his wife & child 00 00 06
Dec 10 Gave a woman, 3 children & 2 soldiers 00 00 03
15 Gave 2 disbanded soldiers 00 00 02
20 Paid for Morris's coat 01 18 10
Paid John Biss for makeing of him 00 06 00
26 Pd the bell-man his sallary 00 15 00
O

1716/contd
Jan 14 Pd the 3d quarters land tax 00 09 03
15 Gave 2 distressed seamen 00 00 03
28 Gave 2 disbanded soldiers 00 00 04
Feb 1 Pd for stones and pitching before the Town Hall 00 11 00
Pd for digging and fetching of 3 load of sand for the
pitching 00 04 00
20 Gave 4 poore seamen 00 01 00
1717
Mar
28 For fetching a gate and post from Edington for the
down and carrying the down gate to ye Marsh 00 02 00
April 1 Pd the 4th quarters land tax 00 09 03
3d Pd Mr Ryman for sodering the pipe of the engine 00 02 06
4 Paid 4 poore taxes for the towll of the market and
shambles 00 11 00
6 Pd Mr Sympkins for makeing the Quit Rent roll 00 02 06
8 Pd Richard Heath for timber and work done for the
Town as appears by his bill 02 02 08
15 Gave 2 poore seamen 00 00 03
18 Pd Thos Lewis as per bill 00 12 04
25 Pd Two quarters goall money 00 17 04%
April 25 Pd Richd. York for going to the Justice with Humphrey
Toby 00 00 06
27 Pd John Tubb for looking after the clock a whole yeare 01 06 00
Pd him his bill 00 01 02
This side is 15 02 01%
30 Pd for sending my returns to the High Constable for
the whole year 00 03 00
May 1 Gave the soldiers on Mayday 00 05 00
3 for keeping the bull a yeare 01 00 00
4 Gave the poore people in blew and linnen cloth 03 04 03
Pd them interest money 02 08 00
6 Pd for nails used about ye Church wicket 00 00 02
7 Pd the Tythingmen their bill 00 02 00
8 Pd for 2 Acts of Parliament 00 01 00
Pd Tho. Lewis for mending the iron of the Marsh gate
and for nails 00 01 06
9 Paid the Bayliff his sallary 01 03 10
Pd him what he laid out 00 01 01
10 Pd Mr Sympkins for keeping the Hocktide Court and 2
Court leets 01 00 00
Pd him for looking over the towns writeings 00 03 06
Gave the fee jury 00 01 00
This side is 09 14 04%
The other side is 15 02 01%
The first side is 11 03 07%
Disburst in all this year 36 00 01%
The ballance of the account is 19 14 06%
Wherof was paid to Mr Webb at the same (-?-) due to him
in 1715 on his account as Constable 09 16 09%
"

1716/contd
Remains in hand now - delivered to the new Constable 09 17 09
signed:
John Hamblen
John Webb
Will Coster
John Mackrill
William Coxhead
Richard Bison (-?-)
Caleb West
Ste Tucker (?)
Wm Cheney
Thos Pinnock
Robert Playsteed
Edward Playsteed
John Joseph Toe
Nicholas Butler
/ ,,••
o5

The Resights of John Hamblen Constable for the year 1717
£ s d
Reaced of Mr Thomas Robinson The Late Constable 09 17 09
Reaced for wood of the Fee Pounde 00 00 04
Reaced of John Betridg a years rent due at Lady day last 18 00 00
Reaced of Mr Person a years rent for pale meddow 03 00 00
Reaced of Mr Robinson for old Iron 00 01 00
Reaced of Fra. Moriss for Old wood 00 00 06
Reaced of Jono Sieny for the Bull 01 15 00
Reaced for 3 old ded wethies 00 02 06
Reaced of Mr Tomes for 26 years Quit rent charged on that
part of his house standing upon the Towne water 00 13 00
Reaced of Tho. Gyells for Sand carried oute of Towne 00 01 04
Reaced of Mr Robinson a years Rent for the market house 00 10 00
Reaced of Mr Richard Sare of a mistake in his Accounts 00 07 06
Reaced of Mr John Bealle for his Income 00 05 00
Reaced of Mr Jno. Robinson Poortrif 07 09 06%
Reaced of Tho Warrick & John Roshier for the Towne Watter 05 10 00
Reaced of Joseph Povey Bayly 14 01 04
Reaced of Jonathan Bird a years Rent 01 05 00
Reaced of Jno. Hillier for the Towlle of the Market 05 00 00
Totall Reaced is 67 19 09%
Reaced of Win Cheney & Win Coster hedd money 00 07 06
Totall Reaced is 68 07 03%
Reaced of Sir Jemet Raymond Tenn Shill being an Annualty
wh I gave away to Poor Peopell on Good Friday
Memd. the Rent of the Town Hands was not Reed because
the tenant went away.
The Msbursments of John Hamblen Constable for the year 1717 £ s d
pd hors hier to Lamborn with Tho. Toe 00 01 00
expensiss for my selfe & horse 00 00 08
pd for a lock for the blinde house door 00 00 10
pd for straw for a Souldier to lay on in the blinde house 00 00 02
pd for 2 postiss for the ffee pound 00 05 00
pd a Tax to the Poor 00 02 09
pd John Povey for 2 dayes worke at the ffee Pounde & naills
usd 00 03 03
pd for a warrant for presing of Teems for Souldiers baggig 00 00 06
pd for sending the warant to the High Constable 00 00 06
Candles burnt at the Garde then 00 00 03
Gave 2 disbanded Souldiers 00 00 04
(.6

1717 /contd
pd Fransis Seymore for marking The Towne bounds for the yeare 01 15 00
Spent at 2- severall times in billeting of Souldiers 00 00 06
pd John Povey for mending the Lower downe gaete & the Marsh
Gaete 00 01 04
for naills used aboute the same 00 00 03
pd John Povey for mending Sannum downe Gaete 00 01 06
Gave 2 samen by the order of Francis Goddard Esqr 00 00 06
pd Mr Knowls for 2 hundred of bricks and 2 bushels of lime 00 05 06
pd for a load of stones and for a load of sande 00 01 06
pd for carridg of the same 00 02 00
pd Wm Nalder & his son for 2 dayes worke each about the
engin house 00 04 00
pd John Povey for work done then 00 00 06
pd the juery when the land marks were sett 00 10 00
pd the assessors of the land tax 00 04 00
pd for timber for mending 2 bridgis 00 01 06
pd John Povey for worke don 00 01 06
for naills used aboute the bridgis 00 00 09
gave 2 poor disbanded souldiers haveing a pass 00 00 06
pd Mr Butler for hinges & a locke and naills for the ingin
house 00 04 00
pd for the oyle for the leather buckets and the gutt of the
ingin 00 02 08
pd Fra. Morris for clensing & oyling the buckets &
ingin gutt 00 01 00
pd for oyle & cullering for the ingin house 00 02 04
for naills used aboute the ingin house 00 02 08
pd Ro. Tuck for timber as apers by his bill 00 15 06
This side is 05 14 03
pd Daniel Hasell boerds & worke done & used about the ingin
house as apears by his bill 01 12 10
pd John Povey for worke done in The Church Lane 00 01 06
pd Daniel Hasell for 6 pins to hang the ingin gutt on 00 01 00
pd horse hier & expensis to Lamborne to returne a warant of
distress against Tho. Toe 00 01 06
pd for sending my returne to the High Constable for the
quarter sessions 00 00 06
pd Mr Simpkins for drawing my sartificat for the quarter
sessions. 00 01 06
expensis then for men & horsis 00 08 00
pd horse hier for 3 horsis 00 07 06
pd the Clerke of the Peace 00 02 00
pd Thomas Estmon for mending the leather buckets 00 00 07
pd Robert Tuck the first quarters land tax 00 06 11
pd for 12 new leather buckets 02 02 00
pd for the carridg of them 00 02 00
pd Mr Tho. Woodroofe for mending the ingin 00 05 00
6 /

1717/contd
pd for luggs for the ffee pound & workmanship & naills 00 00 08
pd horse hier & expensis at Woodhey with a returne of jurors
to the Constable of the Hundred 00 01 06
pd for sending my returne to the High Constable for the
Assiesis 00 00 06
pd Mr Simpkins for takeing an inquisission & ingrosing it
& sending it to the Assiesis for Tho. Elys child 00 05 00
gave two disbanded souldiers 00 00 04
pd the Second Tax to the poore 00 02 09
pd Henry Tuck for a bushill for the market 00 03 06
pd Daniel Hazell for dealle & work to mend the church wickets 00 01 00
pd Mr James Simpkins for a rieting charging the 3 Swans with
a sallery for the maintenance of the ffre scooll 00 02 06
pd hors hier & expensis in convaying a prisoner to gaylle 01 17 11
pd Mr Halls (?) for a mitemass & warant 00 02 00
This side is 08 00 06
spent in searching all houses after idol wandering peopell 00 00 09
pd for a lock for the ffee Pound 00 01 00
pd a Third Tax to the Poor 00 02 09
pd John Povey for a square pees of timber & workmanship
for the ffee Pound sum of 00 02 02
pd John Povey for planks & boerds & his worke for repairing
the Towne brige 00 03 01
pd a ffourth Tax to the Poor 00 02 09
gave 4 disbanded Souldiers with a Pass 00 00 08
pd for pickin a load of Sassen stone 00 01 06
pd for the carridg of them 00 02 00
pd for diggin of 2 load of sande 00 01 00
pd for the Carridg of itt 00 02 00
pd Dan Hazell for puting up the Turne pycke in the lane 00 01 00
pd hors hier & expensis to Lamborn with Tho. Toe 00 01 08
pd Wm Nalder for piching the Towne bridg & ffeching of
gravill 00 06 10
pd Tho Pyke for timber & worke done at the bridge 00 07 05
pd 3 quarters Jayle money 01 06 00%
pd hors hier & expensiss at Lamborn in relaeting to Tho.Toe 00 02 00
pd the second quarterly payment to the land tax 00 06 11%
pd Mr Wells for preening Mrs Curtiss ffunerall sermon 00 06 08
expended in quartering souldiers 00 00 06
pd for a press warrant & sending it to The High Constable 00 01 06
pd for a lock for the ffee pounde 00 01 00
gave 3 disbanded souldiers 00 00 06
pd Ro. Tuck for raills for the ffee pounde 00 04 08
pd Mr Perse of Newbury, the Baker 03 18 00
pd Mr Halls for a warrant to serch for idell wandring peopell 00 01 00

1717/coutd
pd Thomas Robinson for summering the Towne Bull 00 10 00
pd John Povey for worke & naills about the pounde 00 02 02
gave 3 disbandid souldier 00 00 08
delliverd a coate to the bellman to the vallu of 01 10 03
This side is 10 08 06
pd for the makeing the bellmans coate 00 04 06
pd Mr West for a hat & lace to him 00 05 06
pd the 5 tax to the poore 00 02 09
pd a messinger with my returne to the High Constable 00 00 06
gave a poore man with a permit 00 00 03
pd the 3 quarterly land tax 00 06 \\\
pd John Povey for worke & naills done at the Lower Downe gaete 00 01 07
pd the 6 tax to the poor 00 02 09
gave a poor woman in distress 00 00 04
pd the tax to the poore 00 02 09
pd Farmer Jinings for 6 withey setts for the ponde 00 01 06
pd John Sieny & his son for ffeching them & setting them 00 02 00
pd for buchis & lugs used aboute the setts 00 01 00
pd hors hier to Wickham to have my returned siened 00 01 00
pd a messenger to the High Constable with my returne 00 00 06
gave 3 poor souldiers with a pass 00 00 06
pd expensis for myself & hors att Reading assiess 00 05 02
pd hors hier thenn 00 03 00
pd Tho Bettridg expensis then 00 00 00
pd John Povey for boerds & worke done at the Church wickets 00 01 11
pd Tho. Pyke for work done at the Towne Bridge 00 00 06
Candles burnt at the Towne halle 00 00 02
pd Ro.Tuck as apearse by his bill 00 04 01
pd the 8 tax to the poore 00 02 09
pd John Tubb as apearse by bill 01 06 06
pd Adam Bettridgfor shieting (?) the clocke rope 00 00 03
pd the 4 quarterly payment to the land tax 00 06 \\\
pd Mr Younge for binding this book 00 01 00
pd Roger Pyke as apers by his bill 01 11 03
pd horse hier to Mr Sherlys to have my returne signed 00 01 00
pd a messinger with itt to the High Constable 00 00 06
This side is
05 19 04^
pd Win Nalder for worke done at the Church walle 00 00 06
pd for bricke & mortar for the same 00 00 06
pd for a horse locke for the pound 00 01 00
pd for makeing the rent rowlle 00 02 00
pd Francis Morris his sallery as bellman for the Towne 00 15 00
pd Mr Person for the bounds made on the river 00 01 06
gave to the peopell being poore in cloth the sum of 03 04 06
pd the poors intrest money 02 08 00
pd Mr Sympkins for keeping the Hoctied Courte & Lawday Courte 01 00 00

1717/contd
pd Mr Sympkins as apears by his bill 00 09 00
pd Che baylif sallery 01 03
pd Mr Woodroofe for glasing the Towne Hall windows 00 01 07
pd the Fee Juery 00 01 00
This side is 09 08 00
This side number 4 is 05 19 04^
This side number 3 is 10 08 08
This side number 2 is 07 15 06
This side number 1 is 05 14 03
The totall disburst is
Reaced this yeare
39 05 07^
67 19 09^
Coming to the Towne 28 14 02
Paid Joseph Povey being what he laid out of his pocket
for mending the shambles 00 15 05
Paid the Tythingmens bill 00 07 00
01 02 05
Coming to the Town 27 11 09
signed;
Tho. Woodroffe
William Ryman
John Webb
Anthony Woodroffe
Tho. Robinson
John Robinson
James Webb
Joseph Jenkins
Rob Plasteed
Thomas Toe
John Mackrill
Adam Bettridge
Edward Playsteed
It is ordered by this present Jury that of the Twenty-seven Pounds Eleven
Shillings and Nine Pence. Twenty Pound thereof is to be put into the Town
Chest and the remaineing Seven Pounds Eleven Shillings and Nine Pence is to
be delivered to the new Constable, which said money is in Mr Hamblen's
hands. The £20 mentioned above was put into the Town Chest May ye 3d 1718
and the rest is paid to the Constable John Robinson.
/' V

The Receipts of John Robinson Constable of the Town and Borrough
of Hungerford for the year 1718
£ s d
Rec'd of the late Constable Mr Hamblin 07 11 09
Rec'd of the fier Eater for the use of the townd hall 00 10 00
Rec'd of Jordan Hopkins for his income 00 05 00
Rec'd of Mr Seadgly for the crowns of scan of the pond withies 00 06 00
Rec'd for 3 old pollards that was cut down in pale mead and
was valued by -?- New and others 01 02 06
Rec'd of John Betteridge halfe a years rent for the townd land 09 00 00
Rec'd of Joseph Toe for the rent of the town islands 01 00 00
Rec'd of John Hellier for the towle of the market 05 00 00
Rec'd of the ragman for his income 00 05 00
Rec'd for the rent of the market house 00 10 00
Rec'd of Jonathan Bird for the rent of the town shop 01 05 00
Rec'd of Jos Povey Portreive 07 09 00
Rec'd of John Rosier & Tho. Warrick for the rent of the water 06 00 00
Rec'd of John Bowsher his income 00 05 00
Rec'd of Edwd Pearson a years rent for pale mead 03 00 00
Rec'd from Wn Pound for the town bull 02 00 00
Rec'd of the Tyythingmen for head pence 00 02 02
Rec'd of John Betteridge half a years rent for the town land 09 00 00
Rec'd of John Betteridge Bayliff 11 05 00
Rec'd of John Noone for sum of the pond witheys 00 09 00
Rec'd of The Gyles for earth and sand carried out of the
Liberty 00 02 00
Total Rec'd 66 07 05
Rec'd of Sir Jemmet Raymond a years annuity of ten shillings
which I gave to the poor widows within this Liberty.
The disbursements of John Robinson Constable of the town and Borrough
of Hungerford for the year 1718
£ s d
Pd John Betteridge for 2 Bulls 06 16 00
Pd old Seymore for keeping the down bounds 01 15 00
Pd the first tax to the poore 00 02 09
Pd for act of parliament for Biliting soldiers 00 00 09
spent upon severall neighbours when the lether officer gave
consent to bee a assest hear 00 01 07
gave a poor man in distress 00 00 06
Pd John Povey for putting in a post that was tore up in
Church Lane 00 00 02
Spent upon the Jewry when we sett the land marks 00 10 00

1718/contd
Pd Horse hier for my self & the Tythingmen to carry
Mr Seadglays man and a mad woman befor Mr Sherray and
expences then 00 02 06
Pd Mr Shipton the first quarterly pay for the town Rent being
charged to the land tax 00 06 11
gave a poor woman being sick 00 01 00
Pd horse hire and expenses for myself and witness to
Abingdon sessions 00 15 06
Pd more being obliged to goe the next day by reason of
Mr Simpkins not drawing the sertificate to the likeing of
the Court 00 16 06
Pd for a sertificate 00 02 00
gave the Clarke of the peace 00 02 00
gave a lame soldier and his wife and childe 00 00 06
gave a disbanded soldier being sick 00 00 06
Pd horse hire and expenses to meet the High Constable with a
return of persons names qualified to serve on juries 00 02 00
Pd Tho. Easman for lether for the ingin and Morice for oyle
and mending ye gutt 00 03 00
Pd a laboror to dig the holes for the postes of ye Church
wickets 00 00 10
gave a poore seaman 00 00 06
Pd for summering the too bulls 01 00 00
gave 2 disbanded soldiers 00 00 06
Pd Mr Shipton the second quarterly pay for ye town rents being
charged to the land tax 00 06 \\\
gave a disbanded soldier 00 00 06
Pd 4 poore taxes at 2.9 ptax 00 11 00
Gave 6 poore seamen 00 01 00
Pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtiss funerall sermon 00 06 00
14 08 Oi
pd ordinaries and exterordinaries at the fee court 00 12 00
pd the fee jury 00 01 00
gave six disbanded soldiers 00 01 00
pd the poore of Newbery 03 18 00
gave too disbanded soldiers 00 00 06
pd for nails to mend ye gate in the Cow Lane 00 00 02
pd for an act of parliment relating to vagrants 00 00 09
pd Morice for clensing the buckets after the fire 00 01 00
pd Roger Pike for lorn work for the pound and pond and
church wickets 00 05 08
gave 2 disbanded soldiers by the orders of William James Esq 00 00 06
pd for cutting down 3 old pollards in pale mead and
bringing away 00 08 02
pd Mr Halls for a warrant to serch for Rogues 00 01 00
pd too men for watchin three soldiers that was taken upon
suspicion of robing Young Avery of Newbery 00 02 00
pd for meate and drinck for them 00 00 06
pd for straw for them to lye on 00 00 03

1718/contd
gave 3 disbanded soldiers 00 00 06
pd for cuttting down sura of the pond withys and clearing them
out 00 01 10
gave 8 disbanded soldiers 00 01 02
pd for 16 lime treese to sett around the pond 00 16 00
pd Tho. Toe for mould to sett them in 00 07 00
pd the gardner & 4 men to sett the treese 00 11 07
pd John Povey for 5 days and halfe to stake around the treese 00 05 06
pd for Lugs to make an end of stakeing them 00 02 06
pd for a hand barough 00 00 08
pd Mr Hamblin for 4 Ib of nailes 00 01 05
Delivered a Coate to the bellman to the value of 02 00 09
pd Tuff for making the Balmans coate 00 06 00
pd the Bellman his sallery 00 15 00
gave 6 distressed seamen 00 00 06
gave 6 distressed soldiers 00 01 00
pd the assessors of the land tax their charges to Newbery 00 05 03
pd the assessors their charges to Pewsey to appeal against
the Lether Officers being assest in Charnham Street 00 09 00
pd Mr Shipton the third quarterly pay for the town rents
being charged to the land tax 00 06 11^
pd too quarters gole money
00 17 04^
pd Fanner Buttler for fechin the lime trees 00 03 00
13 02 05%
gave 4 poore man 00 00 08
gave 9 distressed seamen 00 00 06
pd Adam Bettridg for a rope for the market bell 00 02 06
pd Roger Pike for 2 links for the Churchyard wickets 00 00 06
pd Tho. Pike for worke and nailes to mend a poste in the
Clockhouse 00 00 04
Candles burnt at the town hall 00 00 01
pd the Cutler for loocking after the clock half a year 00 13 00
gave 3 poore seamen 00 00 02
pd old Kimber for mending the yonder gate 00 00 08
pd hors hier and expences to Lambourn to Return a warrant
against Mr Monday 00 01 06
gave 2 poore seamen 00 00 02
pd hors hier to reding assises 00 03 00
Expences for selfe and hors 00 04 02
pd for 2 acts of parliment 00 00 08
Spent in quartering soldiers 00 00 06
pd for a warrant to press 2 wagons to carry soldiers bagidg 00 01 00
pd Roger Pike for mending the hooks of the down gate 00 00 06
gave a poore man 00 00 02
pd Thomas Lewis for cleaning and mending the ingen after the
fire in Charnham Street 00 10 00
^/

1718/contd
pd Thomas Pike for boards and work for the use of the town
as by his bill appears 01 10 00
gave a man undone by fire 00 00 06
pd 3 poores taxes at 2:9 p tax 00 08 03
gave a disbanded soldier and his wife 00 00 04
pd for a warrant to press a wagon to carry bagidge for 3
companies of soldiers 00 01 00
pd for sending the warrant to the high Constable 00 00 06
spent in quartering the soldiers 00 00 06
pd for a warrant to press a wagon to carry bagidg for 3
companies of soldiers 00 01 00
pd for sending it to the high Constable 00 00 06
spent in quartering the soldiers 00 00 03
pd the cutler for looking after the clock for halfe a yeare 00 13 00
pd him for wore 00 00 10
gave 2 disbanded soldiers 00 00 02
pd Richard Heath for timber and board for use of the twon as
by his bill appears 01 18 10
for sining my returns and for sending them to the High
Constable for the whole year 00 06 00
06 15 09
pd for wintering the bull 00 10 00
gave to poor people in Linin and woollin cloth to the value of 03 04 10
pd them their intrest money 02 08 00
pd Jos Povey for dung for the lime trees round the pond 00 00 06
pd Mr Pearson for putting sum lugs acros the river to keep
the cattell out of the Woodmarsh 00 01 06
gave a disbanded soldier 00 00 04
pd for a warrant to press a wagon for 3 companies of
soldiers 00 01 00
pd the tythingman for carrying the warrant to the high
Constable 00 01 00
pd Mr Simpkins for keeping 3 courts 01 10 00
pd Mr Simpkins as by his bill apears 01 00 00
pd Mr Wells Mr Simpkins and his sons diner at the Hocktide
Court 00 03 00
pd exterordinaries for them 00 03 06
for paper used at the Hocktide Court 00 00 01
pd the tythingmen their bill 00 07 06
pd Roger Streate the fourth quarter pay for the town rents
being charged to the land tax 00 06 11
pd the Bayliff his sallery 00 18 09
pd him for repairs that bee paid out of his pocket for the
shambles 00 19 10
pd Mr Woodrofe money that he paid for Jos Povey 00 03 05
pd the fee jury 00 01 00
pd Mr Wells Mr Simpkins and his sons diners at the Court Leete 00 03 00

1718 /contd
pd sxterordinaries for them 00 03 00
pd my own diners at the too courts 00 02 00
4 side is 12 09 03Jj
3 side is 06 15 09
2 side is 13 02 05%
1 side is 14 08 01
Total disburst 46 15 07
Total Rec'd 66 07 05
46 15 07h
Due to the townd 19 11 09^
Memd that on ye 17th day of April 1719 the Account of
Mr Robinson Constable was passed and allowed as on the opposite page
and ten pounds seaven shillings & sixpence was agreed to be putt
in the Towne chest and nine pounds four shillings three pence
halfpenny residue of said balance is paid to Mr Roger Streat
being Constable elect.
signed:
Tho Robinson
John Talmage
Will Ryraan
Robert Ellet
Roger Streat
Tho Woodroffe
Wn Coster
John Webb
(-?-) Sedgley Edwd Lucas
Edward Playsteed
Tho Sare
Griffith Morgan
John Bowsher
Robt Playsteed
F or T Mills
Tho Pike

The Recits of Roger Streat Constable of the Towns and Burrought of
Hungerford in ye yeare 1719
Reed of ye late Constable Mr Robinson
943^
Reed for ye Bull 1 18 6
Reed of Tho King for his cows going upon ye Down 0 3 4
Reed of Mr Edward Goddard for his income 0 5 0
Reed of Mr Clem Cooper for ye pound Geat & 3 old postes 0 4 0
Roger Streat died on the 10th day of August 1719 and Mr Thos Sare
was on 20th October following Elected and sworn to serve the said
office until the next Hoctide Court.
The Disbursments of Roger Streat 1719
11 15 Ik
Gave 4 poore soulders 0 0 6
Pd ye cow keeper for ye Down bowns 1 15 0
Pd for a warrant to press a wagon to carry ye solders to
Newbery 0 1 0
for horse higher to ye Constable of the hundred and expences
wee should have been pd by the late Constable 0 1 6
Pd 2 quarters Goalie money 0 17
for horse higher to carry ye money 0 1 0
Gave 5 poore soulders 0 0 10
Pd Charles Nown to drive ye Bull to Newbery & for killing him 0 1 2
Spent with ye officers quartering soulders 0 1 0
for horse higher & expenses upon ye seasors of ye land tax
going to Newbery 0 4 0
Spent upon ye joury setting land markes 0 10 0
Gave 4 poore men & 1 woman with a permit pass 0 0 10
pd for a locke for ye fee pound 0 1 4
Paid for nailles and workmanship for ye fee pound & 2 raills 0 4 0
Gave 6 Disbanded soulders with a pas 0 1 0
Gave 2 wimmin chilldern with a pas 0 0 6
Pd Clem Cooper for mending the pound 0 1 2
for sining my Returns for ye sises & seshion & going to ye
Constable of hundred 0 2 6
Gave a woman yt came with a pass to send her on her journey
which was -?- & ye justices will not sine him 0 1 6
Gave 4 disbanded soulders 0 0 6
for horse higher and expenses of going to Abingdon seshions 1 0 0
pd ye Clarke of ye peas 0 2 0
Gave 5 soldiers 00 01 00
pd Andrew Viner & -?- Rawlins for cutting the Weeds in the
River 00 06 00

1719/contd
Gave 6 souldiers 00 01 00
pd John Betteridge for a stock wee Che late Constable ought
to have pd 00 04 00
pd Adam Betteridge for a Clock line 00 06 06
Gave 5 disbanded Souldiers 00 00 10
pd Clem Cooper for mending the Towne pound 00 00 06
Gave four Souldiers 00 00 08
Candles burnt at the Towne Hall 00 00 02
pd the poor of Newbury 03 18 00
pd John Betteridge 2 land taxes for the Towne land 00 13 11
pd Mr Shipton's Expenses to Newbury 00 04 02
pd Tho Siney for watering the trees at the Towne pond 00 01 00
pd Clem Cooper for taking care of the Cows in the Downe 00 02 06
11 09 00
for digging and fetching a load of clay for the Towne Bridg 00 02 00
pd Wm Coxhead for mending that Bridge 00 00 08
Gave 4 poor Seamen 00 00 08
Delivered a Coate to the Bellman of the value of 02 00 06
pd John Biss for making that Coate 00 06 06
Gave a Woman big with Child 00 01 00
Gave 3 disbanded Souldiers 00 00 06
pd Mr Butler 00 01 00
Gave 4 disbanded Souldiers 00 00 08
Gave in blew Cloth Linnen & money to above 60 poor people a
list of whose names is now delivered in 5 14 06
Gave 4 disbanded Souldiers 00 00 08
pd John Helliard for work done for the Towne 01 07 05
(no signatures)
9 16 1
11 09 0
Disbursmts 21 5 1
Receipts 11 15 l
Due from ye Town 09 9

The receipts of Thomas Robinson Constable of the Town and Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1720
£ s d
Reed of John Betteridge a yeares Rent due the 25th March 1720 18 00 00
Reed of the old Constable Mr Sare 06 17 00
Reed of Mr Ryraan for the Water 06 00 00
Reed for the Rent of the market house 00 10 00
Reed of John Hellier for the Toll 05 00 00
Reed of Mr Pearson 1 yeares Rent for Pale mead due at Lady
day 1721 03 00 00
Reed of Joseph Toe for the Islands 01 00 00
Reed of Mr Mountain for his income 00 05 00
Reed of Jonat. Bird for the town Shop 01 05 00
Reed of the Portreve 07 08 04
Reed of John Betteridge a yeares rent due the 25 March 1721 18 00 00
Reed of James Webb Bayliffe 11 07 05
Reed of the Tythingmen 00 01 00
Reed in all 78 13 09
Paid 70 8 0
Due to the town 8 5 9
Reed of Sir Jemmet Raymond an Annuity of Ten Shillings,
which I Gave away to the Poore of this Parish.
£ s d
Paid Mrs Streat 09 10 00
Paid Mr Tuck 04 17 10
Paid Thomas Lewis 00 19 06
Paid Joseph Jenkins 03 11 06
Paid Mr Ellett his Bill 02 14 06
Paid Jonat. Bird for Work about ye Engine 00 01 06
Paid Mr Mundy for the late Conbls Certificate 00 03 00
Paid Mr Cheyney for Nailes for ye late Conbl 00 02 02
Paid for a Lock for the Town Pound 00 01 08
Paid the Jury for setting land-marks 00 10 00
Paid John Hellier for makeing ye Bounds 01 15 00
Paid Two Quarters Goall Money 00 17 04
Paid for sending it to the high Constbl 00 00 06
Paid hors-hire and expenses to Abington 01 00 00
Paid the Clerk of the Peace 00 02 00
Pad for my Certificate 00 02 00
Pd horse-hire and expenses to ye Justice with the Mountains 00 02 00
Paid George White for a Ladder 00 03 03
Paid Mr Shipton for Bricks & Work 00 03 04
Paid for cleansing the Mud in ye river 01 14 00

1720/contd
Paid Expenses to meet the High Constbl with a return of Jury
men' 00 01 00
Paid for raatierialls and workmanship to mend the town hall
and shambles 04 19 00
Paid the 2d Quarters Land Tax 00 07 00
Pd Mr Wells for preaching Mrs Curtis sermon 00 10 00
Paid for 3 Acts of Parliament 00 03 06
Paid Clem Cooper for Work
Spent in town Buisness 00 01 00
Paid the Poore of Newbury 03 18 00
Pd hors-hire and expenses to a Justice with John King 00 01 06
Pd Mr Pearson for Cuting of Weeds 00 04 00
Paid horse-hire and expenses to the Justice with Hump. Rendall 00 01 06
Paid horse-hire and expenses for a Warrant to Press Carriages 00 02 00
Pd a Messenger to the High Constbl 00 00 06
Pd for an abridgment of the Statutes in 5 Volumes 01 06 00
Paid for 3 Lime Trees 00 03 00
Pd Tho. Noone for seting them and other work done there 00 02 00
This side is 49 13 01
Paid Mr Cheyney for Nailes 00 00 09
Pd Mr Coster & Mr Liddiard for Luggs 00 03 06
Paid for the bell-mans Coat 02 02 00
Paid John Biss for makeing him 00 06 06
Paid the Ball-man his sallary 00 15 00
Paid the 3d Qaurters Land tax 00 07 00
Pd Willm Coxhead for makeing a bridge 01 00 00
Pd 3 horse-hires to Mr Shirley and to the high Constables to
press Carriages for 10 Companys of foot soldiers 00 04 06
Spent in Billotting the Soldiers 00 02 00
Pd horse-hire and expenses to the Justice with a Vagrant 00 01 06
Pd Mr Tuck for the use of his Bull 00 10 00
Pd Horse-hire and expenses to the Justice with John Pike 00 01 06
Paid the first Quarters Land Tax being not sett down before 00 07 00
Pd the Poore Taxes for the whole yeare 01 03 06
Paid 3 Quarters Goall Money 01 06 01
Paid the 4th Quarters Land Tax 00 07 00
Pd the Assesors for makeing ye Assesment 00 03 06
for keeping the Bull 1 month for Mr Streat 00 02 00
Pd John Siney for Work about ye Pond 00 01 00
Pd horse-hire to have my returns signed for the whole yeare 00 06 00
for sending them to the high Constable 00 02 00
Paid for a Rope for the market Bell 00 02 06
Pd Mr Pearson for putting up of Luggs to keep the Cattle out
of ye woodmarsh 00 01 06
Gave the Poore in Blew and Linnen Cloth to the value of 03 04 06
Paid them Interest Money 02 08 00
Paid John Tubb his Bill 01 06 06

1720/contd
Paid Richard Heath for Timber and Work done for the Town as
appears per Bill 03 15 05
Pd for ordinaries and extraordinaries at the Hocktide Court 03 12 00
Paid for 30 Poore mens dinners 00 15 00
Gave to Soldiers & Seamen and other people in distress in
the whole yeare 00 14 09
25 12 06
Paid the Tythingmens Bill 00 07 06
Paid Mr Mundy for keeping ye Courts 01 00 00
Paid the Bayliff his sallary 00 18 11
Gave the fee Jury 00 01 00
Gave the fishermen 00 02 00
Pd ordinarys and extraordinarys at the Law day Court 01 06 00
pd for 14 Poore mens dinners 00 07 00
This side is 04 02 05
The first side 40 13 01
The 2d side 25 12 06
Disburst in all 70 08 00
Memorandum that Mr Robinson the present Constable hath passed
his accounts of Receipts and disbursmts. There remaines in his hands the
sume of Eight Pounds five shillings 9d which said sume is now paid to
Mr Coster the Constable Elect wee sd accounts we allow of & confirme Errors
in casting only Excepted. Witness o hands the 28th day of Aprill 1721.
signed:
John Hamblen Hugh Shepard Ben Mountaine
Jno Robinson Robert Elliot ye marke of John King
John Webb
Charles Thomas
Joseph Toe
Henry Tuck
Will. Ryman
Wm Coster
Joseph Shipton
Edward Playsteed
Nich Butler John Hayn (?)
Thos Clempson (?) Richard Thresher
Adam Betteridge Thos Sedgley

The Receipts of Via Coster Constable of the Town of Hungerford
for ye years 1721
Reed of ye late Constable Mr Robinson 08 05 09
Reed of Jno Betteridge half a yeares Rent dew ye 29 Sept 09 00 00
Reed for ye ould Stuff of ye pelery 00 02 00
Reed out of the Town Chest 20 00 00
Reed for ould iron 00 03 00
Reed for the Rent of the Market house 00 10 00
Reed for ye ould stuff of ye Bridg 00 09 00
Reed for the Rent of ye Town Shop 01 05 00
Reed for a Bull 01 10 00
Reed for the Town Islands 01 00 00
Reed of Jno Betteridge half a years Rent dew ye 25 March 09 00 00
Reed of Mr Pearson 1 yeares Rent for Pale Mead dew att
Lady day 17-?- 03 00 00
Reed for the Rent of the Water 06 00 00
Reed for the Toll of ye Market 05 00 00
Reed of the Portreve 07 08 00
Reed of Bayliffe 09 19 01
Reed in all 82 11 10
82 17 07^
Dew to me 00 05
Med. that the lOsh. due to the Town from Sir Jemmett
Rayman this last year is not pd. that £10 due from John King (?)
Jun for his Stall(?) is not paid.
The Disbursement of Wm Coster Constable for the yeare 1721
Paid for a bull 02 04 06
Paid for a 2d bull 03 03 06
Paid for ye appearence of 6 men at ye -?- of -?- -?- 00 12 00
Paid ye Jury for setting land marks 00 10 00
Paid George Wight for mending the engen 00 00 06
Paid Expences att ye same time 00 06 09
Paid for a Lock for ye fee pound 00 01 00
Paid for a lock for ye town pound 00 01 00
Paid horse hier & Expences to Abington 01 00 00
Paid the Clark of ye peace 00 02 00
Paid for my Certificate 00 02 00
Paid 3 poore taxes 00 08 08
Paid for a Lock for ye Church yeard 00 00 10
Paid foe mending ye Marsh Geate 00 00 06
Paid Jno Rosier for making ye bowns 01 15 00

