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Parish Briefs
Notes in the Merriott Parish Registers 1723-1730 (Broken periods)
Does anyone know anything about these types of collections – was the practise widespread through England, and for what period of time?
I’ve had a reply from Michael Dwyer, who sent the following information to me:
“I have a History of Holt, Norfolk, (1908) which states that most of the town of Holt-market, Norfolk was destroyed by fire in 1708. The book states, A royal brief was issued at once for collections throughout the country in aid of the homeless townsfolk of Holt. Apparently it meant a call for some sort of charitable fundraiser.”
| DATE | DETAILS | AMOUNT |
| November 3, 1723 | Collected then upon a Brief for Rebuilding & Repairing the Church & Steeple of Ilkeston in Com’ Derby, the Sum of | Illegible |
| November 10, 1723 | Collected then upon a Brief for Rebuilding the Church of Eporston [Epperstone?] in Com’ Nottingham, the Sum of Seven Pence | 00 – 00 – 07 – 00 |
| November 17, 1723 | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief & Support of Poor Sufferors by Fire in the Town of Cherry Hinton in Com’ Cambridge, the Sum of Six Pence | 00 – 00 – 06 – 00 |
| November 24, 1723 | Collected then upon a Brief for Rebuilding & Repairing the Church of New??? (illegible) in the Com’ of Salop, the Sum of seven Pence | 00 – 00 – 07 – 00 |
| December 2, 1723 | Collected then from House to House upon a Brief for the Relief and Support of Poor Sufferors by Fire within the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of the County of York, the Sum of four Shillings & two Pence | 00 – 04 – 02 – 00 |
| December 8, 1723 | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief & Support of the Poor Sufferors by Fire in the Town of Falmouth in the Com’ Cornwall, the Sum of one Shilling four Pence, Half peny | 00 – 01 – 04 – 02 |
| June 28th, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief & Support of the Poor Sufferors by Fire at Staverton in the County of Northampton, the Sum of one Shilling & eight Pence. | 00 – 01 – 08 |
| July 5th, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for Rebuilding the Parish Church & Steeple of Holt- Market in the County of Norfolk, the Sum of two Pence | 00 – 00 – 02 |
| July 12th, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief & Support of the Poor Sufferors by an Innundation at Hallifax in the county of York, & for Rebuilding the Chapel of Rippondon, the Sum of nine Pence | 00 – 00 – 09 |
| July 19th, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief and Support of the Poor Sufferors by Fire at Alrewas in the County of Stafford, & at Martham & Southbergh in the County of Norfolk, the Sum of one Shilling & ten Pence | 00 – 01 – 10 |
| July 26th, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for Repairing the Church of Frodsham in the County of Chester, the sum of nine Pence | 00 – 00 – 09 |
| November 1, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for Repairing & Rebuilding Wirksworth Church in Com Derby, the Sum of four Pence Half -peny. | |
| November 8, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for Rebuilding Neath Church in Com Glamorgan, the Sum of four Pence Half – peny. | |
| November 19, 1724 | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief & Support of Sufferors by Fire at Wheatonhurst in the County of Gloucester, at Saintwerdike in the County of Hereford & at Knighton in the County of Rednor, the sum of one shilling & Three half pence. | |
| November 22, 1725 (may be an error; may have been 1724) | Read then a Brief for the Relief & Support of Poor Sufferers by Fire of Michael Church & Grimston, in Com Radnor and Leicester | |
| November 29, 1725 (may be an error; may have been 1724) | Collected then upon a Brief for the Relief & Support of Poor Sufferers by Fire at Camps Hall & Downton, in Com. Cambridge & Wilts, the Sum of ten pence half-peny | |
| December 6, 1724 | Read then a Brief for the Relief and Support of Poor Sufferers by Fire at Cricklade in Com. Wilts | |
