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

Hello Marg I have 3 or 4 wills here bequeathing money for the poor to be paid out in bread. regards Chris Bartlett > -----Original Message----- > From: Marg Morse [mailto:margmorse@smartchat.net.au] > Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2004 11:29 a.m. > To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OEL] Bread? > > > 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 > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from list mode -- > Send the one word UNSUBSCRIBE to > OLD-ENGLISH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >

>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 yes - a very regular sort of bequest to the poor, whose staple diet was bread. Sixpenny bread - this is either the more expensive white sort,m ior six X penny loaves, or this was a very high priced time for bread (which I think it was) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

In the 17th century, a widow of the lord of a manor near where I live left white bread for poor people of the parish to be handed out annually. There is a plaque in the church commemorating this act, as well as the legacy noted in her will. Eventually this would have been commuted into cash and left to the poor. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Morse" <margmorse@smartchat.net.au> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:29 PM Subject: [OEL] Bread? > 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 > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from list mode -- > Send the one word UNSUBSCRIBE to > OLD-ENGLISH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >