The Staffords
in Ashley
in Ashley
The Staffords in Ashley |
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Great (6) Great (12) Great (24) Grand (48) Sons (96) of Francis Stafford (192) - His parents (384)
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Acts of 1597 and 1601 ordered the annual appointment of overseers of
the poor, who were answerable to the parish vesry and to the local Justices
of the Peace. They were allowed to raise revenue from local rates
to provide for the poor.
There is an index to Poor Law Documents relating to Northmaptonshire
in the Records Office. Below are those relating to Staffords of Ashley,
and enviorons.
| Name | Year | Type | Place | Reference | Comments |
| Elizabeth | 1807 | Poor Rate | Ashley | 16p/24 | Owner of land |
| Francis | 1730 | Ashley | 16p/69 | See entry for Simon Wood | |
| John | 1813 | Apprentice | Ashley | 16p/77 | Aged 14 Apprenticed to John Herbert of St. Margaret's Leicester, framework knitter |
| Joseph | 1813 | Apprentice | Ashley | 16p/78 | Aged 11 Apprenticed to John Herbert of St. Margaret's Leicester, framework knitter |
| Mary | 1807 | Poor Rate | Ashley | 16p/24 | Owner of land |
| Thomas | 1807 | Poor Rate | Ashley | 16p/24 | Owner & occupier of land |
| Zacharias | 1818 | Apprentice | Ashley | 16p/155 | of Ashley, the younger, aged 14. Apprenticed to John Cooper of St. Martin's Leicester, Ropemaker |
| Stafforde
Willson |
1807 | Poor Rate | Ashley | 16p/24 | Owner & occupier of land |
Drawing on biblical principles tithes were introduced in England from
the 8th Century.
Great Tithes were of corn and hay, small tithes of livestock, wool
& non-cereal crops.
After the Reformation about one third of all tithes were in the hands
of lay people.
Originally tithes were paid in kind but by the early modern period
farmer paid a fixed modus - the value of the tithe in money.
Between 1757 and 1835 many tithes were gradually ended by the handing
over of a portion of the land to tithe owner. From 1836 most of the remainder
were converted to rents.
The Ashley Tithe book contains a variety of records in its pages, many
out of sequence, and on separate pieces of paper.
Apart from the first example only the entries for Staffords (mainly
Francis) are included.
A yard of land does not appear to have been a standard measure. One book suggests that in Northamptonshire it varied between 14 and 80 acres. A quartern is simply a quarter of a yard.
In the Book:
A Tax of Sheep on Candlemas day xxxx
1731 No Staffords
1732 Tho. Knight 6 (and in subsequent
years)
No Staffords
1733 None
1734 F Stafford
6 (second from end)
1735 F Stafford
4
1736 Feb 7th No Staffords
1737 Fr Stafford 5
1738 Fr Stafford 4
1739 Fr Stafford 4
An Account of Yard
No Stafford
Tithings Lett in 1737
Fr Stafford Quartern Land 0 - 12 - 6
Tithings Let in 1738
Fr Stafford Quartern Land 0 - 12 - 6
1739
Fr Stafford gt & small Tithes of a Quarn Land 0 - 12
-6
1735
Fr Stafford gr & s Tithes for a Quartern Land 0 - 12
- 6
1734
No Staffords
1736
Fr Stafford took Tithes of Quartern Land church (?) 0-12-6
A book of Accounts begins at the year 1731
£ S D ?
1731 Fr Stafford Off 2 1/2 1 Cow 2 1/2
0 5 0
1732 Fr Stafford off 2 1/2 1 Cow 2 1/2 a churching
6d 0 11 0
1733 Fr Stafford off 2 1/2 1 Cow 2 1/2
0 5 0
1734 Fr Stafford off 2 1/2 2 Cows 5d
0 7 1/2
1735 Fr Stafford off 2 1/2 2 Cows 5d Churching 6
1 1 1/2
Fr Stafford Recknd
for a Quarn Land
12 6 0
1736 Fr Stafford Recknd for Tithings of Qun Lands
Churching 13 0 0
No mention of animals
1737 Fr Stafford Recknd for a Quartern of Land
12 6 0
No mention of animals
1738 Fr Stafford recknd for Tithing for a Quarn Land
12 6 0
No mention of animals (other people do
pay for them)
1739 Francis Stafford Recknd for Tithings of a Quarn Land
12 6 0
1740 Fr Stafford Reckn'd for a year
0 11 3
1741 Fr Stafford Recknd for half a yd Land
for a year & half a Qn & meadow 1 6
3
1742 Fr Stafford Recknd for a year
1 6 6 1/2
1743 Fr Stafford Recknd for year
1 6 6 1/2
1744 Seems to be mostly not recorded
1745 Mostly seems to be offerings & churchings
Sam Harrol & Stafford
fifth Ma 1 2 (???)
