Janet Cuff wrote: > Sorry to hear about your daughter and hope you won't be too long in > A&E. I used to have what I thought of as a "season ticket" for our > local hospital when my three were young and we built up a very > freindly relationship with the staff over the years but it's no fun > sitting around for hours. At least at this time of day you will > get in the queue before the drunks. I sometimes feel as though I have a "season ticket" as well :)) > On the subject of the Hearth tax etc , are there any Cuffs > mentioned as my husband's family were in Somerset way back then? > However, priority to your daughter, my enquiry can wait. Dau is now all fixed up: no serious damage, thankfully :)) The tax was payable each half year Michaelmas and Lady Day at 1 shilling per hearth per half year. You've a nice little collection of CUFF/Es :)) William CUFF of Curry Revell, 2 hearths, Thos WALSH, Ex (with ~ over x) now Wm CUFF and Josias GRIFFIN Abigaile CUFFE of Michaell Creek, 2 hearths, Abigaile CUFFE vid Ex now John WESTCOMBE ffran CUFFE of Brooke, 1 hearth, Ex John CUFFE of Ashill, 2 hearths, James ROBERT now John CUFFE he hath one more than was returned [The charge is for 3 hearths] Nicho CUFFE of Ilton, 5 hearths, Ex now John Gould Peter CUFFE of Yatton, 3 hearths, Ex Peter CUFFE of Yatton, 2 hearths, Returned on short. [There's 1gr entered beside the charge which is for 3 hearths] Wm CUFFE of Alcombe, 3 hearths, [This] tenement [is] empty and [the] owner lives in Ireland. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Hi Chirani, So glad the damage to your daughter's  wrist/arm wasn't as great as expected but I expect she is very sore all the same :o(( Huge thanks for sparing time to find all the Cuff/e info.  Nicho Cuffe was doing very nicely with 5 hearths wasn't he. It's another detail to put alongside his will and other scraps I've managed to glean about him. Again thanks for your time Janet  :o))