1721/contd
Paid the 1st qr Land Tax 00 06 11%
Paid Mr Hamblen for carrying my Return to Newbury for sesers
of ye Land Tax 00 07 00
Paid for ye Bellmans Levery 01 17 06
Paid, for 2 New Wach Bills 00 05 00
paid Mr Robinson a Bill that was not Brt in till after he gave
up his Accounts 00 02 06
Paid Expences at the fee Court 00 12 06
Paid the jury 00 01 00
Paid the 2d qr Land tax 00 06 \\\
Paid for making ye Bellman leverey 00 06 06
Paid ye poor of Newbury 03 18 00
Paid horse hier Coach hier and Expences to London 06 05 00
Paid the 3d qr Land tax 00 06 \\\
Paid a man for going to Newbury on the Law Account 00 01 06
Paid for a Letter from London 00 00 04
This side is 24 19 03%
Paid Mr Mundy in ye Court 10 00 00
Paid 5 men for Waching att ye fier 00 05 00
Paid for Beare att the same time 00 17 00
Paid for Bushes and workmanship Round ye trees of the town
poand 00 03 06
Paid 6 poors taxes 00 16 06
Paid Jno Pike as Appears by his Bill 01 19 10
Paid for sumering the Bull 00 10 00
Paid ye Assesors for making ye Assesment 00 02 00
Paid horse hier and Expences for the whole yeare to have my
Return Sined and carrying them to ye high Constable 00 08 00
Paid Ricd Heath his Bill 01 16 11
Paid Jno Tubb his Bill 01 11 00
Paid ye Bellman Salarey 00 15 00
Paid his Bill for mending the Bucket ts and oyling ye Gut of
the Ingen 00 14 06
Paid the Tyingmans Bills 00 12 04
Paid Kiraber for the new Pillery 02 10 00
Paid for Painting ye Pillorey 00 05 00
Paid for Mending and Cleaning the Ingen 00 05 00
Paid for Materiales and workmanship abought ye New Bridge 20 12 03
Gave soldiers and Seamen and other People in Distress in the
whole yeare 00 10 08
Paid for mending ye Church Gate 00 02 00
Paid Mr Ryman for keeping the Bull 01 00 00
Paid for Mr Mundy and myselfe at the Hocktide Court 00 03 00
Paid for 12 poor mens ordinarys 00 06 00
Gave the poor in Cloth and Mony 05 00 00
Paid the 4th qr Land Tax 00 06
Paid for Nails for ye towns use 00 01
this side 51 14 00%

1721/contd
Paid raakeing the Assessments of the Land Tax 00 03 00
Gave the fee jury 00 01 00
Paid the Bayliffes Sallary 00 16 08
Paid his Bill 01 19 03^
Paid Mr Wells 00 06 08
Paid Ordinarys & Extraordinarys att the Lawday Court 01 07 06
Paid Mr Mundy for keeping ye Courts 01 10 00
this side 06 04
Memd. that Mr Coster the present Constable hath this day passed his
accompts of Receipts & disbursmts & there is due to him five
shillings which accompts we allow Errors in casting only Excepted.
Witness o hands the 9th day of Aprill 1722.
signed:
John Webb
John Robinson
Thos Liddiard
Edward Playsteed
Wm Miller his mark
Andrew Viner (?)
Win Allln
Joseph Allin
Jonathan Coxhead
John Betteridge
Tho Pike
Jos Povey
John Pike
John Talmage
^

The Receipts of John Robinson Constable of the Town and Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1722
£ s d
Reed of his raajty King George 10 10 00
Reed of Mr Woodroffe for the old stuff that was left at the
pond 00 01 06
Reed of Tobias Poflye for one of the Bulls 01 05 00
Reed of Mr Haynes for the other Bull 01 10 06
Reed of Jonathan Bird for the townd Shop 01 05 00
Reed of Thomas Gyles for Earth and Sand caried out of the
Liberty of the townd 00 01 02
Reed of Joseph Toe for the townd Islands 01 00 00
Reed of Mr Robinson for rent of ye market house 00 10 00
Reed of Mr Garrad for his Incum 00 05 00
Reed of Mr Liddiard Portreve 07 09 00
Reed of Mr Pearson a yeares Rent for pale mead due at Lady
day 1723 03 00 00
Reed of Thomas Keddon for his incum 00 05 00
Reed of John Helier one years rent for the toul of the market 00 05 00
Reed of Mr Hansom for his incum 00 05 00
Reed of John Betteridge a years rent for the Town Land due
at Lady day 1723 18 00 00
Reed of Mr Ryman for the Rent of the townd water 06 00 00
Reed of the Tythingmen head silver
00 00 07^
Reed of Jonathan Coxhead Bayliff 13 17 04
Reed of Sr Jemet Raymond two years annuities due on
good friday 1723 which I gave to the poore of this parish.
Reed 70 05 Olfr
The Disbursements of John Robinson, Constable of the Town and
Burrough of Hungerford for the year 1722
£ s d
Pd John Hillier by ye orders of the hocktide jury 00 01 00
Pd the first poores tax 00 02 09
Pd for an act of parliment for punishing mutiny and desertion 00 01 00
Pd Richard Sheapard for Bricks and morter and work for the
Town Hall and market house 00 08 06
Spent with Mr French in town Buisnes 00 02 00
Gave the men when the weed was cutt in port water 00 00 06
Pd Mr Wells for stuff to mend the Church railes 00 02 00
Pd John Rosier for raakeing the down bounds 01 15 00
Pd the Jury when they sett the land markes 00 10 00
Pd for a Bull 02 00 00
Spent in quartering Soldiers 00 02 00

1722/contd
Pd for watchin a deserter on the request of Francis Stonhouse
Esqr 00 01 06
Pd for straw for him 00 00 03
Pd for a warrant to press 4 Caridges for 3 troopes of
Generall Wades Hors 00 01 00
Pd hors hier to ye Justiss and High Constable 00 01 06
Spent in quartering them 00 00 09
Pd Hors hier to newbury with a return of the assessors of
the Land Tax 00 01 00
Expences there 00 02 06
Pd the second poores tax 00 02 09
Pd John Povey for mending the down gate and putting in a post
in the Church lane 00 01 04
Spent in quartering Coll. Mountgus Reagrat. 00 01 06
Pd for straw for the prisners to ley on 00 00 06
Pd for candles burnt at the gaurd 00 06 00
Spent with the officers in lying out the ground for the camp 00 02 06
Pd the first quarters Land tax
00 04 07^
Pd the third poores tax 00 02 09
Pd the last Constable Mr Coster 00 05 00
Pd hors hier and expences to Abingdon 01 00 00
Pd for a certivicate 00 02 00
Pd the Clarke of the peace 00 02 00
Candles burnt at the gaurd 00 01 00
Pd hors hier and expences to meet the high Constable with a
return of persons names qualified to serve on juries 00 02 00
Candles burnt at the gaurd 00 06 00
Pd for a warant to press tenn wagons to cary the Bagidg
of Brigadear Stanwick to ambrusbury 00 01 00
Pd for a warant to press tenn wagon to cary the Bagidg of
Coll. Mountagus Reigmt to Andover 00 01 00
hors bier to ye justiss and high Constable 00 01 00
Pd for a Lock for the town hall dore 00 01 00
Pd for mending the down gate 00 00 03
Pd for a bottle of wine when the Constble mett Francis
Stonhouse Esqr. 00 02 00
Candles burnt at the gaurd when the camp returnd from
Salsbury 00 04 06
Pd for 2 warants to pres wagons for Brigadear Stanwick and
Coll. Montagu to highworth and wantidg 00 02 00
Pd hors hier to ye Justiss and high Constable 00 01 00
09 12
Pd for a warant to press wagons for the bagidg of 4 Comps of
Brigadear Grove's Regmt to Faringdon 00 01 00
Pd hors hier to newbury Sessions 00 01 00
Expences there 00 01 00

1722/contd
Pd for a warant to press 3 teemes for 3 Compns of the
aforesaid Reigmt 00 01 00
Pd hors hier to the Justiss and high Constabl 00 01 00
Pd the second quarters land tax
00 04 07^
Pd Richard Sheaperd for mending the Bridg and market house 00 04 06
Pd the fourth poores tax 00 02 09
Pd the fifth poores tax 00 02 09
Spent in quartering 6 Compns of Coll Claytons Reigmt 00 01 00
Pd for a warant to press 4 wagons to carry said Comp to
Newbury 00 01 00
Pd hors hier to the Justiss and high Constable 00 01 00
Spent in quartering two troopes of Brigadear Honywoods
dragoones 00 00 06
Pd for a warant to press 2 wagons to cary the said troopes
to Highworth 00 01 00
Pd hors hier to the Justiss and high Constable 00 01 00
Spent in quartering 2 troopes more of Honywoods dragoones 00 00 06
Pd for a warant to press 2 wagons to cary the said troopes
to Highworth 00 01 00
Pd hors hier to the Justiss and high Constable 00 01 00
Pd Richard Sheapard for lime and hare and tile pinns and
work for the Shambles and the townd hall 00 09 03
Pd the sixth poores tax 00 02 09
Pd for 2 lime treese and setting them 00 02 08
Pd for mending the pitchin of the Lower Bridg 00 00 11
delivered a Coate to the Bellman to the value of 02 09 05
Pd for makeing the Bellmans Coate 00 06 00
Pd Labourers for throwing the mud out of the townd pond 01 19 08
Pd the third quarters Land Tax 00 04 07%
Pd Adam Betteridge for a Rope for the market Bell 00 03 00
Pd the poore of Newbury 03 18 00
Pd the seventh poores tax 00 02 09
Pd for bushing the treese round ye pond 00 03 04
Pd Mr Sare for a Lugg for the fee pound 00 00 03
Pd the eighth poores tax 00 02 09
Pd Mr Wells for prechin Mrs Curtis Sermon 00 10 00
Pd half a poores tax 00 01 04%
Pd fourth quarters Land tax 00 04 07%
Pd Mr Butler for makeing an assesment of the Land tax 00 03 00
Pd Mr Butler for makeing a quit rent roll 00 02 00
Pd John Povey for two new buckets for the two Ingins 00 01 02
Pd the Ballman his Salery 00 15 00
Pd Thomas Pike as per bill apears 02 00 10
Pd John Pike as per bill apears 00 16 00
Pd him his bill for worck 00 00 06

1722/contd
Pd Jonathan Burd for 5 new bottoms to the Lether buckets
and for oyllng the gutt of ye ingin 00 07 00
Pd Richard Heath as per bill apeares 06 05 06
Pd John Tubb for Lookin after ye Clock one year 01 10 00
Pd Mr Woodroff as per bill apeares 01 02 10
£26 12 10
Pd Mr Young for drawing a petition to his majety 00 05 00
Pd hors hier amd Expences to Salisbury 4 days to waite on
his majtie with the petition 01 14 00
Pd hors hier to provide Straw when the camp returnd from
Salisbury 00 02 00
Pd for a Line for the powder house 00 03 00
Pd for Luggs for the same 00 02 00
Pd John Forty for carying boards to the powder house and
gaurd roome 00 02 06
Pd him for use of his barn 00 02 06
Pd Joseph Povey for the use of his barn 00 02 06
Pd Wm Miller for the use of an officers gaurd roome 00 10 00
Pd farmer Butler for carying the powder house to Edington 00 01 06
Pd Bess Hillier for cleansing ye townd hall 00 01 00
Pd for a hand barrough 00 00 09
Pd Labourers for leveling the downd 04 03 08
Pd Mr Knowls as per Ms bill apears 00 15 00
Pd for 44 ordnaries at the hock tide Court 02 04 00
Pd for 16 poore mens ordnaries 00 08 00
Pd the Gentlemens Extraordnaries at the same Court 00 17 00
Gave to the poore people in Cloath the value 03 05 00
Paid them interest money 02 08 00
Pd Mr Robinson for sumering one Bull 00 10 00
Pd the asessors of the land tax their charges to Newbury 00 04 00
Pd hors hier to have my Returns sind for the whole yeare 00 06 00
Gave to Soldiers, Saylors and other idle people in the
whole yeare 00 00 00
Pd Mr Ryman for sumering one Bull 00 10 00
Pd Thomas Lewis his bill 00 02 00
Pd Mr Beale for keeping two Courts 01 00 00
Pd Jarae Field for mending the pound 00 01 00
Pd the Bayliff his sallery 01 03 01
Pd him his bill 00 11 00
Pd the ffee Jury 00 01 00

1722/contd
Pd 28 ordnaries at the Court Leet 01 08 00
Pd 20 poore mens ordnaries 00 10 00
Pd the Gentlemens Extraordnaries 00 09 06
3 side 24 03 00
2 side 26 12 10
1 side 09 12 ll
60 08 9^
Reed 70 05 \\
Disburst 60 08 9%
due to the Burrough of Hungerford 09 16 3%
-
Memorandum that Mr John Robinson the present Constable hath this day passed
his Accounts of Receipts & Disbursemts and there remains in his hands the
Sume of Nine pounds Sixteen Shillings and Three pence Three ffarthings
which said sume is now pd. to Mr Thomas Robinson the Constable Elect which
this Wee allow Errors in Casting Excepted which said sume of Nine pounds
Sixteen Shillings and Three pence Three ffarthings Wee do agree shall go
towards the Charge of the Law Suit with Ffrancis Pophara Esq and other Bills
menconed in the Order made at the hocktyde Court on Tuesday last for this
Burrough. Dated this 3d Day of May 1723.
signed:
John Hamblen
Win Coster
Edw Hanson
Jno Edwards
John Forty
Adam Betteridges mark
Daniel Farrenden
William Miller
Tho. Pike
Nicholas Butlers mark
Tho Robinson
Edward Plays teed
Rich. Thresher
R (?) Elliot

The Receipts of Thos. Robinson Constable of the Town and Burrough
of Hungerford for the yeare 1723
£ s d
Reed of Mr Robinson the late Constable 09 16 03
Reed out of the Town Chest 39 19 09
Reed for the Bull 01 01 00
Reed for the Market house 00 10 00
Reed of John Betteridge 1 yeares Rent due at Lady day 1724 18 00 00
Reed of Jos Toe for the Islands 01 00 00
Reed of Jonat Bird for the Town Shop 01 05 00
Reed of Mr Wells for his Income 00 05 00
Reed of Jonat Coxhead Portreeve 07 08 00
Reed of Mr Westall for his Income 00 05 00
Reed of John Hellier for the Toll 05 00 00
Reed of Mrs Pearson for Pale Mead 03 00 00
Reed of Edwd Playsteed Bayliff 09 04 01
Reed of the Tythingmen head silver 00 16 00
Reed of Mr Ryman for the water 06 00 00
Reed in all 103 10 01
Reed of Sir Jemmet Raymond an annuity of 10s which I gave away
to the Poore of Hungerford Parish.
The Disbursements of Tho. Robinson for the yeare 1723
£ s d
Paid Mr Beale his Bill by order of the Jury 04 17 11
Paid Mr Thresher at the same time 00 15 03
Pd Roger Biss at the same time 01 14 00
Paid for a Bull for the Town 02 00 00
Paid Mr French his Bill by order of the Hocktide Jury 51 07 04
Horse hire to Mr Shirley with Jos Povey 00 01 00
Paid for 4 Acts of Parliament 00 05 00
Pd the Jury for seting Land marks 00 10 00
Pd Jos Fisher for puting up of Lugs to keep the cattle out
of the Woodmarsh 00 01 06
Pd the Assessors of the Land Tax 00 04 00
Pd a Poores Tax to Mr Coster 00 02 09
Pd for Cuting the Trees at the Pond 00 02 00
Horse hire and expenses to Abingdon 01 00 00
Paid the Clark of the Peace 00 02 00
Paid for my Certificate 00 02 00
Pd John Rosier for makeing ye Bounds 01 15 00
Pd Horse hire, expenses and for a gard to carry Samuel fowler
to Goale 01 05 00
Pd the first Quarters Land Tax 00 04 08

1723/contd
Pd Horse hire and expenses to Reading to meet the Commissioners
for laying a Tax upon Papists 00 10 00
Pd the 2d Poore Tax to Mr Coster 00 02 09
Pd expenses to meet the High Constable with a return of
Jury men 00 01 06
Pd Horse hire, expenses and a Messenger to Windsor to search
ye papist register 00 12 06
Pd Horse hire and expenses and time to Reading & for
assessments and warrants 00 10 00
Pd for Straw for the Prisoners 00 03 00
Paid for a Candlestick for the Gard 00 00 06
Paid for Candles burnt at the Gard 00 11 06
Paid the 2d Quarters Land Tax 00 04 08
Paid 2 Poores Taxes to Mr Knowles 00 05 06
Paid John Rosier by order of the Hocktide Jury for damages
done him by the Camp in 1722 00 10 00
70 01 04
for Summering the Bull 00 10 00
Pd Mr Wells for Mrs Curtis's Sermon 00 10 00
Pd Richard Sheppard for Pointing the Powder house 00 01 00
Paid the Poore of Newbury 03 18 00
Paid for the Bell-mans Coat 01 15 06
Paid John Biss for makeing him 00 04 00
Paid for makeing Clean the Hall 00 01 00
Paid 4 qrs Goall Money 01 14 09
Paid the 3d Quarters Land Tax 00 04 08
Pd 2 Poores Taxes to Mr Coster 00 05 06
Paid the Bell-man his Sallary 00 15 00
Pd Mr Sare for Stones used at the Bridge 00 05 00
Pd Mr Mundy his Bill by order of the Hocktied Jury 08 12 00
Pd Mr Woodroffe for Wire for the clock 00 01 06
Pd Thos Lewis as by his Bill 00 15 04
Paid for Bushing the Trees at ye Pond 00 02 00
Pd Mr Tuck for the use of his Bull 00 10 00
Pd Thos Pike for a Gard Bed and a Powder house & other work
as appeares by his Bill 01 13 06
Pd for Luggs for the powder house 00 02 00
Pd 2 Poore Taxes to Mr Knowles 00 05 06
Paid the 4th Quarters Land Tax 00 04 08
Paid Mr Cheyney as per Bill 00 01 07
Paid Ja Field as per Bill 04 09 08
Paid Mr Butler as per Bill 00 04 00
Paid John Tubb for looking after the Clock for 1 yeare 01 10 00
Paid the Tythingmens Bill 01 05 06
Paid Horse hire to have ray returns signed for the whole yeare 00 06 00
Paid for sending them to ye H. Conbl 00 02 00
x^

