There was only one last week so I saved it for this week. LRSM = Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury Full details from the newspaper are given below; I have no further information. LRSM 18 April 1856 Boston Petty Sessions 11 April Rebecca FAIRHURST, widow, applied for an order in bastardy against Jos. BRANDLEY, foreman of the sack department at the railway station. An order was made for 1s. 6d. per week. LRSM 25 April 1856 Spittlegate Petty Sessions 18 April Arthur ASH was charged with being the father of an illegitimate child by Elizabeth ROBERTS, of Skillington. An order was granted for 2s. per week. Lincoln (Kesteven) Petty Sessions 18 April It was ordered that Wm. HARRISON, of Kettlethorpe, should pay 1s. 6d. weekly towards the support of the illegitimate child of Mary PRIDGEON, of North Hyckham. Boston Petty Sessions 19 April Alice SHARP applied for an order in bastardy on Richd. HARVEY, butcher, of Boston. Order made for 2s. 6d. a week. Spilsby Petty Sessions 21 April Thos. GILL, of Little Steeping, was charged with being the father of the illegitimate child of Maria DAWSON, of Halton. Paternity admitted: ordered to pay 2s. per week and expenses. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk

I love reading all of your postings Anne. I was wondering if the amounts the men were ordered to pay would be a hardship for them as I have no idea what wages would have been in those days. I see that the one man, a butcher, was ordered to pay more so I guess the amounts were set according to their ability to pay. Also how long would they have to pay? Now days I believe they are required to support the child until they are at least 18. Carol Lylyk Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Cole" <duncalf@one-name.org> To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 6:11 AM Subject: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper > There was only one last week so I saved it for this week. > > LRSM = Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury >

Hello Carol, I can't answer your question about wages, but as you say the awards were made according to ability to pay. The highest amount that could be paid was 2s. 6d. In the workhouse minutes, 1s. 6d. is the amount most quoted as that which someone should pay to support a relative on poor relief. Therefore it must have been an amount affordable by most. >From 1844 the child had to be supported until it was 13 years of age. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carol Lylyk > Sent: 18 March 2012 16:03 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper > > I love reading all of your postings Anne. I was wondering if the amounts > the > men were ordered to pay would be a hardship for them as I have no idea > what > wages would have been in those days. I see that the one man, a butcher, > was > ordered to pay more so I guess the amounts were set according to their > ability > to pay. Also how long would they have to pay? Now days I believe they > are > required to support the child until they are at least 18. > > Carol Lylyk > Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Cole" <duncalf@one-name.org> > To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 6:11 AM > Subject: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper > > > > There was only one last week so I saved it for this week. > > > > LRSM = Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message

An idea of agricultural wages for the period is as http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/N-Money.html#1850 It seems to be about 10s per week, exclusive of overtime- so would be more at harvest, for example. Margaret -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carol Lylyk Sent: 18 March 2012 16:03 To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper I love reading all of your postings Anne. I was wondering if the amounts the men were ordered to pay would be a hardship for them as I have no idea what wages would have been in those days. I see that the one man, a butcher, was ordered to pay more so I guess the amounts were set according to their ability to pay. Also how long would they have to pay? Now days I believe they are required to support the child until they are at least 18. Carol Lylyk Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Cole" <duncalf@one-name.org> To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 6:11 AM Subject: [LIN] Bastardy Cases in the Newspaper > There was only one last week so I saved it for this week. > > LRSM = Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message