Held at: | Herefordshire Record Office |
Reference: | 019/1 |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Michaelchurch Estate accounts [extract] |
Place name: | Michaelchurch Escley |
Date: | 1835 - 1846 |
Description:
The following entries relating to Michaelchurch mill have been extracted from the accounts of the Michaelchurch Estate, of which the mill formed part.
1835: Thomas Gwillim ½ year rent to 2nd August 1835 | £18-0-0 |
Allowed for repairs | £2-12-5 |
Allowed for ½ year land tax | 9-4 |
Cash | £14-18-3 |
1836: Thomas Gwillim ½ year rent to 2nd February 1836 | £18-0-0 |
1836: Thomas Gwillim: a piece of meadowland, part of the Michaelchurch Court Farm, February 1836 the half year | £2-10-0 |
Mill rental to 2nd August 1836 | £18-0-0, |
total | £20-10-0 |
[note: The 1836 estate accounts mention “Mr. Winters for half years salary due the 30th December for managing the estate and superintending repairs etc.: | £15-0-0] |
1837: December – Thomas Gwillim | |
rent for 1 year for Michaelchurch Mill | £36-0-0 |
1837: December – Jenkins, Blacksmith | |
paid for repairing the wheel at the Mill | £3-2-6 |
1838: Thomas Gwillim | |
1 years rent for Michaelchurch Mill and lands due August 2nd | £36-0-0. |
Paid man for pitching stables at Michaelchurch Mill | 15s-0 |
Mr. Wheeler, Millwright, for repairs at Michaelchurch Mill | £24-0-0 |
[note: The 1830 Piggott’s Directory of Herefordshire gives two millwrights named Wheeler in Hereford; Richard Wheeler in St. Owen Street and Thomas Wheeler in Bye Street. In a further entry in 1835 only Richard Wheeler is shown, in St. Owen’s Without, so it was probably Richard who repaired Michaelchurch Mill] | |
1839: February – Thomas Gwillim for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands; ½ year at £36-0-0 per annum plus ½ year at £46-0-0 per annum | |
Total | £41-0-0 |
1840: Thomas Gwillim for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands; ½ year to 2nd February at £46-0-0 per annum plus ½ year to 2nd August at £40-0-0 per annum | |
total | £43-0-0 |
1841: Thomas Gwillim | |
for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands; year to 2nd August | £40-0-0 |
Paid William Gwillim for hauling ‘as per account’ | £13-2-0 |
Paid John Price balance of account for extra work and repairs at Michaelchurch and the Mill | £50-0-0 |
1842: Thomas Gwillim for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands | |
½ year to 2 February | £20-0-0 |
Arrears to 2nd August 1842 | £24-0-0 |
Income tax | 11-4 ½ |
Disbursements | £18-12-4 |
Receipts | £12-12-0 |
Arrears | £12-4-3 ½ |
1843: Thomas Gwillim for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands | |
½ year to 2nd August | £20-0-0 |
Arrears to 2nd February 1843 | £12-4-3 ½ |
Receipts | £12-4-3 ½ |
Income tax | 11-4 ½ |
Arrears | £19-8-7 ½ |
1844: Thomas Gwillim for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands | |
½ year rental | £ 20-0-0 |
Paid | £7-16-0 |
Arrears | £39-8-7 ½ |
Second half-year rental | £20-0-0 |
Arrears | £49-8-6 ½ |
1845: Thomas Gwilliam (sic) for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands | |
½ year to 2nd August 1844; Arrears | £49-8-6 ½ |
Rent | £20-0-0 |
Income tax | 11-4 ½ |
Disbursements | 9-8 |
Receipts | £10-0-0 |
Arrears | £58-7-6 |
½ year ended 2nd August; rent | £12-10-0 |
Arrears | £58-7-6 |
Receipts | £17-9-3 ½ |
1846: Thomas Gwillim for rent of Michaelchurch Mill and lands | |
Arrears to 2nd August 1845 | £51-7-6 |
Rent ½ year ending 2nd February | £12-10-0 |
Income tax | 7-0 |
Disbursements | 9-8 |
Receipts | £11-13-4 |
Arrears | £51-7-6 |
Observations:
None
Ref: rs_mic_0015