1723/contd
Gave the Poore in Cloth 03 04 06
Paid them Interest Money 02 08 00
Gave to Soldiers and Seamen and other Poore People in
distress the whole yeare 00 13 06
36 05 08
Pd Richd Heath as per Bill 02 07 07
Pd John Tubb his Bill 00 02 11
Pd for Mr Shirley and my own dinner 00 02 00
Pd Extraordinarys 00 01 04
Pd for the Bellmans dinner 00 00 06
Pd for 2 Bottles of Wine 00 04 00
Gave the Cook 00 01 00
Paid Ad Bettridge as his Bill 00 06 00
Paid the Bayliff his sallery 00 15 04
Paid him what he laid out 00 06 04
Gave the fee Jury 00 01 00
Paid Mr Beale for keeping the Hbcktide Court and 2 Leets 01 00 00
Paid Mr Ellet as per Bill 00 12 09
Paid Horse hire and expenses severall times to ramsbury
about the law buisness 00 10 00
This side is 06 10 09
The 1st side 70 01 04
The 2d side 36 05 08
Disburst in the whole 112 17 09
Paid at Joseph Povey's 00 02 00
Paid 112 19 09
Reed 103 10 01
Due to me 09 09 08
Memorandum That Mr Thomas Robinson the present Constable hath this day
passed his Accounts of Receipts and Disbursements and there remaines due to
him the Summe of Nine Pounds Nine Shillings and Eight pence which said
Summe Wee do agree shall be paid to him by the Constable Elect as soon as
he can conveniently raise the same out of the Percusuits and Proffits of
the Town as menconed in an Order of the last Hbcktide Court held by
adjournment this day Dated this 24 day of April 1724
/over

1723/contd
signed:
John Hamblen
Win Coster
John Webb
Anthony Woodroffe
Robert Elliot
Edwd Hanson
Jno Edwards
Tho Pike
William Allen
Jonathan Coxhead
Joseph Shipton
Joseph Fisher
Joseph Toe
Richard Westall
The marke of Joseph Biss
John Robinson
John Betteridge

The Receipts of Jonat Coxhead Constable of the Borough of Hungerford for
the yeare 1724
Reed of John Betteridge a yeares Rent due at Lady day 1725 18 00 00
Reed of John Hellier for the Toll 4 00 00
Reed for the Bull 1 00 00
Reed of Jos. Toe for the Islands 1 00 00
Reed of Mr Robinson for the market house 10 00
Reed of Mr Bigg for his income 00 05 00
Reed of Jonat. Bird for the Shop 01 05 00
Reed of Mrs Pearson for Pale mead 03 00 00
Reed of Mr Ellett in part for the water 04 00 00
Reed of the Tythingmen 00 02 6
Reed of Edward Plasted Portreeve 7 10 4
Reed of Mr Hanson Bayliff 11 13 1
Reed of Sir Jemmet Raymond an annuity of Ten Shillings
which I gave away to the Poore of Hungerford Parish.
Reed in the whole 52 05 11
Disbursements for the yeare 1724 £ s d
Paid Mr Robinson the last Constable 09 09 08
Paid for a Bull 01 10 00
Paid the Jury for setting land-marks 00 10 00
Paid for a Pound of Candles at the fire 00 00 06
Pd the Assessors of the Land Tax 00 04 00
Pd Horse hire and expenses to meet the High Constable 00 01 06
Paid for Change of the Cryers Bell 00 06 06
Paid Horse hire and expenses to Abingdon 01 00 00
Pd the Clerk of the Peace 00 02 00
Paid for my Certificate 00 02 00
Paid the Poore of Newbury 03 18 00
Paid John Tubb for the clock & his bill 01 10 06
Paid Richd. Heath as per Bill 08 10 03
Paid James Field as per Bill 02 18 00
Paid Thos Pike as per Bill 00 06 00
Paid Jonat. Bird as per Bill 00 08 06
Pd Mr Woodroffe as per BUI 03 15 08
Paid Thos. Cope as per Bill 00 06 02
Paid John Rosier for the Bounds and other Work as per Bill 02 08 02
Paid 9 Poores Taxes 01 04 09
Paid 1 yeares Land Tax 00 19 10
Paid 3 Ojuarters Goall Money 01 06 00
Pd Mr Wells for Mrs Curtis Sermon 00 10 00

1724/contd
for Summering the 2 Bulls 01 00 00
Paid Thos Lewis as per Bill 04 06 03
Paid for the Bellmans Coat 02 10 6
Paid John Biss for makeing him 00 07 00
Paid him his Sallary 00 15 00
Paid Mr Butler as per Bill 00 04 08
Paid horse hire to have my returns signed 00 06 00
Paid for sending them to the high Constable 00 02 00
Paid William Miller for ale at the fire as per Bill 00 12 00
Paid Mr Knowles as per Bill 00 09 6
Paid Willm. Coxhead as per Bill 00 12 08
This side is 52 13 7
Gave to Soldiers and Seamen and other people in distress 00 10 08
Paid Willm Tubb for makeing a hedge at Sheep Bridge 00 01 10
Gave the Poore in Cloth and Money 04 10 00
Pd for Mr Shirley's, Mr Wells and Mr Beales dinner at the
hocktide Court 00 03 00
Paid Extraordinarys at the Same time 00 03 00
Paid for the Bellmans dinner 00 00 06
Paid Mr Beale for keeping the Courts 01 00 00
Paid for 2 Bottles of Wine 00 04 00
Paid the Bayliff his Sallary 00 19 05
Gave the ffee Jury 00 01 00
Paid Thos Siney for Cleaning the Carridge to the Pond
severall times 00 02 00
Paid at the Leet Dinner 00 06 00
08 1 11
Brought over 52 13 07
Total 60 15 6
Rects 52 5 11
Due to me 8 10 7
Allowed Joseph Fisher for cutting the woods 1 10 0
Due in the whole to me 10 0 7
We do agree to allow the sd Ten Pounds and seven pence and order the
Constable elect to pay the same to the present Constable as soon as Money
comes into his hands.
/over

1724/contd
signed:
Wm Coster
Geo Garrard
Edw Lucas
Joseph Shipton
Jno Edwards
Will Forty
Edward Westall
Edward Playstead
Will Biggs
John Talmage
Joseph Fissher
Win Streat
Richard Westall
Andrew Viner
Roger Biss
John Forty

The Receipts of Willm. Forty Constable of ye Town and Burrough of
Hungerford for ye year 1725
Rec'd of Jno Betridge 1 years rent 18 00 00
Rec'd of Jno Heller for ye Towle of ye Market 05 00 00
Rec'd of Joseph Toe for ye Town Islands 01 00 00
Rec'd of Jonathan Burd for ye rent of ye town shop 01 05 00
Rec'd Willm. Noris for his incum 00 05 00
Rec'd of Thos. Cope for his incum 00 05 00
Rec'd of Mrs Eliot for ye rent of ye Town water 05 00 00
Rec'd of ye Baylif Mr Lucas 12 19 09
Rec'd of Richard Shepard his incum 00 05 00
Rec'd of Richard Clarch his incum 00 05 00
Rec'd of Mrs Parson for Pale Mead 03 00 00
Rec'd of Mr Hanson Portreeve
07 19 02^
Rec'd of Thos. Robasun for the rent of the Market House 00 10 00
55 18 Ilk
The Disburcements of Willm. Forty Constable of ye Town & Burrough
of Hungerford for ye yeare 1725
Bought two Bulls cost 06 00 06
The Expences of takeing up ye Vagrants as by Worant from
ye Justice of ye peace pd for waching them one day & 1 night 00 09 00
Pd two men for Attendence when examined 00 00 06
Pd for mete drinck and candles 00 06 08
Pd Tho Dobson and two boys 1 horse 1 day to fetch ye bull
home which ran away 00 02 06
Pd the Hocktide Jurey for setting the land marks 00 10 00
Pd horse hire and expences to Abington sessions 01 00 00
Pd for my setificat 00 02 00
Pd the Clark of ye pece 00 02 00
Pd the high Constable four quarterly payes of gayle money 01 14 00
Pd for suraering the two bulls 01 00 00
Pd Willm. Miler half year land tax 00 09 11
Pd George White half year land tax 00 09 11
Pd at a meeting at Town hall about town bisness bere & candles 00 02 08
Spent At keeping the fee Courts 01 08 06
Pd Jno. Rozier for keeping the town bounds 01 15 00
Pd Jno. Butler for Righting & A Cessraent of the land tax 00 03 00
Pd Jno. Butler as per Bill for nails at ye Town Hall 00 05 09
Pd Mr Eley for the pore of Newbury 03 18 00
Pd Jno. Povey for mending ye down gate and nails 00 01 00
Pd Jno. Coxhead and his son for lime and expenses to carey
Ann Eglaston (?)to ye house of correction at Reading 00 18 06

1725/contd
Horse hire 00 03 06
Pd Jno. Tub for ye yeus of his panill 00 00 03
Pd Wllm. Coxhead for mending the bridg 00 01 00
Pd Jno. Tub for looking after the town clock 01 10 00
this side 22 16 00
Pd Willm Noris per Bill for work done at the town hall 02 04 08
Pd for ten bushels of lime 00 05 00
Pd for 550 Tiles 00 11 06
Pd for 11 bushels of Slab (?) 00 02 00
Pd Thos. Cope per Bill 03 16 00
Pd Thos. Lewis per Bill 00 13 02
Pd for Wintering ye two Bulls 01 00 00
Pd the Baylif for mending the shambles 00 03 00
Pd Mr Lucas for the Bellmans Cote 02 10 07
Pd the Bayley for collecting the money 01 01 08
Pd Jno. Biss for macking the bellmans cote 00 07 00
Pd Jno. Pike as per Bill for Nayles yeused at the townd Halle 00 03 11
Pd Richard heth for Skele (?) Bordes 00 03 00
Pd Joseph Fisher for puting up Railes at the lower end of the
Woodmarsh for two years past 00 03 00
Pd Thos Coxhead for mending the Bridg 00 00 09
Pd Thos Esment five pores taxis 00 13 09
Pd Mr Banes for preaching Mrs Curtis's Charities Sermon 00 10 00
Pd James Feild for mending the fee pound 00 00 08
Pd the poor in money and cloth 04 13 06
Spent at townd hall A chusing faye fees 01 01 00
Pd Mr Lucas for Candles and paper 00 00 05
Pd Mr Coster for caring in the Cesem out of ye Land tax 00 04 00
Pd the fee jury 00 01 00
Pd Adam Betridg for the Cordes 00 03 06
Pd three men for waching Jno Betridg junor and having before
ye Justic 00 04 06
Pd Daniel Farindon for earring the Rubill from Town hall 00 00 06
Pd Jno Rosher for bushing the trees at the town pond 00 02 00
Pd horse hire to have my returns signed the half year 00 06 00
Pd for sending them to the high Constable 00 02 06
Gave pore Men with passes 00 10 09
23 3 2
Pd the Tithingmen as appears per bills 2 17 00
Pd at the Hocktide Court for Mr Bartley, Mr Beale,
Mr Willson and sum other frindes 00 02 06
Pd for 18 pore mens Ornereys 00 11 03
Pd for oyling the gut of the Ingin 00 02 00
Pd Mr Beale for keeping 3 Courts Attending me several times
at the Town hall & Drawing 2 orders and a new Deed of
ffeofment with Articles Annex'd two parts Stamps etc 5 4 4
o ' /

1725/contd
Pd at the last Dinner for ordinarys wine beer etc 2 3 10
Pd for eleven poor raensdinners 0 5 6
Pd Adam Bettridge for Beer & victualls had by the Town Officers
when John Bettridge was in their Custody by warrant from
Mr Shirley 0 7 6
Pd John Siny for Turning water into the Town pond 0 2 0
12 4 11
Br over 44 19 2
57 4 1
Rec'd 55 3 11
We do agree to allow the said Two pounds one half penny and order
the Constable Elect to pay the same to the present Constable As also
Ten pounds and seven pence due on the last years Account to Jonathan
Coxhead Constable that year As also Twenty one pounds and nine pence due to
several persons as appears per Bills for Repairing the free School.
signed:
John Webb
John Hamblen
Jos Povey
Edwd Hanison
Thos. Cope
George Whitte
Joseph Fisher
Wm Streat
Thos. Woodroffe
Walter Smith (?)
Roger Biss
Richard Coxhead
Joseph Mitchell
Thos. Lewis
Richard Clark
0

The Recipts of George White Constable of ye Town & Burrough of
Hungerford for ye year 1726
For Two Bulls 02 09 00
of Andrew Viner for ye old stuff of ye Bridge 00 00 10
of ye man for ye use of ye Town Hall for ye Oction 00 09 00
for ye brakeing ye ground for ye stage 00 10 00
Thos Waldarn's income 00 05 00
Willm Hickraan's income 00 05 00
Jonathan Bird's rent of the Town shop 01 05 00
of Joesph Toe for ye Town islands 01 00 00
Rec'd of Mrs Eliot for ye Town Waters in part 04 00 00
Received of Mrs Person for Pale Mead 03 00 00
Rec'd of John Betrage for his years rent 18 00 00
Rec'd for ye Market House (Robinson) 00 10 00
Rec'd of ye Bayley 06 16 07
Rec'd of Mr Lucas Porteve 07 10 02
Mr Rolins income 00 05 00
Received of John Hollier for ye Toll of ye Market in part 05 10 00
Rec'd in all 51 10 07
Rec'd of Sir Jemet Raymon two years Annuity which is given to
ye poor.
Disbursements of George White Constable for ye Toon and Burrough
of Hungerford for ye year 1726.
Payed for a lock for ye fee Pound 00 01 00
for work & stuff to mend Sannum Down gate 00 01 06
A plank for the Town Bridge 00 01 00
Horse hire & expences to Abingdon 01 01 00
pd for ray Sirtificats 00 02 00
pd the Clerk of the peace 00 02 00
pd for seting land mark 00 10 00
pd for driveing and selling ye Town Bulls at Ramsbury fair 00 02 03
for three pieces of Timber to repairing of Town Bridge 00 04 00
for 28 foot -of Oaken planks to repair Bridge at 4d per foot 00 09 04
for 1 days work for John Hellier & my man 00 03 04
for nails for ye towns use 00 01 00
pd for a Bull 02 17 06
pd for fetching the Bull 00 01 00
pd two quarters Goal money 00 17 05
pd Ten Poors taxes 01 17 06

1726/contd
pd ye Poor of Newbury 03 18 00
Pd Tho Horn for a Rope for the Market Bell 00 09 00
pd Charles Thomas for ye years land tax 00 19 10
for a plank used at ye Bridge 00 01 00
Pd John Rosier for making the Town Bounds 01 15 00
Pd John Povey for mending the Down Gate 00 00 06
for a post and three rails for the Marsh Gate 00 05 06
15 04 08
four new Rails for Sannum Down farther gate 00 04 00
pd Mr Bains for Mrs Curtis' sermon 00 10 00
pd John Siney for cutting 9 trees at ye pond 00 01 06
Pd ye Bellman's Sallary 00 15 00
pd as by Bill to Jona Bird 00 10 11
3 Rails for the Town Pond 00 02 00
a piece of stuff for ye Gate 00 00 03
pd ye Cutler for looking after ye clock per his Bill 01 10 08
pd Thos. Lewis as by bill 00 07 00
pd for Medicen for ye Town Bull 00 08 00
pd Hopkins for ye Cure 00 10 06
pd to ye Assesors of ye Land Tax 00 04 00
pd for Summering ye Two Bulls 01 00 00
pd for a Westcote and Briches for ye bellman 01 17 06
A Hat lase & Trimming 00 15 04
Hose 00 02 06
pd a Quit Rent for ye Town land 00 00 06
pd for keeping ye Town Bull 5 weeks 00 02 06
pd Richard Shepherd for work done at ye Bridge as per Bill 00 14 00
for mending ye Chains at ye Town Hall 00 01 00
for caring Thos Holiday to Goal & horse hire & expences for
Keeping him from Saturday till Munday at Daniell Faringdon 00 12 06
Gave soldiers, sailors and other poor men in distress 00 10 06
12 14 02
pd for candles for ye Guard 00 04 00
pd Mr Bidler for making ye assesment for ye Land Tax 00 09 00
Gave ye poor in clothes & money 04 15 00
pd ye Expenses to meet ye High Constable with the return of
jurymen 00 02 06
pd Horse hire to have my returns signed for ye whole year 00 06 00
pd for sending them to ye High Constable 00 02 06
for two piles & two Rails used at Shep. Bridge 00 03 04
for two Rails & one Pile used at Marsh Gate 00 01 08
pd Mr Woodrofe as by Bill 01 03 00
pd Willm. Tuff for making ye Bellman's Westcote & Briches 00 06 00
Gave Daniell Farigdon for keeping Ann Midleton in her
laying in besides what was allowed by ye County 00 11 00
pd ye Midwife 00 05 00

1726/contd
pd for linning & wooling for ye child & woman 00 08 00
pd for horse hire to edevour to get Pass signed & expenses 00 02 06
pd Hugh Cooper for horse hire & expenses to Marlborough in
Ann iMidletons business 00 09 00
pd Hugh Coper for two Horses & expenses to Reding Sesions
with Ann Midleton 00 10 00
pd at ye Hocktide Court for Ordinaries & Extraordinaries 02 01 06
pd for 14 poor mens Dinners 00 07 00
pd their extraordinaries 00 04 06
pd for ye Bellman's dinner 00 00 06
Spent in quartering soldiers in ye whole year 00 01 06
pd John Siney for turning water into the Town pond 00 01 00
pd John Hellier for work as apears by Bill 00 08 06
pf John Pike for nails 00 00 09
for ye Scholl House as by Bill of Thos. Robinson for fetching
five lods of erth & sand 00 05 00
12 16 09
pd the fee Jury 00 01 00
pd Ordinaries & Extraordinaries for Gent & other frinds 00 11 08
pd 16 poor mens Diners 00 08 00
pd for Beer for them 00 02 06
pd for ye Bellman's Diner 00 00 06
pd for two bottles of Wine for the Gent 00 04 00
01 07 08
Brought from page ye 1 15 04 08
from page ye 2 12 14 02
page ye 3 12 16 09
pd Mr Beall for keeping two Courts 01 00 00
Totall 43 03 03
Rec'd in all £51 10 1\
Rests due
874^
Rais'd ye residue of ye Toll of ye Market 00 10 00
8 17 4^
(?)(?) for ye Rents of Town Water from Mrs Eliot (?) 1.00.00
pd Johnathen Coxed late Constable of his money 8 00 00
/over
17 4J£

