Yes, very common. Bread was the main part of many diets in those days and a convenient way of distributing relief. Cheers Guy Marg Morse wrote: > Good Morning All > From a will date 1735 Worcester > The word looks like BREAD--and if it is, was this a common practise in those times? > > "I likewise give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of All Saints in the said city the sum of £20 to be placed out on good security and that the interest thereof be yearly laid out and given in six penny bread on that day on which I was baptised the said bread to be disposed of at the direction of Mr Alderman Lowbridge during his natural life and after his decease by the church warden of the said parish " > Cheers > Marg > -- Wakefield, England http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells The site that gives you facts not promises! http://www.archivecdbooks.org Where you find the answer http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Worldwide Cemetery Links, Monumental Inscriptions, War Graves, etc.