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Damages claims from Newburn parish

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Thomas Meck (or Muk?)








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William Longridge


Gerard Handyside of Hedon on the Wall.
 To Cost of 9½ Acres Potatoes bought of Thos Meck [?]of Throckley
        at £7.. P Acre -------------------------------------£66..10..0
 Deductions-
      To Loss allow'd for former Floods -------- £20..0..0
      To 60 Lds taken up at 5s. ----------------- 15..0..0
      To 25 Lds sold at 2/6 --------------------   3..2..6
      To 9 Lds -------at 3/- --------------------  1..7...
                                                             39..9..6
                       Total Loss in Hedon Haugh ---------- £27..0..6
 To Loss on 196 Loads of Potatoes lodg'd at Newburn -------  10..0...
                                                            £37.....6
The above Account after the most strict Examination & Inquiry, we
believe to be nearly the Value of Gerard Handysides Loss, but it is
impossible to make an exact Valuation
      Newburn 1st January 1772    Thos. Rickman Vicar
                                   Wm Longridge
                                   George Penman

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