Can anyone help? I am working my way through some poor relief payments from 1800 and it's a bit of a scrawl but all very straightforward, just like loads of others, until I got to 'To 5 weeks Irish pay to Barker's wife, 8d a week' 3s 4d This is the first time I've come across the term 'Irish pay'. I tried Google but of course you get Irish pay rises, the Irish pay for this and that and the other etc ... The Overseers are regularly paying for to support the families of men in the Militia, so could Barker be in Ireland in the militia? Or is there some other meaning of 'Irish pay' that someone knows about. It's very clear on the page so I don't think it's a misreading. Lyn B