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The
Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Northumberland.
The original Gentleman's Magazine contained articles on a vast array of
subjects, including lots of wonderful topographical pieces. In 1891 George
Gomme republished all of these topograhical articles but edited and indexed
them into county specific order. Each of Gomme's works contains between
two and four separate counties, with a single common index. An absolute
goldmine of information about the county, its people and its places. Ref
0776 Price £14.50.
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The
Complete Parish Officer 1772. This is one of the most important resources
that we have seen, and one that should be of great interest to all family
historians. Published in 1772 it was the handbook of the duties and responsibilities
of the Parish Officer. It includes the duties of the overseers of the poor,
the power in relieving, employing and settling, etc. of poor persons; the
laws relating to the poor, and settlements, and the statutes concerning
masters and servants. The right of Settlement was something that was of
great concern to all of our ancestors. Basically, to be able to have right
of settlement in a parish, one had to be born there, married there or serving
an apprenticeship there. Proof was all-important, especially if a person
became destitute and needed support from the parish. Parish officers would
have people literally evicted and transported to another parish under such
circumstances. What happened about bastardy? What obligations does an apprentice
have to his master and vice-versa? This book describes it all, together
with the supporting laws.Other sections of the book include the authority
and duty of constables, tithingmen, etc.; churchwardens, how they should
be chosen, their duties, church accounts, repairing of churches, etc. There
are some very interesting punishments for not attending church and keeping
to the rules! There is a section on surveying the highways, Scavengers,
methods of taxation of the highways, and laws. And finally, the duties and
powers of Watchmen. Ref 0766nth Price £16.60.
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