'Late of' an address just means they used to live there, 'deceased' (or abbreviation of it) was usually used when a person had died. The two were often used in combination, showing that 'late' did not imply a death. I'd be fairly sure you can rule out (a). Whether (b) or (c) - I don't know. Are there earlier or later lists to compare - if people with (late) after their name are at the same address in a subsequent year then it suggests (c), if there was always a change, then it suggests (b). Teresa On 11/03/2017 19:33, S TANNER wrote: > > Can anyone offer their opinion on the following entries in the Mansfield 1813 Ratepayers’ list? > > Hempwall, Joseph, Stockwell Gate, £1 – 10s – 8 > Hempwall, William, (late) Stockwell Gate, 2s – 9d > > (Hempwall being an error for Hempsall) > > Does “late” mean > (a) that William had died during the year OR > (b) that he was still alive but no longer resided there, so perhaps they were after him for what they thought he owed OR > (c) that he was late with his payment, or had not paid at all. > > Of Joseph, I know he was a publican keeping the “Admiral Nelson” in 1822-26 (from an Alehouse recognizance list) and that the pub was taken over in 1827 by his son William after his death in 1826. So that would preclude meaning (1) above, assuming it was the same chap. But if it refers to an older man, then there should have been a burial in Mansfield PR around the time – and there isn’t one. The younger one died in 1840. > > Ideas welcome > > Steve Tanner > > HEMPSALL ONS > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? > http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus