__________ (de barraclough sent to derek deShelfe on 23 Apr 2003) [From a book by James Parker,1904] Extract from an accounts book kept at Royds Hall,by Joshua Bywater & John Birkby,stewards on the estate from 1780. Wages Paid For Hay Tenting at Royds Hall in 1783. John Seed-----------11 days Benjamin Seed-------15 days Joseph Booth--------10 days Abraham Hardy-------10 days Henry Hardy----------9.5 days Joseph Hardy---------9.5 days George Hardy---------9.5 days Thomas Barraclough 4 days Abraham Barraclough 4 days Jonathan Barraclough 11 days Jonas Barraclough 7.5 days Jonas Seed-----------4 days 105 days at 1 shilling & 4 pence per day �7 0s 0d. Rec'd August 19th.1783,of Mr.Hodgson,the sum of Seven pounds in full for the above,by me,John Birkby. ======================================== Mowing Royds Hall Park,1782 45 days work. �4 12s 2d (Received Jonas Barraclough) ======================================== Gardener's Work in Royds Hall Gardens,1781 November 1781,Abram Barraclough,20.5 days working in Gardens at 1s 2d a day �1 3s 11d ======================================== All very interesting,BUT whose rellies are all these Barracloughs ?????? Cheers---------Derek 1