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File 2228 is taken from the poor book dated 1730 to 1769 and is part of a table of  estate and occupiers who took apprentices as part of their  poor law obligations which were not popular. It would appear that Paul Downton Curtis preferred to pay the considerable sum of £8 for refusing to take an apprentice. The procedure which resulted in this fine were specified in 1754 as documented in file 2227 and the matrix continues on sheet 2229.

The Judge, or possibly Tudge, familiy only appear as recepients of poor releife on a few occasions. Charles Judge was probably about 10 when he was assigned to Mrs Coles in 1788.

The transcribed text is in italic.

5	M Paul Downton Curtis	40		For part of his estate	Took Wm Holbrook
	13th April 1789 Mr Jas Olive				In the Year 1755
	Eight Pounds for refusing to take an apprentice
6	The Rev Mr Taswell	40		For part of the Vicarage	Took Ambrose Lane
	Took Rich Attwel in the year 1788		40		In the yer 1756
7	Mrs Coles	17		For her whole estate	Rec the money
	Took Cha Judge in the year 1788				and bound out the Apprentice
					George Blanning
					in the year 1757
	John Gray	10		For his whole estate
	Thomas Wookey	13		For his whole estate

Mrs Coles, John Gray & Thomas Wookey and their ? Of momey to Mr Wm Hunt & John Culliford for charge of ye apprentice

8	Lains Executors	16
	Took Ben Perry in the year 1793
	Robert Anstee	12		For part of the Barrow House estate
				and John Blackmans	Took Anne Lane in the year 1754
	Mrs Walker			For Marle Close
	The Rev Mr Jn Walker			For ye Tynings & Bull Acre
			40
9	The Rev Mr Secombe	26		For Atwoods, Houses Whorebury
	Took Mary Bendle 1795			and Pig Furlong	Took Sarah Vowles
	Mr Curtis	12		For her whole Estate	in the year 1755
	The Widow of late John Savage	2		For her whole Estate
			40
					Took Ann Blanning
10	Mr William Wright	40		For part of his estate	In the Yaer 1757
	Took Ann Selway in 1795		40
11	William Corey Esq	32 5		For Hoskins, & Franklyns
				Houses, Savages & Newlands
	Ditto	7 5		Thos Sages
	Took Mary Gane 1795	1 10			Took Jo Smith
	Widow Savage		41	For her whole estate	In the year 1755
12	Mr James Yorke	30		For his estate	Took John Lacey
	Took Jn Heale 17795				in the year 1757
	Mr King	10 10		For his whole Estate
13	Mrs Anne Yorke	24 10		For Burges and Adam’s	Took Will Blanning
	Mrs How (Paid the fine)	8		For her whole Estate	In the Year 1759
	Mrs Savage	8		For Tuthons & West Ground
14	Mr George Yorke			For his whole estate	Took Catherine Plenty
	John Hares			Took Rich York	in the
	Mrs Elizabeth York			For Red Sherd & a Cottage	Year 1761