We just got the Settlement Examination of OH's 3x great grandfather. Everything we had worked out agrees with the events listed on there which is great! This was Lincolnshire in 1812 to 1816.
We are unsure of one term. Does anybody know what a "confined labourer" was? Robert East had let himself as a confined labourer to two Graziers for a yearly wage of £28.10shillings plus accommodation in the farm house, use of a milch cow and enough land to grow 100 pecks of potatoes. (which sounds quite good in 1814).
I Googled it and there was just two references, one in Germany(!) and one in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire one didn't say what the term meant, just mentioned someone who was one!
I'll have to go out - be back later.
Anne
We are unsure of one term. Does anybody know what a "confined labourer" was? Robert East had let himself as a confined labourer to two Graziers for a yearly wage of £28.10shillings plus accommodation in the farm house, use of a milch cow and enough land to grow 100 pecks of potatoes. (which sounds quite good in 1814).
I Googled it and there was just two references, one in Germany(!) and one in Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire one didn't say what the term meant, just mentioned someone who was one!
I'll have to go out - be back later.
Anne
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