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An account of the persons that paid the Tithe Rents that was Due
to Mr Sawyer at Michaelmas last 1744 and likewise what was Redc of the
said Tithe Rents by me Danl Clifton for the use of Mrs Sawyer Decr the
27th 1744
Recd of Francis Stafford for a years Rent
00 19 4 1/2
---
Dec 26th 1745
Recd for Tyth Rent at Ashley due to Mrs Sawyer
Of Fras Stafford a Years Tythe
00 11 3
---
July 31st 1746
Not listed
----
An Account of the Tythe rents of the Rectory of Ashley due Lady
Day last to the Rev Mr John Cowlishaw being the first half yearly payment
made to him of 31st December 1746
Not listed
----
….8th January 1747
Not listed
£ S D
Michaelmas Last Of Francis
Stafford for a years rent 00 14 03
Michaelmas Last 1748 Of Francis Stafford for a years rent
00 14 03
Michaelmas Last 1749 Of Francis Stafford
00 11 03
Michaelmas Last 1750 Of Francis Stafford
00 11 03
(Note : Francis (192) died 20 Nov 1750. Heleft everything to Mary. She died in 1758 and left everything to Edward Bosworth. It seems unlikely that the references after this refer to the father, it presumably therefore refers to his son Francis, though how he came by it I am not sure.)
Michalemas 2 Day of Jan 1752 Of Fran Stafford
00 11 3
Dec 27th 1752 Of
Francis Stafford
00 11 03
Last Michaelmas (1754?) Of Francis Stafford
00 11 03
10th Day of Jan 1755 Of Mr Fr Stafford
00 11 03
Due at Michaelmas Last 1755 received
this ninth day of January 1756 Of
Francis Stafford 00 12 6
13th December 1756 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
13th December 1757 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
9th December 1758 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
4th January 1760 Of Fran: Stafford
0 12 6
2nd January 1761 Of Fran: Stafford
0 12 6
1st January 1762 Of Fran: Stafford
0 12 6
7th January 1763 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
6th January 1764 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
28th December 1764 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
3rd January 1766 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
13th January 1767 Of Francis Stafford
0 12 6
11th March 1768 Of Francis
Stafford
0 12 6
A LOT OF BLANK PAGES
An Account of every mans land in the field in £ S D
00
1740 every mans renting & tithe of his own land
Owners Name
Quantities
Prices
Yard Half Quartern Half Quartern
Fran Stafford
Quartern
0 11 3
Francis Stafford for Bryans Close took for 3 yrs
00 - 03 - 00
---
Yard Land in the Fields taken in the year 1755 50s the yard of land
Yard Half Quartern Half Quartern
Fran: Stafford
One
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Sheet of paper:
Small Tythes for the Year 1768 & 1769 at 6 shillings the Year
Land for the Year 1768 and 6s 6d for the Year 1769
£ S d
Saml Barrat 1/2 Yard Land and 1/2 Quarter
0 7 9 3/4
Joseph Clifton 1/2 Yard Land & 1/2 Quartern
0 7 9 3/4
Jane Ward half yard Land and Quartern
0 9 4 1/2
Francis Stafford for a Quartern
0 3 1 1/2
John Kirby a Quartern
0 3 1 1/2
Richard Fox a Quartern
0 3 1 1/2
Widow Spencer a Quartern
0 3 1 1/2
William Crain a Quartern
0 3 1 1/2
Widon Gibens a 1/2 Quartern
0 1 6 3/4
Richard Bates a half Quartern (crossed out)
0 1 6 3/4
James Clever a half Quartern
0 1 6 3/4
Sheet of paper
Small Tythes for the Year ending at Michlas 1770 6s 6d a
yd Land
Again a list of people including
Francis Stafford a Quartern
0 1 7 1/2
Sheet of paper
On one side a list of names with 4 columns:
Including
Yd Land: half Quarter 1/2 Quartern
Francis Stafford
0 0
1 0
On the other side
An account of the Grass Ground and Closes that pay Tythe according
to the pound hens and Dove houses that pay Tythe.
Nothing for Francis
1801 Land Tax for Northamptonshire
Land tax was imposed in 1693 in England and Wales. Initially there was
a national poundage rate on personal and real property however in 1698
this was replaced by a system of quotas at County, Hundred, Parish or Township
leve.
For the CORBY HUNDRED
ASHLEY
Proprietor Occupier
Thomas Stafford William Wade
0 - 5- 10
William Stafford self
0 - 2 - 0
William Ward William Stafford
0 - 8 - 2
There are 52 entries Total 96 - 4 - 8
DINGLEY - none
STOKE ALBANY - none
SUTTON BASSETT - none
WESTON BY WELLAND - none
WILBARSTON - none
Note : On the basis of current information I am not able to identify
Thomas and William with any certainty.
The main candidates are:
William (192-B) bapt Ashley 8 May 1720 - but he probably died 1770
William (19-G) bapt Medbourne 1763 - no other evidence for him.
There is no William in the burial register for Ashley after 1801
until
Thomas (192-FB) bapt Ashley 1755 - in Medbourne for a while, buried
in Ashley 1835
Thomas (192-HD) bapt Ashley 1763 - in Ashley and buried in Ashley
1850