Overseers of the Poor Rate Books 1757-1775
Ref PE/PTD – OV1/2
List of Overseers 1747 - 1774
Memorandum of all the Overseers that have serv’d in the Parish of Poorstock since the year 1747 - 1774
1748
Andrew Hallett for Poorstock
Mr Churchill for Gale’s Estate for Nettlecombe
Wm Adney for Milton
Thomas Whittle for Poorton and Loscombe
1749
Henry Northover for Poorstock
Mr George Burt for Nettlecombe
John Coombes for Milton
John Bellamy for Poorton and Loscombe
1750
Henry Travers for Wm Bursfield Estate for Poorstock
Mr Simon Hansford for Nettlecombe
Mr William Hine for Milton
William Foot for Poorton & Loscombe
1751
Henry Travers for Poorstock
Mr Simon Hansford for Nettlecombe
William Hine for Milton
Mr Robert F(T,P)oro(v)e for Poorton & Loscombe
1752
Mr Geo Stephens for Poortstock
Mr John Palmer for Nettlecombe
Mr Simon Hansford for Milton
Justinian Symes for Poorton & Loscombe
1753
Mr Thomas Nayle for Poorstock
Mr Henry Walbridge for Nettlecombe
Mr John Bellamy for Milton
Mr Gollop for Poorton & Loscombe
1754
William Sargent for Poorstock
George Walbridge for Nettlecombe
Thomas Hine for Milton
Mr Edwd Lawrence for Poorton & Loscombe
1755
Mr Thomas Palmer for Poorstock for Foord’s Estate
Mr John Palmer for Nettlecombe
Mr Edward Lawrence for Milton
John Travers or Occupier for Poorton & Loscombe
1756
Robert Walbridge for Poorstock
Henry Walbridge for Nettlecombe
William Hallett for Milton
Richard Churchill Esq for Poorton & Loscombe
(Two lines of writing here crossed out and illegible)
1757
Thomas Hine for Powerstock
William Grant for Nettlecombe
John Bellamy for Milton
Daniel Hallett for Poorton & Loscombe
1758
Henry Travers for Powerstock
Simon Hansford for Nettlecombe
Richd Travers for Corfe for Milton
William Whittle for Poorton & Loscombe
1759
William Travers for Powerstock
Mr Tho Churchill for Nettlecombe
Wm John Symes for Milton
Mr Inse for Lydia Cooper’s Estate for Poorton & Loscombe
1760
Joseph Buck for the Liberty
Jno Sheppheard for Nettlecombe
Wm Lawrence for Milton
Abel Whittle for Poorton and Loscombe
1761
Mr Francis Travers for the Liberty
Mr John Palmer for Nettlecombe
Mr George Waldren for Milton
Mr Robert Tims for Poorton & Loscombe
1762
Mr Thomas Palmer for Poorstock for his own Estate
Richd Churchill Esq for Nettlecombe
Wm John Conway for Milton
Mrs Joan Gollop for Poorton & Loscombe
1763
Mr William Hallett for the Liberty
Mr Samuel Strong for Nettlecombe for Mr Garland’s Estate
Mr Simon Hansford for Milton
Mr Edward Smith for Poorton & Loscombe
1764
John Symes for Poorstock for the Libety
John Browne for Nettlecombe
Mr Edward Tucker for Milton for late Mr Hine Estate
Mr John Bellamy for Poorton & Loscombe for Dan? Gates? Estate
1765
Mr Matthew Gill for Poorstock for the Liberty
Mr John Best for Nettlecombe
Mr John Bellamy for Milton
Mr Thomas Pullman? for Poorton & Loscombe
1766
Mr Thomas Palmer for the Liberty
Mr Stepn Hallett? For Nettlecombe
Mr Edward Smith? For Milton
Mr Wm Foot for Poorton & Loscombe
1767
Mr George Stephens Jnr for Pat Bollrings? Estate
Richard Churchill Esqr for Merriot Estate for Nettlecombe
Henry Roper or Occupier Mr Ben? Hughes? for late John Roper’s Estate for Milton
Mr Robert Hansford or Occupier for ? Justinian Symond’s Estate for Poorton & Loscombe
1768
The Revd John Taylor for the Liberty
Mr Henry Walbridge for Nettlecombe
Mr Edward Lawrence for Milton
Mr Thos Baker? for Poorton & Loscombe
1769
Mr William Grant for the Liberty
Mr Edward Hansford for Nettlecombe
Mr Edward Tucker for Milton for late Mr Hines’s
Mr Daniel Hallett for Poorton & Loscombe for Norton’s Estate
1770
Wm Walbridge for the Liberty for ?
William Grant for Nettlecombe for ? Estate
Richard Travers for Milton for Corff
Thos Whittle for Poorton & Loscombe for ?
1771
Wm Walbridge for the Liberty for late Joan Walbridge
Edwd Hansford for Nettlecombe for his Mothers Estate
John Symes for Milton for his own Estate
Revd Mr John Taylor for Poorton & Loscombe for ?
1772
Mr Elias Littell for Powerstock for the Parsonage
Mr William Grant for Nettlecombe for Bowyard Gates?
Mr Simon Hansford for Milton for Mr Sticklamds Estate
Mr Thos Whittle for Poorton for Hill?Swing
1773
Mr ? Hansford for Dingbury for Poorstock
Richard Churchill Esq for ? farm for Nettlecombe
Mr Henry Conway for ? for Milton
Mr Daniel Hallett for Mr Gollops for Poorton
1774
Mr Churchill Esq for Parks? Estate for the Liberty
Mr John Budden for the Rev ? Estate for Nettlecombe
Mr Wm Bellamy for Coombes? Estate of Milton
Mr Edwd Smith for Poorton & Loscombe
1775
(Two lines of writing here which have been crossed through but which read: ‘A rate? and ? for the relief of the Poor of the Parish of Powerstock to be disbursed? monthly? as often as need shall require’)