1726/contd
signed:
John Hamblen
Tho. Woodroffe
Will Forty
John Webb
Win. Biggs
Charles Thomas
Edward Lucas
John Whyneatt
Richard Shepard
William Povey
Daniel Farrenden
mark
\c:

The Receipts of Edward Lucas Constable of the Town & Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1727
Rec'd of the old Constable 0 17 k
Rec'd for 2 Horses of the King being Pounded (?) of the
Port Down 0 6
Rec'd Mr Elgar income 0 0
Rec'd Win Ticking income 0 0
Rec'd of Thos Gyles for 3(?) lodes of Sand 0 6
Rec'd of Thomas Easman income 0 0
Rec'd of Jon Betridge income as a servant to his mother 0 6
Rec'd of Mrs Elliot 20/- due last year for ye rent of the
watter 1 0 0
Rec'd of John Martin for his income 0 5 0
Rec'd of Thomas Butler income 0 0
Rec'd of John Denty income 0 0
Rec'd of John Peaty for his horse being (?) in the comon 0 3 4
Rec'd of Joseph Smith Income as a day laborer 0 2 6
R'd of Richard Cope income
R'd of Francis Heming income 0 5 0
R'd of John Streat for his income 0 0
R'd of Mr Thomas Robinson for the Market House 0 10 0
R'd of Joseph Toe for the Town Island 1 0 0
R'd of a man for having his cow bull'd 0 0 6
R'd for old wood 0 1 0
Re'd of John Betridge one years rent 18 0 0
Re'd of Johnathan Bird for the Town Shop 1 5 0
Re'd of Mrs Elliot for the Watter 0 0
Re'd of Wm Miller Bayliff 0 7
Rec'd of the Portreave 6 0
Rec'd for the rent of pale mead 3 0 0
Rec'd of John Hillard in part for the toll of the Market 3 15 11
Rec'd more of the Portreave 0 3 2
Rec'd of the Tythingmen head silver 0 5 1
Rec'd of Sir Jemmet Rayraont Ten shillings. I gave to the
Poor widows of the parish of Hungerford.
54
The Disbursments of Edward Lucas
Candles for the soaldiers 0 1
pd the jury for setting land marks 10 0
spent on ye soldiers ye 28 May 0 0
pd for work to mend gate & bridge & pound 10 3
pd for nails & timber & plats 0 4 10
(63

1727/contd
pd for mending ye Pitching of ye bridge 0 1 0
4 ye Green Cloth for ye Town Hall Table 1 16 0
pd Wm Miller for Beer as I gave Town & soldiers at ye
Market plaise 2 4 6
gave the ringers 0 5 0
pd Mrs Elliot & Mr Glas for wine 4 13 0
Received at ye same time of 2 2 0
Mr Stonhouse & Mr James 2" TT 0" 2 11 0
Tobaco 0 3 0
paid a man for clearing of Woods 0 0 6
pd for a hook & joints for ye old coffer 0 0 11%
pd for 3 Rayles & mending ye Pound 0 3 0
pd for 2 Rayles a third & twist for a gat & nails and work 0 3
pd a quarters land tax 0 9 11
pd for a joint & nails for ye stocks 0 2 8
pd for work for the stocks & wood & a post of timber for ye
Pownd 0 1 10%
Horse hire & Expenses to Abingdon 1 1 0
to ye Clark of ye peace & certificate 0 4 0
pd for nails & work for ye pond 0 0 5
pd James Feild for mending ye marsh gate 0 1 6
pd for 2 Rayles & 3 Ib of nails for work for ye Pound & Down
Gate 0 3 2
pd Povey for mending ship bridge & nails and wood 0 1 6
pd for charges of ye Town Cull (?) 0 1 0
candles for the (?) soldiers 0 2 0
pd 24 men for helping & watching at ye fier 1 4 0
pd for bear & brandy at ye fier 1 7 0
pd for Hook Rails & work for ye Geat 0 2 8
pd for one dozen of fier Buckets (-?-) 2 3 7
pd for a Press Warrant & sending to the High Constable 0 1 6
Sept 26: pd the High Constable 2 quarters Goal money 0 17 5
pd for 2 Ib of nails at ye Town Bridg 0 0 9
pd Andrew Viner for taking the Raills out of the River at
Tims 0 0 6
Spent with the High Constable when I carried in the
Returns of jury men 0 2 0
paid a quarters Land Tax 0 9 11
Oct 6: paid the minister for preaching Mrs Curtis 's sermon 0 10 0
gave the ringers at ye Coronation 0 5 0
pd for 1 doz (?) of wine 1 4 0
for tobaco & pipes 0 2 6
pd for bear & Candles & gave (-?-) 0 2 0
pd Hosephatt Kimber for planks timber & work at Ship Bridge 0 12 5
Oct 12: pd 5 Poors Taxes 0 13 9
pd for nails & work at ye bridge 0 0 6 %
pd for a rail & work at ye Pound O i l
pd for a rail & nails & work at Down Gate 0 1 2
gave saylors & People with passes 4 times 0 2 4
21 3 9%

1727/contd
for ye Bellman: 3 yds broad cloth 1 0
5 yds red salloons 4
silk & mohare 0 2 0
Thred (-?-) tape & (-?-) 0 6
Bukrum & Wadding 0
\ yd Scarlet Plush 0 3
3 doz^ of Buttons 6
pd Tuft for making the same 0 7 0
pd George White as it appears by Bill 6
pd ye Land Tax 0 9 11
pd ye assessors of Land Tax 0 4 0
pd ye Poore of Newbury 3 18 0
pd WTO Norris as per Bill 0 13 05
pd for 2 rails a post and work & nails at ye pound & Gates 0 6 9
Spent when we met about Thos Gyles 0 6
pd 2 men to watch Thos Gyles horse 0 2 0
8 yds of blew cloth for 4 Waskets 0 12 0
Paid for Summering & Wintering the Town Bull 1 0 0
pd John Hylliard as apears by Bill 0 12
pd Sam Lewis for work done at ye stocks & Church Wikett 0 4 0
pd 6 Poors Tax 0 16 6
pd Thos Cope for repair of stocks as it appears by Bill 0 18
pd for mending ye latch of ye Down Gate 0 1
pd ye High Constable 2 qtrs Goal money 0 17 5
pd for finding the Mear stone of Pale Mead & spent setting
of it out at several times 0 2 6
pd Richard Shepard as by Bill
pd Mr Butler for maken ye land tax 0 3 0
pd John Siny for Bushing 12 Trees at the Town pond 0 0
pd for mending the Down Gate & nails 0 2 1
pd for clearing the carridge to the Town pond 0 1 0
Horse hyer for to have my returns signed for the whole year 0 6 0
pd a quarter Land Tax 0 9 11
gave men and women with passes at several times 0 2 10
pd John Povey for mending the shambles 0
gave the poor in Linnin & woollen cloth & money 4 10 0
pd Jonathan Bird as by Bill 10 6
pd the Bellman's salary 0 15 0
pd John Rosher for keeping the Town Bounds 1 15 0
pd for 13 ornerys & expenses at the Hocktide Court 1 3
pd for 5 bottles of wine 0 10 0
pd for 12 Poor mens Diners 0 6 0
pd for 6 Diners for Gentlemen of Jury 0 0
pd John Tubb for looking after the clock as by bill 1 10 3
pd Mr Beal as by Bill 0 13 4
pd him for keeping 2 Corts 1 0 0
pd Horse hyer for a Press warrant 0 2 6
pd Mr Woodrofe as by Bill 0 13 10
pd the Bayliff his salary 0 15 0
/O;

1727/contd
pd for mending the shambles & for two hooks 0 2 0
pd Mr Whit & John Hilliard for takin an Acct & balancing
the Standings 0 2 0
pd 6 ornary & extrornerys at Lawday court 0 13 0
pd 12 Poor mens diners 0 6 0
pd John Pick (?) as by Bill 0 14 4
7 13 3
fee jury 1 0
1 side 21 9 9%
2 side 26 3 5
Total 55 15%
The Receipts 54 5 \\
Due to Edw Lucas late Constable 00 16
which wee order the new Constable to pay the same
signed:
Thos Woodrofe
William Litman
Tho. Cope
Tho. Waldron
Wra Biggs
Tho. Pike
Edward Westall
Thos Liddiard
Wm Noris
Edw Hanson
Ab. Pettifer
Richd. Clark

The Receipts of Thomas Sare Constable of the Tound and Burrough of
Hungerford for ye year: 1728
Rec'd of show man for the town hall 0 05 00
Rec'd of Mr Big his income 0 05 00
Rec'd of Mr Glas for pal mead 3 00 00
Rec'd of Mr Elexender Thistolthey ten shillings which is
called widow groats 0 10 00
Rec'd of Mr Glas for the town water 5 10 00
Rec'd of Joseph Toe for ye townd ylands 1 00 00
Rec'd of farmer Robinson for ye market hous 0 10 00
Rec'd of John Pike bailif in money 8 17 08^
Rec'd of John Betredg for rent of the tound land 18 00 00
Rec'd for the 4 quarters of bool 2 08 00
Rec'd for the beley of the bool and the head and toung 0 02 00
Rec'd of Jonathan Bird for the rent of the market 4 02 00
Rec'd more of Jonathan for toul 6 03 00
Rec'd of (lanlord) Milard the portreeve 09 00
Rec'd of Mr Haris income 00 05 00
Rec'd of Mr Glas his income 00 05 00
Rec'd of Mr Mickel his income 00 05 00
Rec'd of Thos Rown for the hide 00 10 00
Rec'd of Mr Street for the talow 00 04 06
Total Rec'd 59 11
The Disbursements of Thomas Sare Constable of the Town and Burrough of
E&mgerford for ye year 1728 as followeth
For going to Newbury with the Robbery money, my horse hire
& expenses 00 2 6
For going to Abingdon to be sworn and certificate 01 5 0
For going to have my return signed 00 2 0
For work, bushes and nails at ye town pound 00 1 6
For doing the shambles 00 1 4
For a plank, work and nails at the Shep Bridge 00 4 0
pd Norris for work done at ye Markethouse (part of his bill) 00 10 6
pd for drink for workmen when they done the lane 00 05 0
pd Clement Cooper for working at ye Markethouse 00 02
pd for nails for the shambles 00 01 0
pd for stones and other materials used at the Markethouse 00 05 0
pd for lugs and nails for the town pound 00 1 6
pd for the mending the spout of ye Ingen and oyling the gut 00 1 6
pd the sawyers for sawing out the timber for the market house 00 4 0
^

1728/contd
pd for a board at Jonathan Byrds shop and mending the
shambles then 00 6
pd for cutting the Bull and spent
pd for a new door and work at the cort house 00 10 0
pd for work, a plank and nails at the Town Bridge 00 10 0
gave 3 men in distress 00 0 6
pd for mending the town pound 00 0 8
pd for a warrant and expenses for carrying away the souldiers 00 2 0
gave a woman with great belly 00 0 6
pd for grace and soap for doing the Town Bull 00 0 8
pd for mending the Marsh gate twice 00 2 0
Gave a woman with a great belly which was like to come
chargable 00 1 0
laid out for Town use 00 1 8
pd for boards and work at ye down gate done at two several
times 00 5 0
pd the hocktide jury for setting of land marks 00 6 0
Gave Mr Coster's and Mr Lucas's men when they carryed of ye
soldiers 00 2 0
Spent at twice when the soldiers marched 00 1 6
for mending the 2 pounds and a rail at the marsh gate 00 2 6
gave a woman with a great belly 00 0 6
pd the Tax for the Robbery money 00 1 9
6 9 10
pd for white earth & sand for ye market house 00 4 0
Gave 4 poor men in distress 00 1 0
for mending the two Sanham Down gates 00 1 6
for going to have my return signed 00 2 0
pd more for board, work and nails at the shambles 00 5 6
pd for iron and work done to the turnpike in the Little Lane 00 1 6
pd for mending the fee stocks 00 4 6
gave 3 men with passes in distress 00 1 0
pd for mending Smitham bridge 00 1 0
pd Mr Baynes for Mrs Curtis sermon 00 10 0
Spent in Town affairs 00 1 0
gave 3 men with a pass 00 0 9
pd James Field for timber used at the market house 02 7 01
pd Joseph Biss for fetching and killing the Bull 00 2 0
pd for horse hire and expenses in having my return signed 00 2 0
pd two quarters Goal money 00 17
gave 3 men with a pass in distress 00 0 9
pd for nails and work at ye yonder down gate 00 2 0
pd John Dafney for making the bellman's coat 00 7 0
gave a woman with a great belly 00 0 6
for horse hire and expenses to having returns signed for
the assizes 00 2 0
for horse hire and expenses in going to Reading with the
widow Cannon 00 14 0
ICc.

1728/contd
pd for work, stuff and nails for ye pond 00 1 6
pd Mr Cheney and Mr Liddiard ye years (poor) tax 01 10
pd workmen for mending the Church land 01 0 0
for lugs put up in the water to keep the cattel out of the
Woodmarsh 1 6
gave 3 men with a pass 00 0
pd the second robbery tax 00 1
pd James Dunsden for fatting the Bull 01 0 0
pd more for bushes and workmanship at the Town pond 00 3 0
gave 4 sailors in distress 00 0
Spent in town business 00 1
gave the workmen in beer at the market house 00 3 0
for Boards and Stocks for the shambles 00 0
Pd James Robinson for fetching Gravel for the Church Lane 00 8 0
pd for a certificate 00
pd ordanaries and extraordinaries at Hocktide Jury 01 12 0
pd for poor mens dinners 00 9 0
pd Mr Garrard for keeping ye court 00 10 0
gave the widow Groats in all 00 10 0
pd Mr John Butler for nails for the market house 00 9 \\
14 16 3k
pd John Pike his salary 00 14 9
pd John Pike for the Town Bull 04 5 0
gave 4 men in distress 00 0
pd John Rosier for the Town Bounds 01 15 0
pd Jonathan Coxhead for fetching of Sand, White Earth and
Gravel 01
pd Mrs Elliott for wine drunk when the princes laid in town 01 4 0
pd Mr Shipton for the Bellman's coat 02 6
pd Mr Knowles for Bricks, Tyles and lime for the market house 05 6 0
Spent on Town Business 00 1 0
gave the poor in linnin cloth & money 05 0 0
pd Daniel Hazell for Guilding the weather cock at the
Market House 00 2 0
Let Jehoshaphat Kimber have in part of his bill for work a
quarter of the Bull weighing 106 pounds at ld-% a pound 00 11 0
pd Mr Rimen for keeping the Bull and assessing the land tax 01 0
pd Master Horn for making the new gut for the Ingine 00 0
pd for the hide and dressing of him 01 10 0
pd Jonathan Byrd his salary and for mending the old Gut 00 17 0
pd landlord Miller and Waldron the land tax for the whole
year 01 10 6
Spent in town affairs 00 1 0
pd John Tubb's salary for looking after the clock for the
whole year 01 10 0
pd George White for the Bread to the Poor at Newbury 03 18 0
pd for planks, work and nails and other things used at ye
Town bridge the second time 00 13 4
pd for putting up the new Gates at the Market house 00 10 6

1728/contd
pd John Pike money that he laid out at the Shambles
pd the ordinaries and extraordinaries at the second court
pd poors mens dinners
gave the fee jury
for having my returns signed
spent at Glasses when I rec'd the money for the Town water
spent when I rec'd the portreeves money
Spent with the high Constable at Jos Poveys
Pd for the Widow Cannons Mittimus
Pd Jos Poveys bill for beer for ye ringers when the princes
came by and other things
Spent at Frankums
Joseph Toe gave me an account of (4?) afterwards which was
due to him but was not brought into his bill when pd
00
01
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
1
9
8
1
1
1
0
41
8
0
4
9
0
0
0
6
0
6
0
0
8
6
0
The Ballance of the Accounts stands as followeth:
Total Rets
brought from page the first
brought from page the second
brought from last page
37
£
59
6
14
37
8
s
10
9
16
8
^
d
m
10
3^2
6\
58
14
8
Remains due
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
to Wm Norris
to Jehos. Kimber
to John Tubb
to Mr Geo Garrard
to Richard Clark
to Thos Woodroffe
to Tho Gyles
to Tho Field
to Martin
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
15
5
13
18
11
119
14
3
8
9
6
0
11* 002
No signatures
Disburst
Rec'd
Due to Sare
67
59
8
18
11
7
11%
10^
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The ftLsburstments of Anthony Wbodroffe Constable of the Town and Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1729
£ s d
pd Mr John Butler for a pair of gints and 2 padlocks usd at
the market house 00 02
Spent in Towne bisness 00 01 0
Spent in quatren of souldars 00 00 6
gave 2 disbonded souldars and being sick with a pass of
admettans 00 00 8
pd Jeames Field for Timber and worke done at the fee pound
as it appears by his Bill 00 18 4
gave a poor man in gratt want 00 00
spent in bisness when Thomas Toe was kild 00 01 0
gave 4 disbonded soulders with 3 children with a pass of
admettans 00 01 0
bought of Richard Russ of henwick A bull and the bring home
in all 02 07 6
pd for horse hiar and expensis to Lamborn to hafe a return
sind for the seishons 00 02 0
pd Thomas Woodroffe and William Rymond for Assesing the land
tax 00 05 0
pd Mr John Butler for macking the Land Tax 00 03 0
pd horse hier and expensis to Lamborn to hafe a return sind
for the assizes 00 02 0
pd a mesingar and hors hiear to newbrye to fech the kroronar
for Thomas Toe 00 01 6
pd Mr hotson the kroroner for taking the inqesishon of Tom.Toe 01 01 0
pd Mr Glass for Mr Hbtson's dinner and raony spent on the
Juearye 00 09 10
pd Mr Costar 2 poors taxis Charged for the shambols and toul 00 05 6
pd the high Constable 2 qur. gail monye 00 17 5
gave 4 disbonded souldrs with A pass 00 00 6
spent in town bisness 00 00 6
pd for a Certificate for abbinton sessions 00 02 0
pd hors hiar and expensis to abbinton sessions 01 04 0
pd John Roshear for bushis and worke don at the wood marsh at
Lameas last past 00 01 4
gave 2 poor souldars with 5 Children 00 00 3
pd Thomas Ely and William hamblin to dress the bull to standin
to be fattit 00 01 3
geave A disbonded souldar with A wief and 2 Children with
A pass 00 00 6
8 10 1
pd Mr Costar 2 poors taxis Charged on the sharabols and toul
of the market 00 05
for hors hiar and expensis to mette The high Constable with
A Return of the free houlders • 00 02

