Tyne Flood transcript

Next (399) »

« Previous (397)

Transcript of page 398

Estimate of Damage to George Burdes of Styford

See the scan of this page

Page 1 of 2

Note: where the original text is an abbreviation, then if the word is underlined like this: abbr, then hovering your cursor over the word will show its expansion.

Comments
Figures adjusted in darker ink to show sums disallowed.


Bowl here means Boll: see Glossary


4 substituted for 6.
14 : 00 substituted for 1 :04 : 00.
Sow and 2 young pigs (see glossary)
2 : 10 : 00 substituted for 3 : 06 : 08
1 : 15 : 00 substituted for 4 : 16 :00. See glossary for fother
 
 

Figure struck out; see glossary for Thrave


An Estymate of the Damage that happened to Geo Burdis
Farmer of Styford by the Flood that happen'd on 16th of Novr 1771
of his hay Corn and husbandry &c.                           £ :  s :  d
To 20 Bowls of Threshd Barley Taken away --------------     6  :05 : 00
To 90 Bowls of Do. wreckt and spoiled -----------------    10 : 02 : 00
To 20 Bowls of Rye Do. --------------------------------     6 : 00 : 00
To 40 Bowls of Oats Do. At {?} ------------------------     4 : 00 : 00
To 4 Bowls of Gray peas Do. at 3s 6d per --------------         14 : 00
To 1 Soow and 2 shots  Drownd ------------------------      2 : 01 : 00
To 10 Bowls of white peeas wreckt  and spoilt at 5s -----   2 : 10 : 00
To 4 fother of hay Do. --------------------------------     1 : 15 : 00
To the sowing of 4 Bowls of Rye and working  ----------     3 : 04 : 00
To the sowing of 4 Bowls of wheat and working  --------     3 : 08 : 00
To household furniture  Broken ------------------------     0 : 05 : 00
To 20 Thrave of Straw wreckt   ------------------------     0 : 13 : 04
To husband gear taken away and Lost             }                                                         }
To 10 men 6 Days Each working at the weet Corn  }          {illegible}
At One Shilling per day  -----------------      }           3 : 00 : 00
                              Total Sum                   £50 : 19 : 00
                                                           36 : 01 : 00

this page transcribed by Bill Saunders and edited by Sue Shaw