| MEM. | The Briefs for Michaels Church & Grimston & for Cricklade were not collected by reason neither of the Church-Wardens was at Church, but at the insueing visitation the Church Wardens allowed one Shilling & sixpence to both Briefs. | |
| May 30 1725 | Collected for Langton Church in Com. Lincoln | 0:0:3:2 |
| June 6 1725 | Collected for Poor Sufferers by Fire at Crediton & Kirk Doughton in Com. Devon & York | 0:0:11:2 |
| June 13 1725 | Collected for Poor Sufferers by Fire at East-Morden in Com. Dorset | 0:0:11:0 |
| June 20 1725 | Collected for Great Bowley Church in Com. Salop | 0:0:6:1 |
| June 28 1725 | Collected for Poor Sufferers by Fire at Market Lavington in Com. Wilts | 0:1:8 |
| October 21 | Collected for Warsolsy Church in Com Huntingdon | 0:0:8 |
| November 7 | Collected for Parlostone Church in Com Stafford | 0:0:8 |
| November 14 | Collected for Orinskorke Church in Com. Lancoshire | 0:0:2 |
| November 21 | Collected for Bampton Church in Com. Westmorland | 0:0:1 |
| November 30 | Collected for Poor Sufferers by Fire at Great Torrington in Com. Devon | Illegible |
| Aug 14 1726 | Collected for Albrighton Church in Com. Salop | 0:0:2:2 |
| 21 | Collected for Falkston & Hillery in Com. Kent | 0:0:4:3 |
| 28 | Collected for St. Nicholas Church in the City of Worcester | 0:0:3:0 |
| Sept 4 | Collected for Sufferers by Fire at Alderford & Gt. Horwood in Com. Norfolk & Bucks | 0:1:3 |
| 16 | Collected for Sufferers by Fire in the town of Buckingham in Com. Bucks | 0:2:1 |
| March 12 1726-7 | Collected for Tiblselse Church in Com. Derby | 0:0:3 |
| 24 | Collected for Sufferers by Fire within the town & Borough of Dorchester in the County of Dorset | 0:7:4:1 |
| March 27, 1727 | Collected for Sufferers by Fire at Shipston upon Stower in Com. Worcester | 0:3:0 |
| April 7 | Collected for Sufferers by Fire of Hambledon in Com. Southampton | 0:3:0 |
| 9 | Collected for Westhoughton Chapel in Com. Palat Lancasher | 0:3:1 |
| 16 | Collected for Backford Church in Com. Palat Lancasher | 1:04:0 |
| May 21 | Collected for Sufferers by Fire at Littleport & Baddeley in Com. Cambridge & Chester | 0:6:2 |
| 28 | Collected for Cranbrook Church in Com. Kent | 0:7:0 |
| June 4 | Collected for Sibson Church in Com. Leicester | 2:1:0 |
| 11 | Collected for St. Peter’s in Oxon. | 0:6:0 |
| Oct 17 | for Alcester Church in Com’ Warwick | 0:10:2 |
| 24 | for Great Wilbraham in Com’ Cambridge | 0:11:2 |
| Nov 7 | for Burton Joyce Church in Com’ Notting. | illegible |
| 14 | for Sufferers by Fire at Stamford in Com’ Lincoln | 0:8:2 |
| May 26 1728 | for Yarime Church in Com’ York | 0:9:2 |
| June 2 | for Hinton in the Hedges in Com’ Northamp. | 0:5:0 |
| 9 | for White Gate Church in Com’ Chester | 0:4:0 |
| 16 | for Trinity Church in Com’ Chester | 0:10:0 |
| 27 | for Sufferers by Fire at Gravesone in Com’ Kent | 4:6:0 |
| August 14 1729 | for Sufferers by Fire at Fulborne in Com’ Camb | 1:1:0 |
| 24 | for Tamworth Church in Com’ Warwick & Stafford | 0:10:2 |
| 31 | for Sufferers by Fire at Hilton in Com’ Huntingdon | 0:4:0 |
| September 7 | for Pershore Church in Com’ Wigorn | 0:7:2 |
| 14 | for Sufferers by Fire at Rickinghall & Botesdale in Com’ Suffolk | 0:4:2 |
| 21 | for St John Baptist’s Church in Com’ Glouc. | 0:4:0 |
| 28 | for Napton Church in Com’ Warwick | 0:6:2 |
| November 26 1729 | Collected for the Protestants at Copenhagen who suffer’d by fire | 5:3:2 |
| 31 | for Worthsbury Church in Com. Flint | illegible |
| December 14 | for Sufferers by Fire at Melbourne in Com. Canteb. | 1:0:1 |
| 21 | for Sufferers by Fire at Hornsby & Whitehall? (partly illegible) in Middlesex, and Chester | 0:10:0 |
| May 3 1730 | for Sufferers by Fire at Hinckley in Com. Leicester | 0:11:2 |
| 10 | for Sufferers by Fire at Bearley in Com’ Warwick | 0:11:1 |
| 17 | for Colnbook Chapel in Com’ Bucks | 0:4:3 |
| 31 | for Sufferers by an Inundation at Wroot in Com’ Lincoln | 1:0:0 |
| June 7 | for Bilston Chapel in Com’ Stafford | 0:6:0 |
| 14 | for St. Michael’s Church in Com’ Southampton | 0:8:0 |
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