1729/contd
gave 2 disbondid souldrs lame & sick 00 00 6
pd the high" Constable 2 qur gail raonye 00 17 5
pd for hors hiar to the high Constable with my Return for the
sessions 00 00 6
gave a poor woman with a setifeket & bige with Child like to
become Charubl 00 00 8
pd Joseph Poye for bear to the wachmen for taking kear at the
blind hous when Thomas Backen wass in holt 00 00 7%
spent in town bisness 00 00 5
ga.ve 4 poor saraen with A sotifket 00 00 6
pd Charls Thomas 2 qur. land tax for the Town rents 00 15 3
gave a souldar and 2 wimmen with A pass of admettans 00 00 6
pd John Roshear and Robert Roshear for cut tin the weeds in
the lour dound water being straitend to hafe my Returns
sind for the sessions by Mr Jeames 00 07 6
ffor my keeping the 2 town bulls all the sommar 00 15 0
pd Mr Baynes for Mrs Curtis Sarmon 00 10 0
pd Joseph Poye 2 poor taxis Charged for the shambols and
toul of the markett 00 05 6
spent in town bisniss 00 00 6
gave A poor man by sotifiket 00 00 3
gave 2 souldrs one woman & 2 Children with A pass of
admittans 00 00 6
gave a poor woman & 2 sick Children with a pass of admittans 00 00 3
pd William Toff for macking A wesket and Briches for the
beall man 00 06 6
pd to The poor of newbrye 03 18 0
pd John dear to keari the monye to newbrye 00 00 3
pd Joseph Poye for bear by my orders to poor men for puting
out the fiar in Thomas Robbinsons Chimny in the nite tiem 00 02 6
pd hors hiear and expensis to have my Retorn sind at lamborn
for the sessions 00 02 0
gave 5 disbonded souldrs & one woman & 2 children & somme of
them sick with a pass of admittans 00 00 6
gave 9 men moar with a pass 00 00 3
gave 5 souldars with a pass and skears Abull to trafil som
of them 00 00 6
pd Jeames Field for timber and Rails and worke at the maish
geatt as by his bill 00 15 6
09 09
pd Joseph Pouye 2 poor taxis for the shambols and toul of
the market 00 5 6
pd Thomas horn for A new rope for the market bell 00 3 0
gave 4 poor souldars with a pass 00 0 4
pd Francis noon for 2 days worke at the pond to grafil round
the bank 00 2 0
pd John pettefar for on days worke at the pond to grafil round
the banke 00 1 0

1729/contd
pd Thomas gills for diging grafil and 4 days worke beside at
Che pond 00 10 0
od for feching 12 loade of grafil to lay Round the pond 00 12 0
ffor hors hiear and expencis to Lamborn to sine my Return for
the assiesis 00 2 0
pd Mr(?)s Durnsdon for fatting the Tound bull being ther
11 weeks 01 2 0
pd Mr Chaine for a wesket and briches and hose and all trirning
as it appears by his bill for the bell man 02 4 0
gave 8 poor semen to paye for Thayer loging 00 0 8
pd Joseph pouye on tax for the Shambols and towl of the market 00 2 9
pd hors hiear and expencis to the bowllingren to have my
Return sind for the sesisons 00 1 0
gave A poor souldar in grate want 00 0 1
pd Charles Tommas for A hatt for the beall man 00 8 0
gave to 30 poor Widdows which is the widdos groats 00 10 0
pd for 3 pools to Jonathan hidden to bound on far the Rifar
at dun mill to keep the Kattel out of the woodmaish 00 1 2
paid Thomas sine for turning the Water into the pond for the
hole year 00 1 0
gave a poor sick souldar 00 0 1
Spent on the Jury at the Clark of the markets Koart 00 6 0
gave to the poor in linnin cloath 01 2 9
gave to the poor in raonye 03 17 3
pd Charls Thomas 2 qur. land tax 00 15 3
pd Richard Shepard for worke don at the shambols and the 2
brigis and piching in the Church Lane as appears by his
bill 02 8 9
pd John Roshear for keeping the town bounds for the hoall year 01 15 0
spent in town bisness 00 1 0
pd Johnathan burds sollari 00 15 0
pd John Martin for worke and all materils as appears by his
bill done for the Town 00 14 6
18 2 7
pd John Streat for pounding Sheep out of the Wheatt stobs by
the order of the hocktide Juri 00 3 4
pd John Tob for keeping the town klock and for worke dun to
mend the seam 01 13 0
pd Mr John Butler for nails foot(?) by workmen for the uess
of the town 00 01 6
pd at the hocktide Courte for 25 June mens dinnars 01 05 0
and for 12 poor mens dinnars 00 08 0
and other ornarys and Extriordnaries 00 15 0
pd Mr Garrard for A deputacon and for keeping three Courts
in the Burrough of hungerford and the Liberty of Sanden
ffee 02 03 6
113

1729/contd
pd Richard Clarke for worke dim at the pound and the 3 down
geatts and pond the geatt in the Cowlane the market hall
and shambols the bell whell and Clock house sraithara brige
and Repairs to the weiar of the Town Island as appears by
his Bill
pd the tethenmen thayer Bill for earring Thomas Buckken to
04 07 7
Radden 02 07 8
pd Brother Woodruff for mendin the ingien as by bill 00 04 6
pd Mr Lukes for keeping the Bull 00 15 0
pd georg whitt as by Bill 00 10 1
pd The bailf his solloary 00 15
pd Mr John Butler as by bill as The skull house 01 12 0
pd at the fee Court 00 01 0
pd at the Lawday Court ornarys and extraornires 01 12 6
18 14 11
brot on far 18 02 7
09 09 11
08 10 1
disburst 54 17 7
pd to Jona. Coxhead Constable in the year 1725 2 00
pd Mr Garrard for Court keeping in 1728 0 13 6
pd Mr Ryman wh he pd. Knowles & Nalder 2 9 9
pd Richard Sheppard 1 16 6
61 17 11
The Receipts of Anthony Woodroffe Constable of The Town and Burrough
of Hungerford for the year 1729
Rec'd of Mr Rimond for small grafil as wase left in the Church
lean by the last Constable 00 01 0
Reed of Edward Joans of Fraxfield for A trespass of A hors
in the maish 00 03 4
Reed of georg Lyond for his Inkome 00 05 0
Reed of John herriot for the Town Bull 03 05 0
Reed of John Luinton for his Income 00 05 0
Reed of dannel Bortun for his Income 00 05 0
Reed of Jeames Field for the poost of the marsh geatt 00 01 0
Reed of John Betriedg the first halfe years Rennt 09 00 0
Reed of Johnathen Burd half of years Rennt for the Towles of
the markeat 04 10 0
Reed of Sr Jmmett Raymond for The widdos groats 00 10 0
Reed of Mr Joseph Shipton for pall mead and the land belongin
to it 03 00 0
Reed of Mr Edward glass for the Town Watare 06 00 0

1729/contd
Reed of John Betriedg the last halfe years Rennt 09 00 0
Reed of Johnathen Burd the last half years Rennt for the towle 04 10 0
Reed of Johnathen Burd for the Town shop A years Rennt 02 10 0
Reed of John Pike portref 07 07 6
Reed of Mr Thomas Robbinson for the markett house 00 10 0
Reed of Mr Richard Clarke for the Town Islands the years Rent 01 12 0
Reed of the Tethenraen hed silfar 00 00 4
Reed of the Bailf 09 03 4
Reed 61 18 6
disburst 54 17 7
due to the town 07 00 11
The Ballance of Mr Anthony Woodroffe Account is as follows £ s d
Reed in All 61 18 6
Paid in All 61 17 11
00 00 7
paid to Mr Edwd Hanson 00 00 7
Memorandum 17 Apl 1730. We do allow of the said Anthony Woodroffe
Account. Errors Excepted
signed:
John Hamblen
Wm Riraan
Thos. Woodroffe
Richd Sare
George White
Charles Thomas
Wm Biges
Thos Robinson
Ed Glass
Edwd Hanson
Roger Biss
John Streat
John Mackrill
The mark of Richd Bird
Thomas Willmot
Ben Gregory

The Receipts of Bdwd Hanson, Constable of the Town & Burrough
of Hongerford for the year 1730
£ s d
Reed of the late constable 00 00 08
Reed of Henry Clark for his income 00 05 00
Reed for the Bull 02 03 08
Reed of the Auctionman for the use of the Town Hall 00 05 00
Reed of Mr Rose for his income 00 05 00
Reed for a horse that trespassed in the marsh 00 03 04
Reed for the young swan 00 04 00
Reed for the Bull Stag 03 08 10
Reed for another horse that trespassed in the marsh 00 03 04
Reed of my father for his income 00 05 00
Reed of Jonathan Bird for the toll of the market er 09 00 00
Reed of John Betteridge one years rent for the town lands 18 00 00
Reed of William Davis for his income 00 05 00
Reed of John Rosier for ye town water 04 10 00
Reed for the town islands 01 12 00
Reed of Jonathan Bird for the town shop 02 00 00
Reed of Mr Thomas Robinson for the Market house 00 10 00
Reed quit rents of the Portreeve 07 08 00
Reed of the Bayliff 07 13 07
Reed of Mr Shipton for the rent of Paleroead 03 00 00
Reed of Sr Jemmet Raymond for the widdows groats 00 10 00
Reed of Anthony Martin towards his income 00 02 06
Reed of the Tythingmen head pence 00 00 06
Reed of Mr Robinson for letting his sheep into the clover
field before St Luke at per score 00 01 03
Total Receipts 61 16 09
Total disbursements 41 05 10
Due to the Town 20 10 11
, /
/ 6

1730/contd
The Disbursements of Edward Hanson, Constable 1730
£ s d
paid for a Bull and bringing home 03 03 06
paid for the jury at ye setting of the landmarks 00 10 00
paid for my certificate 00 02 00
Paid horse hire and expenses to Abingdon to be sworn 01 00 00
Paid the clarke of the peace 00 02 00
Paid expenses in carrying Jonathan Dore to Bridewell 00 10 00
Paid for a plank at sheep bridge 00 00 09
Paid for cutting the town Bull er 00 01 00
Paid John Rosier for going to Lambourn for a man to cure ye
Bull 00 01 00
Paid Mr Westall for curing the Bull being burnt & of his
lameness 00 15 00
Paid expenses for grease and for helping dress the Bull 00 01 00
Paid for driving the Bull to standing to be fattened 00 00 09
Paid for fetching the Bull from Wallinton 00 00 06
Paid in the whole year 4 quarters Goal money 01 14 10
Paid horse hire and expenses to Lambourn to desire the
Commissioners for charitable uses to appoint new
Trustees for the school at two several times 00 06 00
Paid the Bayliff there 00 06 00
Paid for a rope to ye Market Bell 00 02 00
Paid for pitch for the engine and workmanship two several
times 00 02 06
Paid Richard Sheppard for mending the pitching in Church Lane 00 07 02
Paid Win Nalder on the same Acct 00 01 00
Paid John Martin the blacksmith for work & nails as per bill 00 07 03
Paid Richard Clark & Francis Brown for mending Sraitham Bridge 00 02 00
Paid Jehosophat Kimber for work and a harrow to the Marsh
Gate 00 03 00
Paid Richard Clark for work as p bill 00 13 00
10 14 00
Paid the 9 poors taxes for the shambles er for the whole year 01 04 09
Paid horse hier and expenses to Newbury with ray return of the
Assesors of the Land Tax 00 02 00
Paid expenses in getting of a pass signed 00 02 06
Expended with the High Constable in making my return of
jurors 00 02 06
Paid for filling the engine with water and keeping same full
several times during the dry weather 00 02 00
paid to the 4 Land Taxes for the whole year 01 00 04
Paid for fetching the Bull from Standing 00 01 00
Paid for killing the Bull 01 06
More expenses at the same time 00 00 06

1730/contd
Paid horse hire to ye High Constable to impress carriages
for ye soldiers
Paid for a Warrant on ye same Acct 00 01 00
expended on billetting soldiers in the whole year 00 02 00
Paid for 2 stones etc to mend the town bridge 00 01 06
Paid for lead to soder the same together 00 00 10
Paid expenses in fetching the Bull stag home and killing 00 02 06
Paid farmer Knight for keeping the Bull stag 00 07 06
Paid farmer Dunsdown for keeping the Bull & Bull stag 02 07 00
Paid for the Bellmans coat 02 03 06
Paid for making the same 00 07 00
Paid the Bellman his salary 00 15 00
Paid the Bellman for sowing & oyling the gut of the engine 00 05 00
09 10 10
Paid to the poor of Newbury 03 18 00
Paid for preaching Mrs Curtis's sermon 00 10 00
Paid Thomas Siney for turning the water into the pond 00 01 00
Paid John Rozier for keeping the town bounds 01 15 00
Paid the Cutler his salary for looking after the clock 01 10 00
Paid the Cutler for mending the same 00 04 02
Paid horse hire and expenses to have my returns signed for
the whole year and carrying them to the High Constable 00 08 00
Paid Richard Sheppard his bill for mending the shambles 00 08 07
Gave to travelling people with passes & other poor people in
distress for the whole year 00 06 00
Gave to the poor of Hungerford Widdows & others 05 00 00
Paid Mr Garrard his salary for keeping courts for ye whole
year 02 00 00
Paid at the Hocktide Court for one & twenty Jurymens dinner 01 01 00
Paid for twelve poor mens dinners 00 06 00
Paid at the same time other ordinaries & Extraordinarys 00 08 06
Paid the Tythingmen their bill being money paid to put off
people brought with passes Mr James refusing to sign
their papers 00 10 00
Paid Mr Butler for nails 00 04 04
Paid Mr Butler for writing the assessments of the Land Tax 00 08 00
Paid to the fee 00 01 00
Paid Mr Lucas for assessing the Land Tax 00 02 00
Paid the Bayliff his salary 00 12 00
Paid for mending the shambles 00 00 10
19 06 02
Paid John Streat for pounding Thomas Robinson's sheep out
of the clover 00 00 06
Paid at the law day court for 20 Jurymens dinners 01 00 00
Paid at the smae time for eight poor mens dinners 00 04 00
Paid other ordinaries & extraordinarys 00 03 06
Paid more at the same time 00 06 09
01 14 09

1730/contd
This side 01 14 09
The other side 19 06 02
The other leaf 9 10 10
The other side of the leaf 10 14 00
Total disbursements
4l01TO"
7th May 1731 : We do allow of the account and that there is due to the Town
Twenty Pounds ten shillings and eleven pence.
signed:
Anthony Woodroffe
John Ryraan
Thos Woodroffe
John Toe
John Mackrill
Thos Robinson
Richard Coxhead
George White
John Webb
Edward Playsteed
John Streat
Josh Toe
Joseph Rosier his mark
Daniel Farrenden
William Blundy
Thomas Paty
John Betteridge
Thomas -?-

1731
An Account of the Msbursments of Wa Cheyney
Pd Mr Forty by order 2 0 0
Paid Mr Knowles 3 10 6
Paid Mr Tho Woodroffe 0 18 0
Paid Tho Cope 8 17 0
Pd Win Norris 2 3 6
Pd Tho Gyles 0 14 0
Disburst as above att the hocktied Courta in the wholle 18 3 0
Pd James Webb for a Bull 02 10 0
Pd fanner Swaite for a Bull 02 05
Pd the Juery for setting the Lande markes 00 10 0
Pd for Locke for the Pound in fee 00 00 4
Pd for the asesment and assesing of the Lande Tax for the
Towne 00 05 0
Pd Mr John Robinson for eight Poors Taxes for the Towlle
of the markett and Buchers Shambles 01 02 0
Expendid in examining the Ingine and for 2 Qartes of oyle
used about the Gutt 00 03 4
Pd for an Acte of Parlliament Reallaeting to billeting
souldrs 00 01 6
Pd for driveing the Bull to Ramsbury and Newbury in order
for saell 00 02 6
Pd for press warrantes for Carriges with Soulders to
Whitcurch 00 02 0
Pd for a Cirtivakaete 00 02 0
Pd for horse hier and expenses to Abingdon to be sworn 00 19 6
Pd the Clerke of the peace 00 02 0
Expendid with the high Constable in the Returne freehoulders
qallifyd to serve in Juryes 00 01 9
Pd John Roshier for markeing Bounds to the woodmarsh in
keeping Cattell out of the Corne 00 11 0
horse hier and expensis to attend the Justices att
Shefford in the Returne of the Viktillers 00 01 6
Pd the high Constable for 2 Qarters Jayle money 00 17 5
27 19 10
Pd 4 Qarters Land Tax for the yeare 1 00 4
Pd Sam Lewis for stapells and haps for the Curch wickets 0 00
Pd Mr Beanes for Preachin Mrs Curtiss sermon 00 10 0
Pd for a Roope for Markett Bell 00 02
Pd to the Poore of Newbury 03 18 0
120

1731/contd
Pd Mr Tho Woodrofs Bill for mending the Engin and other 00 03 08
Pd for warrant and horse hier the high Constable to procuere
Carriges for 4 Companys Souldrs 00 02 0
dellivered a Broade Cloth Coate and raakeing in all wh came
to for the Bellman 02 05
Pd for Two press warrants for Carrageis for Soulds Baging 00 02 0
Pd horse hier and expensis to the high Constable and with
Warrants for Carrigs 00 3 6
Pd for Luggs for pielleing and keeping up the pich in
Curch Land 00 01 09
Pd two menn for thaier worke 00 02 06
Pd Win Nalder Bill for worke done for the use of the Towne 00 05 1
Pd Mr John Butlers Bill 00 04 6
Pd Mr Tho Robinson for sumering one of the Bulls 00 10 0
Pd John Martin Bla: Smith Bill 0 04 9
Pd James ffeild for worke done att the marsh Gate & pound 00 12 11
Pd for shetting ? the Roope of the Clocke in two plasis 00 00 3
Pd Thomas Willmott Bill for worke done for the use of the
Towne 02 00 00
Pd horse hier and expensis for haveing my Returnes signed
for siese and sessions for the yeare 00 07 3
Gave to poore peopell with permits and other distresd
peopell for the wholle yeare 00 08 0
Disburst this siede 13 4 7
Pd John Tubb the Cutler for lookin after the Clocke
and amending him as apearse by Bill 01 16 00
Pd Jonathen Birde his Sallery 00 15 00
Pd him for worke done to the Ingin Gut 01 01 08
Pd John Martin Bill for -?- Church wicket and Locke for
Cheste 00 05 00
Gave in money to the Poore of Hungerford and in Linin Cloth 04 10 00
Pd Mr Garrard his Sallery 02 00 00
Pd Daniel Farringdon all the hocktide Courte for the
Jurys Dinners and the 12 pore mens diners ornarys and
extraornarys 01 17 00
Pd George White markeing ? the Church wickett & amending
other 00 09 00
Pd John Roshier for markeing the Town Bounds 01 15 00
Pd Tho Sieny for Turneing the watter in the Towne ponde 00 01 00
Paid the Bayley his sallery 00 13 9
Paid for a hatt and lace for itt by orders of hocktid Jury
for the Bellman 00 14 6
Pd Mr Ryman for summering and wintering the Bull 01 05 00
Pd my horse hier and expensis to Newbury sessions with
Mr Garard 00 05 00
Pd Mr Lucas due to him upon an old acompte 00 16 4
Pd the Fee Juery 00 01 00

1731/contd
Pd att the Lawday Courte for the Juery and other ornary
and extraornary and for 16 Poore raens diners in the
wholle to Jos Povey 01 19 00
Pd Richard Clarke for worke dona for the use of the Towne 02 02 9
Pd the Tythingmans Bill 00 12 6
Pd Nicholas Butler more by order of the Juery att hocktied 00 01 6
22 01 00
An Account of the Reception of Mr Wn Cheyney
£ s d
Reced of Mr Ed Hanson the late Constable by ord 20 10 11
Reaced for poundeing of sheepe wh trespast on the Common 00 3 4
Sould one of the Bulls to ffarmer Clarke of Bagshet att 01 04 00
Reaced of John Bettridge halfe years Rent for the Town
Lands dew att mickallmas 09 00 00
Reced of Henry Buckridg for Rente of the Blinde house 00 04 00
Reaced of Jonathan Bird for the Towlle of the market 07 00 00
Reaced of him for the Rente of the Towne shope 02 00 00
Raced of John Hiddin his Income 00 05 00
Raced of Tho Robinson for The markett house 00 10 00
Raced of Tho Smith his Income 00 05 00
Reaced of John Roshier for Rente of the Towne water 05 10 00
Reaced of Mr Collet for his Income 00 02 06
Paced for paille meddoe 03 00 00
Reaced of the Bayley 08 05 00
Reaced for the Towne Illands 02 02 00
Reaced of Richd Coxhead for 3 Cow Cattell Trespesing on
the Comon 00 11 00
Raced John Stephins Income 00 02 6
Raced of the Poortrefe 07 05 02
Reaced of John Bettridg halfe years Rent for the Towne Lands
dew att Ladyday laste 09 00 00
The Tythingman 00 00 00
Bro in -?-
no entry
Totall Reaced is 77 00 05
Reaced of Sir Jemitt Raymond the sum of Ten shills for the
Pore widows wh wase gave last Good Friday.
/contd
/1 ~~
I AX.

1731/contd
An Account of the Disburstmts of Mr Wn Cheney Constable In the year 1731
27 19 10
13 04 07
22 01 00
Total 63 05 05
Received by Mr Wm Cheney for the same year 77 00 05
Deduct 63 05 05
Due to the Towne 13 15 00
The further Disbursements of Mr Cheney by order of the Jury
To Johosophat Kimber as p bill 01 15 08
To John Tubb as p bill 00 05 09
To Mr Garrard 00 13 06
To Richard Clark as p bill 01 18 08
To Mr Tho Woodroffe as p bill
00 11 11^
To Thos ffeild as p bill 00 09 00
To John Marten as p bill 01 14 02
07 08 08k
Paid Mr fforty his bill 02 00 00
Paid Thos Noon for keeping a stray Horse 00 01 06
Paid John Streat for his Care in his office of overseer
of the Common 00 07 06
Omitted in Mr Cheneys Account for horse hier to Newbury
Sessions 00 02 00
28th Aprill 1732
Paid by Mr Cheyney to the Constable elect Mr Thos Liddiard
by order of the Jury the ballance of the Account being
signed
Thos Woodroff
John Mackrill
Richd Sare
Jos Allen
Wm Ryman
Daniel Farrenden
Thos Sare
John Bettridge
Anthony Woodroffe
John Hiddens ? marke
Edw Hanson
Edwd Mullington
George White
Richard -?- his marke
Willm Forty Richd Play -?-
Edward Playsteed
Richard Clark
Charles Thomas
Wm Biggs
09 19 Ok
03 16 0^
.
x_^

Receipts of Thos Liddiard Constable of ye Town & Burrough
of Hungerford for ye year of our Lord 1732
Reed of ye late Constable 16 0^
Reed of Samual Purton for Pounding a Horse out of ye Marsh 0 3 4
Reed of John Bettridge half a years Rent for ye Town lands
to Michaelmas last 9 0 0
Reed for a Horse pounded out of ye Marsh of Francis
of Ramsbury 0 3 4
Reed of Robert Rozier for ye Town Water 6 6
Reed of Jonathan Bird for ye Toll of ye Market
and for ye Town Shopp 2 0 0
Reed of Mr Ryman for half a years Rent for ye Town lands to
Lady Day last past 2 6
Reed of ffarmer Buttler and of Mr Shipton for Pale Mead 3 0 0
Reed of ffarmer Robinson for ye Town Islands 11 6
and for ye Markett House 0 10 0
Sold ye Bull to Joseph Povey for 0 15 0
Reed of Will -?- for ye Blind House 0 0
Reed of Mr Lidial for his Income
Reed of Mr ffawley Shoemaker for his Income 0 5 0
Reed of ye Portrive 1 8
Reed of ye Bayleif 7 0 1
The Rent of ye Workhouse
no entry
Sir Jemmett Raymond 10 0
The Tythingman brought in 0 0 6
The Disbursments of TTmmag Liddiard Constable of ye Town
and Burrough of Hungerford for ye year of our Lord 1732
52 11 5%
£ s d
Paid for Bull to Mr Edwd Westall 10 6
Paid for mendg ye Town Bounds 15
Pd for sending a Hew & Cry to Ham 1 0
Paid for an Act of Parliament 1 6
Gave to Poor people with Permitts and other ways 0
Paid Eight Poor taxes for ye Shambles 1
Paid for assesing ye Land Tax 0 5
Paid for Preaching Mrs Curtises Sermon 0 10 0
Spent at Abington 1 0
To ye Clerk of ye Peace
For my Certificate
For getting my Returns signed in all 0 9 0
Paid four qtrs Goal money 1 14 11
Paid ye Tythingman his Expenses in serving a Warrant 0 1
Spent at ye Fee Court on Jury mens Dinners & Extrordinaries 1 9 0

1732/contd
Paid for a Rope for ye Town Clock 0 0
Paid co ye Poor of Newbury 3 18 0
Paid the Tythingm for attendance when he warnd the fe that
were not Inhabitats 0 1 0
Paid Mr Munday for Searching Mr Simkinss wrighting for what
was useful for ye Town 1 0
Spent about it 0
Paid Mr Ryman for wintering and sumering one of ye Bulls 1 00
Paid Farmer Robinson for sumering ye other Bull 0 10 0
Paid a Year Land Tax 0 10
Paid when I went to ye High Constable for instructions to
appoint Jurymen 0 6
Spent upon those that went to Land Marking 0 10 0
Paid for ye Bellmans Cote as appears by Bill 2 15 9
For makeing 0 10 6
Paid him his Sallery 0 15 0
Carryed forward 27 12 7
Paid Gregory's Bill about ye Engeons 2 0 10
Paid James ffeild Bill for ye same 2 6 4
Paid Mr Woodroff as by Bill 1 13 2
Paid Mr Buttler as by Bill 0 9 3
Paid John Martin as by Bill 0 19 1
Paid ye Tythingmens Bill 9 4
Paid Jonathan Bird for mending ye Gutt Engeon and oyling them 0 6 0
Paid for looking after ye Town Clock to old Tub 1 10 0
Paid Mr Lucas for Draging ye River 0 5 0
and for mending ffarmer Pounds Dragg 0 3 0
ffor Candles to ye Town Hall 0 1 6
ffor makeing ye Wood Marsh Hedge 0 12 0
Paid Thomas Siney for Turning ye Water into ye Pond 0 1 0
Pd Will. Nalder for mending ye Bridge 0 1 6
Pd John Lewington as by Bill 0 1 3
Gave to ye Poor widdows Groats included 5 0 0
Pd Mr Ryman for Rushes 12s about half being used about ye
Peate? 0 6 0
Mr Garrards Sallery 2 0 0
Paid at ye Hocktide Court Ordinaries & Extraordinaries 3 3 6
Paid ye Bayleifs Sallery 0 11 8
Paid for work as by Bills to ye Bayleif 2 12 9
Paid at ye Lawday Court 1 15? 0
Paid Mr Garrards Bill 1 0 0
Disbursments in all 57 0
Reed in all 52 11
3^

1732/contd
13 April 1733 We do agree to and allow of this Amount and that there
remains due to Mr Thomas Liddiard the Constable ffour pounds nine shillings
and three pence half penny.
Signed
Will Forty
Wm Ryraan
Edwd Hanson
John Streat
John Toe
Jos Allen
Daniel Farrenden
Richard Clark
Tho Pike
Win Cheyney
James Webb
Edward Playsteed
Henry Clark
William Blundy
The mark of Walter Tutill
John Betteridge
Edwd Mullington
Thomas Neal
126

The Receipts of James Webb Constable of the Town & Burrough of
Hungerford for the year 1733
Recvd of Mr Robinson for the Market House 00 10 00
Recvd for the use of the Town Hall 00 06 06
Recvd of Mr Ryman for one year's Rent for ye Town Land 6 5 00
Recvd for the Bull 1 5 00
Recvd for the Mill Mead Hedge 00 11 00
Recvd of the Overseers for a year & \ Rent for ye Work House 9 00 00
Recvd for Mill Mead Hay 7 00 00
Recvd of Win Allen for ye Town Barn 1 00 00
Recvd of Mr Woodroffe for ye Orchard 00 15 00
Recvd for Pale Mead 3 00 00
Recvd of Jonathan Bird for Toll of the Market 7 00 00
Recvd of Jona. Bird for the Town Shop 2 00 00
Recvd of John Rosier for ye Town Water 6 6
Recvd more 0 15 0
Recvd of the Bayliffe 9 10 6
Recvd of the Portreeve
7 5 2 ^
Recvd of Mr Thos Woodroffe for 2 year's arrear of Quit Rent
for Chantry Mead 00 1 4
Recvd of Richard Clarke for ye Town Islands 1 5 00
Recvd of ye Tythingraen for head pence 00 1 00
Total of Receipts
63 03 00^
The Disbursements of James Webb Constable of the Toon & Burrough
of Hungerford for ye Year 1733
£ s d
Pd the Hocktide Jury for Land Marks 00 10 0
Pd for a Certificate to carry to Abingdon 00 1 6
Pd John Cannon for half a year's Land Tax. for Mill Mead 00 1 1\
Pd For mending two Gates for Timber & nails 00 3 11
Pd For 10 poor's taxes for Mill Mead 00 10 00
Pd For 10 Taxes for the Toll of the Market 00 6
Pd For 10 Taxes for the Shambles & part of the Market House 1 00 00
Pd Mr Shrimpton for opening the Hatches to Water Mill Mead 00 2 6
Spent on selling the Hay 00 1 00
Pd Horse Hier & Expenses in going to Newbury to fetch a Warrt.
for ye Assessors of ye Land Tax 00 2 00
Pd The Assessors of ye Land Tax 00 5 00
Pd For 6 Score Bundles of Bushes to make the Town Bounds 00 12 6
Pd For making the Down Bounds & Hedge at the Work House 1 1 0
Pd For Expence & Horse Hier in going to Lambourn to have my
Return signed for the whole year 00 12 00
Pd For a Clock Line 00 2 6
•^

1733/contd
Pd For mending & Painting the Church Wicketts 00 3 00
Pd Thos Nalder a Day's Work at ye Town Pond 00 6
Pd Two Quarters Gaol money 00 17 4
Pd Horse Hier & Expenses for Work to press Teems 00 2 00
Pd One Year's Land Tax for Mill Mead 00 14 3
Pd Mr Hawkins for the Tythe of Mill Mead 00 15 00
Gave a Disbanded Soldier & his wife 00 00 6
Pd Thos Paty for Watering Mill Mead & for Worke done at ye
Hatch 1 5 6
Carried forward 9 12
Pd Mr Woodroffe for two load of gravel 00 2 00
Pd For nails and work to mend the Bridge and Pond 00 00 6
Pd For the Bell-man's Coat 1 16 4
Pd For making ye Bell-man's Coat 00 5 00
Pd Mr Lucas for the water for Mill Mead two years 1 00 00
Pd for a Hatt & Lace for ye Bell Man 00 13 00
Pd For cleansing the Engine 00 1 00
Pd For Horse & Expences for my Self & Witness's at ye
Sessions at Abingdon 1 1 00
Pd The Clark of the Peace 00 2 00
Pd more in being oblig'd in going to Oxford & laying there
to have the Certificate signed 00 6 00
Pd Two Quarter's Jayl money 00 17 4
Pd the Tythingman for carrying Jno Bettridge to Jayl 2 18 00
Pd Thos Home for ye Bell-rope 00 1 6
Pd John Lewington as per Bill 00 6
Pd For carrying Doc -?- Martin & Alex Gilbert to Jayl 3 18 00
Pd Two men for cutting the Weeds 00 4 00
Pd Mr Jones for preaching Mrs Curtis's Sermon 00 10 00
Pd For the Land Tax for the Toll of the Market & Shambles
for one year 00 10 2
Pd For making ye Quit rent Roll 00 2 6
Pd John Tubb as per Bill 1 18 2
Pd the Bell Man's Sallary 00 15 00
Pd Mr Ryman for Summering the Bull 00 10 00
Pd the poor of Newbury 3 18 00
Pd Simon Racey (?) for mending the Church Wicketts 00 00 6
Pd Thomas Willmot for mending the Bridge & pond 00 2 00
Pd ffarmer Pounds for 25 Lugg of Wood to make Mill Mead Hedge 1
Gave the poor in Cloth and Money 4 10 00
Pd Ordanary's & Extraordinarys at the Hocktide Court 2 13 00
Carried forward 39 18 5

1733/contd
Disbursements brot. forward 39 18
Pd for the Carriage of the Wood to make Mill Mead Hedge 00 12 00
Pd For making the Hedge 00 8 00
Pd Mr Garrard for keeping ye Courts 2 00 00
Pd the Bayliffe his Sallary 00 15 10
Pd Ordinary's & Extraordinary's at the Law day Court 2 8 6
gave the ffee Jury 00 1 00
Pd Richard Clarke by Bill 01 17
Pd The Bayliffe his Bill for ye repair of the Shambles 00 1
Pd For 12 poor men's Dinners 00 8 00
Pd For Felling & Earnest for Wood to make Mill Mead Hedge 00 2 11
Pd Mr Rosier for 53 Bundles of Bushes for to mend the Town
Bounds 00 4 9
Pd The Bayliffe for Hooks for the Shambles 00 00 10
Disbursed in ye whole 48 19 3
Rec'd in ye whole 63 3 00^
Disburs'd in ye whole 48 19 3
Remains due to ye Town
14 39^
3d May 1734. We do agree to and allow of this Account and that there
remains due from Mr James Webb the Constable Fourteen pounds three
shillings and nine pence half penny to the Borough of Hungerford which we
do direct the P. James Webb to pay over to Thomas Pike Constable elect for
use of the s. Borough.
Signed
Tho Woodroffe Sen
Tho Woodroffe Junior
Wm Ryraan
Richard Clark
Wm Cheyney
Tho Legg
Edw Lucas
Jno Woodroffe
John Robinson
Hen Clark
Will Forty
Thomas Stephens
Tho. Pike
John Phillipon
Edwd Mullington Willm -?-
John Streat
John Rosier

The Receipts of Thomas Pike Constable of the Town and Borrough
Hungerford for the year 1734
£ s d
Recvd of the late Constable 14 03 09
Recvd for the use of the Town Hall 0 8 0
Recvd of Mr Ryman one Year's Rent for the Town land 6 5 0
Recvd of the overseer's of the poor one Year's Rent for the
Workhouse 6 0 0
Recvd of Mr Mullington in part for one Year's Rent of Mill
Mead 2 17
Recvd of Esq Lambeth for his Income
Recvd of Jonathan Dismore for his Income 0 5 0
Recvd of Jonathan Bird for the Toll of the Market 6 10 0
Recvd of the Same for the Town Shop 2 0 0
Recvd of William Allen for one Year's Rent for the Barn &
Orchard 1 10 0
Recvd of John Rosier for one Year's Rent for the Town Water 4 10 0
Recvd of Christopher Marten for one Year's Rent for his stall
in the Shambles due last Hocktide 0 15 0
Recvd One Year's Rent for Pale Mead 3 0 0
Recvd of Richard Clark for the Town Islands 1 6
Recvd of Wm Nalder for the Blindhouse 0 5 0
Recvd of the Bailiff 9 10
Recvd of Mr Robinson for the Market House 0 10 0
Recvd of the Portreeve
7 5 0 ^
67 2 Ik
Recvd of the Tythingman for Head Pence 3 6
Total of Receipts 67 5 1\
Recvd of Sir Jemmett Raymond 10s and gave it to poor widows
Total of Receipts 67 5 1\
Disbursed in ye whole 64 16 8^
Remains due to ye Town
The Disbursements of Thomas Pike Constable of the Town and
Borough of Hungerford for the year 1734
02 08 11^
£ s d
Paid Mr Liddiard 7 19 4
Paid Robert Rosier for mending ye Down Bounds 0 01 6
Gave to a Seaman with a pass 0 0
For mending Stanum down gate & for stuff & Nails 0 3 0

