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Estimate of loss for the Cottagers of Styford

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Also spelt Maughan







flour


See glossary for load
apiece



See glossary for fother





Linen

Shirts







unit of measurement unknown






An Estimate of the damage The Cottagers of Styford Sustained by the flood Novr 17th 1771 John Maughen £ : s : d 5 pecks of Barley Meal at 18d per peck 0 : 07 : 06 } £ : s : d 3 Pecks of Wheat floor at 3s Do. -- 0 : 09 : 00 } 1 : 00 : 06 2 Washing tubs --------------------- 0 : 04 : 00 } Robert Shiply Money Lost ------------------------ 1 : 11 : 06 } Half peck of Wheat floor ----------- 0 : 01 : 06 } Half peck of Oat Meal ------------ 0 : 01 : 06 } Loss [?] of bread ------------------ 0 : 02 : 00 } 2 : 07 : 10 2 load of Potatoes ----------------- 0 : 10 : 00 } 4 Hens Drown'd at 4d A pease ------- 0 : 01 : 04 } Thomas Glendinning 2 Pecks of Barley Meal at 18d per peck 0 : 03 : 00 } 2 fother of Coals ------------------ 0 : 06 : 00 } 0 : 13 : 04 1 peck of Oat Meal and Stone of Salt 0 : 04 : 04 } Elizabith Glendinning 2 fother of Coals ------------------ 0 : 06 : 00 } 0 : 06 : 00 Thomas Richardson 1 Pair of Lining Sheets ----------- 0 : 06 : 00 } 3 Pilloslips of Lining Cloth ------ 0 : 03 : 00 } 6 Sharts and Shifts ------------ 0 : 12 : 00 } 10 Sharts belonging to the Children- 0 : 10 : 00 } 2 : 07 : 00 A Childs first Clothing ----------- 0 : 10 : 00 } 2 fother of Coals ------------------ 0 : 06 : 00 } William Carr 3 Pecks of Wheat floor ------------ 0 : 09 : 00 } 2 Pecks of Barley Meal ------------ 0 : 08 : 00 } 3 Pokes of Potatoes ---------------- 0 : 07 : 06 } 1 : 02 : 06 1 fother of Coals ----------------- 0 : 03 : 00 } Carried forward -------------- 7 : 17 : 02

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