1734/Contd
Pd for a Bull and Bringing home 2 12 6
Pd Robert Astin for mending the Down Bounds 0 0 9
Expenses in letting Mill Mead 0 1 6
Pd for another Bull and Bringing home 1 13 6
Expenses abt. Town Business 0 1 0
Pd for Horsehire & Expenses going to Thatcham abt Quartering
Soldiers on the Brandy Shops and Paid Mr Miller's Horsehire 0 6
For mending the Lower Bridge
Pd the Hocktide Jury for land marking 0 10 0
For mending the Fee pound and for nails 0 1 0
Pd Horsehire & Expenses too Newbury to get a Warrt for the
Assessors of the Land tax 6
Pd for a Certificate to carry to Abingdon 0 1 6
Pd Thomas Patey for watering Mill Mead 1 0 0
For mending the Marsh gate & for Rails & Nails
Pd makeing a Rate for the Assessors of the Land Tax 0 3 0
Pd William Coxhead for mending the Arch Bridge & for Stone
& Wood 0 4 6
Expenses in Billiting Soldiers 0
Pd for mending the Lower Bridge 6
Gave too 2 Soldiers Wives & 5 children 0 1 0
Pd Horsehire & Expenses for myself & Witnesses at Abingdon
Sessions 1 1
Pd to the Clark of the Peace
Pd for the Hurdles & Luggs to mend the Woodmarsh Bounds 0 3 0
Pd Edward Wallis for keeping the Horses in the Woodmarsh 0 1
For mending the Town pound & for Stuff & Nails 0 4 9
For mending the Fee pound & for Stuff & Nails 1 6
For mending the Lower Bridge 0 2 0
Expenses with the High Constable 0 2 6
Gave to a poor woman & 3 children with a pass 0 0 3
Disbursements brought forward 17 19 4
Pd for Advertisements for the hiringe market & Expenses
in procuring the same 0 10 0
Pd Horsehire & Expenses to Mr Kent's abt removeing Soldiers
from ye 3 Swans 0 2 6
Gave a Disbanded Soldier with a pass 0 0
Pd for a Lock for the Blind house 0 0
Pd one Quarter's Goal money 0 8 8%
Pd Mr Jones for preaching Mrs Curtis's Sermon 0 10 0
Pd the Assessors of the Land tax 0 0
Expenses in getting Teams too remove the Soldiers to Marlboro. 0 2 0
For mending the Lower Bridge & for Nails 0 1 0
Gave to a poor man with a pass 0 0 6
For mending the pound & for Stuff & Nails 0 6
For a pile for Stanum down gate 0 0 6
Pd for making the Bellman's livery 0 9 6

1734/Contd
Pd two Quarter's Goal money 0 17 k\
Pd for 7 Foot & an half of Oak plank & for too mend
Smitham bridge and for a Pile 0
For mending the same & for Nails 1
Expenses in haveing John Stacey too Lambourn before a Justice 0
Pd the Jury for their Inquisition on Mary Titt widow 0 8 0
Pd the Bailiff for warning the same Jury 0 1 0
Pd William Coxhead as per Bill 0 7
Pd Richard Clark as per Bill 3 17
Expenses puting up the Gate & Rails at the end ? of the Town 0
Pd for Nails used at the pound & for work 0 1 0
Pd Horsehire & Expenses to Thatcham with Thomas Dyer too a
Justice 0 4 6
Pd to the Poor of Newbury 3 18 0
Pd John Lewington as per Bill 1
For mending the Hatches in Mill Mead & for Board & Nails 0 2 0
Pd 10 poor Tax's for the Tole of the Market 0
Pd 10 poor Tax's for ye Shambles & part of the Market house 1 0 0
Disbursents Brot on 33 00 5%
Expenses abt Quartering of Soldiers 0 0 6
Expenses in receiveing the Workhouse rent 0 0 6
Expenses & Horsehire to get my returns signed for the whole
year 0 12 0
Pd Thomas Siney for putting up a Tree & Luggs at the Pond 0 0 6
Pd the same for putting the Water into the Town pond 0 1 0
Pd one year's Land tax for the Market House and Shambles 1 0 4
Pd Mr Lucas for Summering and Wintering two Bulls 2 0 0
Pd John Tubb as per Bill 1 15 4
Pd for the Bellman's Livery as per Bill 3 11 8
Pd William Coxhead for Tiles & Morter to mend the Butter
Market house 0 2 0
Pd for mending the same 0 1 6
For two piles more at Stannum down gate 0 1 0
Pd the Bellman's Sallery 0 15
Pd John Rosier for keeping up the Town Bounds 1 0 0
Pd to Mr Garrard's Clerk & to the Bailiff their Fees in
putting Marten into Court & Receiveing the Debt 0 3 7
Pd Mr Butler a Bill due in Mr Webb's time 0 3 9
Pd Wm Nalder for putting up the 2 Weather Cock's & for Nails 0 2 4
Pd Richd. Clark as per Bill
063^
Pd Ordinary's & Extraordinary's at Hocktide Court 3 18 0
Pd the Bailiff his Sallery 0 15 10
Pd the Bailiff for repairing ye Shambles 0 14 0
Gave the Poor in Cloth & Money 4 15 0
Pd Mr Garrard as per Bill 3 13 4

1734/Contd
Pd to Mr Thomas Woodroffe for Horsehire & Expenses to
Mr Kent's (?) wth John Pike 3 0
Pd the same for mending ye Town Hall windows 0 2 8
Pd the Tythingman's Expenses at the Greyhound with John King
& for carrying the said King to Brideswell 1 14
Pd Ordinarys and Extraordinarys att the Law Day Court 2 16 6
Pd for 18 poor mens Dinners 0 12 0
Gave the Jury 0 1 0
Disbursed in ye whole 64 06 8
25th April 1735. We do agree to and Allow of this Account of Thomas Pike
and that there remains due from the said Thomas Pike the sum of Three
pounds & Three pence farthing to this Borough and we do order & direct that
the said Thomas Pike do pay over the same unto Mr Joseph Povey Constable
Elect for the use of this Borough and we do also order & direct that James
Field do pay unto the said Joseph Povey three pounds & six shillings that
he owes the said Borough for Timber & Wood for the use also of the said
Borough.
signed
Win Ryman
John Streat
Thos Woodroffe Sen Richard Bird
John Webb
Walter Tuttle
John Robinson
John Bettridge
Will Forty Thomas Paty (?)
Thos Liddiard
Thomas Willmott
Jos. Povey
Nick Buttler
John Toe
John Pike
Jos Allen
Robert Rosier
John Mackrill
Daniel Farrenden
Charles Thomas
Willm Rosier
13.'-

"Hie Receipts of Joseph Povey Constable of the Town and Borough,
of Hungerford for the year 1735
£ s d
Reed of the late Constable 03 02 3
Reed for the Town Hall 6
Reed of Dr Green for erecting a Stage 00 05
One year's Rent due from me for the Town Islands 01 01
Reed of James Field upon a Note of his hand 03 06 0
Reed of the Overseers of the Poor one year's Rent for the
Workhouse 06 00
Reed of Mr Ryman one year's Rent of the Town Land 06 05 0
Reed of Jonathan Bird for one year's Rent for the Tole of
the Market 05 10 0
Reed of Ditto for Ditto for the Town Shop
Reed one year's Rent for Pale Mead 03 00 0
Reed of John Rosier one year's Rent for the Town Water 04 10 0
Reed of William Allen for one year's Rent for the Town Barn
& Orchard 01 10 0
Reed of William Nalder for one year's Rent for the Blindhouse 00 05 0
Reed of Isaac Frankum for his Income 00 02 6
Reed of John Kimber for Ditto 00 02 6
Reed of Joseph Tompson for Ditto 00 02 6
Reed of Thomas Bear for Ditto 00 05 0
Reed of John Chalk for Ditto 00 05 0
Reed of William Alexander for Ditto 00 05 0
Reed of Gabriel Whistler for Ditto 00 05
Reed of Jonathan Hancock for Ditto 00 05
Reed of Edward Pocock for Ditto 00 05 0
Reed of John Pocock for Ditto 00 02 6
Reed of Joseph Briton for Ditto 00 05 0
Reed of Francis King for Ditto 00 02 6
Reed for old lead 01 01
Reed of Mr Robinson for the Market House 00 10 0
Reed of the Portreeve 07 12 6
Reed of the Bailiff 13 01
Reed of the Tythingmen for hed pence 00 02 0
Reed of Richard Smith Esq for his Income 00 05 0
Reed for a Bull 01 05 0
Reed of Sir Jemmet Raymond 10s & gave it to the Poor
63 05 11
The Disbursements of Joseph Povey Constable of the Town and
Borough of Bungerford for the year 1735
£ s d
Pd for Drawing the Ingine to Mr Woodroffe & for manding
and cleansing the same 00 01 6
Pd for Driving of Two Bulls to Grass 00 00 8

1735/contd
Pd for mending the Clock 00 10 0
Pd for keeping the Two Bulls at Grass two weeks 00 08 0
Pd the Hocktide Jury on Whitmonday for Land Marking 00 10 0
Expenses with a Captain to a Justice of Peace abt Soldiers 00 02 0
Pd Horsehire and Expenses to Justice Jones with Thos Smith,
Jonathan Cheesman & Win Ayres 00 03 6
Expenses in Keeping a Man over night & in going to a Justice
with him for buying a Soldiers cloa-?- 00 02 6
Pd for mending the Bridge 00 03 0
Pd for the Poles to keep cattle out of the Wbodmarsh 00 01 6
Expenses in going to a Justice of the Peace twice, with
Soldiers about Stolen Goods 00 04 0
Pd for a Certificate 00 01 8
Expenses & Horsehire on Self & Witnesses to Abingdon Sessions
to be sworn 01 01 0
Pd to the Clark of the Peace 00 02 0
Pd the Assessors of the Land Tax 00 05 0
Pd for makeing the Assessment 00 03 0
Pd Expenses abt Quartering of Soldiers 00 02 0
Expenses on Mr Archers Man 00 01 6
Pd Expenses in & abt letting Mill Mead 00 01 0
Pd to Mr Young for Advertisments for the hireing Market 00 08 0
Pd for sending Advertisements abt the Country 00 04 6
Pd to redeem the two Bulls out of Mr James's Pound Twice 00 04 0
Pd Mr Coster for Carriage of Soldiers to Marlboro. & Expenses 00 04 0
Gave the Ringers when Mr Archer came to Town 00 05 0
Pd the Goal money four times 01 14 9
Pd five Double Poor Taxes 01 07 6
Pd for one year's Land Tax 01 00 4
Pd Mr Jones for Preaching Mrs Curtis's Sermon 00 10 0
Pd Richard York as by Bill 02 10 9
Pd for the Bellmans Livery 02 15 0
Expenses & horsehire to get my returns Signed for the Whole
Year 00 12 0
15 19 8
Expenses in & abt Town Bussiness 00 02 0
Paid for Stones & Gravele to mend the Market place Cow Lane
end & other places 00 10 0
Pd Abram Tubb for work done in the Mead 00 05 6
Pd for making the Bellman's Cloath's 00 07 0
Expenses with the High Constable 00 02 6
Pd for keeping the Bulls 01 10 0
Pd John Tubb for mending & keeping the Clock going 01 10 0
Pd for the Bellman's Hatt & Laiss 00 15 6
Pd Mr Knowles as per Bill 06 00 0
Pd horsehire & Expenses with a warrant to the High Constable
in order to Press Carriages for Soldiers 00 02 6
/ V

1735/contd
Pd for Candeles & other things for Soldiers on Guard in the
Town.Hall 00 02 0
Pd Expenses in carrying Thos Sare before the Justice of the
Peace 00 01 6
Pd for Row (?) Wood & Bringing home & for makeing the
Millmead hedge 02 02 6
Pd for 4 load of Sand & Carriage 00 08 0
Pd for Three Load of White Earth and Carriage 00 06 0
Pd for Clay, Digging & Carriage 00 03 0
Pd for Stones & Carriage 00 05 0
Pd for Labour working abt the Pond 02 02 6
Pd Martin as per Bill 00 09
Pd James Field as per Bill 00 17
Pd for Wood and for making the Town Bounds 01 13 0
Gave to the Poor in money & cloth 04 15
Gave to Poor People on permits in the whole year 00 12 0
Pd the Bellman's Sallery 00 15 0
Pd Thomas Siney for himself & mans two Days work at the
Pond & for Turning the Water into the same 00 05 6
Pd John Patey for cutting the Trees Round the Pond 00 02 6
Pd Mr Garrard his Sallary for keeping Courts 02 00 0
Pd Mr Woodroffe as per Bill 01 00 10
Pd the Tythingmen as per Bill 00 07 10
Pd Thos Willmott as per Bill 06 11 9
52 05 9
Pd the Bailiffe his Poundage 01 01 8
Pd William Rosier for Work 00 13 4
Pd Richard Clark for mending the Down Gate 00 03 6
Ordinarys & Extraordinarys at Hocktide Court 04 15 0
15 Poor Men's Dinner's etc 00 10 0
Ordinarys & Extraordinarys at the Law Day Court 03 09 0
9 Poor Men's Dinner's 00 06 0
Disbursed in the Whole 63 04 3
Reed in the whole 63 05 11
63 04 3
Remains due to the Town 00 01 8
14th May 1736 We do agree to and do allow of this Account of Joseph Povey
and that there remains Due from the said Joseph Povey one Shilling and
Eight pence to the Borough and we do order & Direct that the said Joseph
Povey to pay over the same unto Mr John Mackerell .the Constable Elect for
the use of this Borough.

signed:
Wm Ryroan
John Robinson
Thos Liddiard
Old Nick
Jos Allen
John Streat
Rich Clark
John Pike
Rich Burd
Tho Cannon
John Webb
Thomas Woodroffe
Tho Pike
John Toe
- ? - Rosier
John Giles
Will Rosier
Jno Rosier
John Bettredge
Thomas Neal

Hie Reciptes of John Mackrill Constable for the town and
borough of hungerford for the year 1736
Red of the leate constable 00 01 08
Red for the Town hall 00 08 06
Red of Mr Ryman a years rent for the Town land 06 05 00
Red of the overseers of the poor a years rentt for the
workhouse 06 00 00
Red of John Roshier a years rent for the town water 04 10 00
Red of Johnath Bird for one years rentt for the toll of the
markett 05 10 00
Red for the Town shop 01 10 00
Red of Mr Robinson for the town Hands 01 01 00
Red years rentt for pale mead 03 00 00
Red of John Betridge for mill mead 04 10 00
Red of Willam Allen a years rentt for the workhouse barn and
orchard 01 10 00
Red of Mr Robinson for the markett house 00 10 00
Red of Thomas Pooll (?) for his income 00 02 06
Red of Thomas Wise for his income 00 02 06
Red of the portreef 07 08 00
Red of Francis noraon (?) for his incom 00 02 06
42 11 8
Reed of the Bailiff 2 14 0
The Disbursnentts of John Mackrill Constable of the Town and
borough of hungerford for the year 1736
45 5 8
Pd Rosher and Petty 00 02 00
Pd for a certificate 00 01 06
Pd for making of asesmentt 00 03 00
Pd for a return of the asesmentts to newbery 00 02 06
Pd the land marking 00 10 00
Pd for lugs and puting up at ye down geatte 00 01 00
Pd horsehirS and exepences to newbery with asesraentts of the
land tax 00 02 06
Pd at Abington when i wentt to be sworn 01 01 00
Pd the dark of the peace 00 02 00
Exepences with the high constable when to cary a listt of
Jury 00 04 00
Pd for cariege of a load of sand and diging 00 02 00
Pd 2 quarters Goale money 00 17 04%
Pd Mr Jones for preaching of Mrs Curties funerall sermont 00 10 00
Pd for a rope for the market bel 00 02 00
Pd for puting up 00 00 06

1736/contd
Pd the bell tax 00 03 09
Pd Richard Yourk as apers by his bill 00 19 06
Pd horsenire and expences to Theacham with pockett (?) and
Elisabeth Larance (?) to Mr Kents 00 04 00
Pd Richard Srimton (?) for erding (?) of the Hatch 00 02 06
Pd for moving of the mud att the pond 00 01 00
Pd 6 double poors taxes 01 17 06
Pd the poor of newbery 03 18 00
Pd Abram Tub for watering mill mead 01 01 00
Pd Thomas Siney for turing of the water in to the pond 00 01 00
Spent when we wentt to pound ye seep 00 04 00
12 13 07%
Gave to the poor in money and cloath 04 10 00
Pd John Tub as apears by his bill for mending of the clock
and looking after 01 15 00
Pd Mr Woodrofe as apears by his bill for mending the engine 00 09 00
Pd Johnathan Bird for oyling and mending the gut of the
engine 00 03 00
Pd Mr Cheney for the bellman livery 02 17 01
Pd Mr Crightten (?) as apears by a bill 00 08 02
Pd Thomas Pike as apears by his bill 00 09 00
Expences in abt town buisness 00 02 00
Pd the bellmans sallery 00 15 00
Pd the land tax for the town 01 08 04
Gave to the poor People on permit ts the whole year and other
ways 00 10 00
Pd to have ray rturns sined the whole year in horsehire and
expences 00 12 00
Pd for making of the belmans cloaths 00 09 00
Pd Mr Young for advertisments for the hireing market t 00 08 00
Pd Mr Knowles as apears by his bill 01 04 00
Pd Thomas Siney for pitching of Sheep coops at the hiring
market t 00 01 00
Pd Mr Webb for keeping of the town bounds 01 10 00
Pd Mr Lucas for sumerin and wintering of the bull 01 00 00
Pd for the ruin (?) of the water through Will Allen ground 00 10 00
Pd Mr Shipton by order of the bayle of the hundred about the
winder tax 00 00 04
Expences in abot town busines 00 02 00
19 10
Pd John Lamton (?) as apears by his bill 00 05 10
Pd Richard Clark as apears by his bill 04 19 01%
Pd for 4 botles of wine 00 08 00
13*

1736/contd
Pd Mr Garrard for keepin of cort and for a Depttaion (?) 02 03 04
Expences about the advertisments for the hiring markett 00 03 06
Gave 2 poor wimen and child 00 00 03
Gave the fee jury 00 01 00
8 3 00k
19 10 11
12 13 1\
Disbursed totall 40 7 7
Paid Reckonings 11 7 6
51 15 1
Reed 45 5 8
Seen and allowed by me 6 9 5
We do order and agree that the Constable Elect do pay unto Mr John Mackrill
ye present Constable Six pounds nine shillings and five pence out of the
-?- of this Borough. Witness our hands the 29 April 1737
signed
Wra Cheney
Tho -?-
Thos Robinson
John Webb
Tho Willmott
Thomas Sare
Richard Coxhead
John Bettridge
The mark of Nichl Butler
Thomas Neal
Henry Clark
Walter Tutle
John Rosier
Tho Pike

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