I am not sure what an outsetter or outsitter is on the Ship Money Returns. Does it refer to a person who was due to pay for property in that parish who was not resident there? Brian Sillett

Could it be outfitter ,the f's and s's can look alike Margaret Walker Jacobson > On December 2, 2018 at 1:55 PM Brian Sillett via SUFFOLK <suffolk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > I am not sure what an outsetter or outsitter is on the Ship Money Returns. Does it refer to a person who was due to pay for property in that parish who was not resident there? > > Brian Sillett > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/suffolk@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Have not come across this word anywhere but I wonder if it could be ‘outfitter’ which was one who fitted out ships after they  were built? Just guess really but this is a listed occupation. Chris Hicks From: Brian Sillett via SUFFOLK Sent: 02 December 2018 19:00 To: Suffolk Cc: Brian Sillett Subject: [SFK-UK] Ship money returns I am not sure what an outsetter or outsitter is on the Ship Money Returns. Does it refer to a person who was due to pay for property in that parish who was not resident there? Brian Sillett _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/suffolk@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Thanks Chris and Vincent. I hadn't thought of "outfitter" and didn't know the trade name. However, there are numerous sections in parish returns headed "outsetters" and even "outdwellers" see pages 129 and 135 for examples which makes me think the persons were from out of the parish in which taxes were raised. Brian Sillett -----Original Message----- From: Brian Sillett via SUFFOLK Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2018 6:55 PM To: Suffolk Cc: Brian Sillett Subject: [SFK-UK] Ship money returns I am not sure what an outsetter or outsitter is on the Ship Money Returns. Does it refer to a person who was due to pay for property in that parish who was not resident there? Brian Sillett _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/suffolk@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

You are right, Brian. Outsetters were people who owned or occupied land in the parish but lived elsewhere. In the 1805 edition of Humphrey PRIDEAUX's book, Directions to Church-wardens for the faithful discharge of their duty (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x3sAAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover), out-setters are defined on page 43 and discussed in comparison with in-setters on pages 54 and 55. David________________________________ From: Brian Sillett via SUFFOLK <suffolk@rootsweb.com> To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Cc: Brian Sillett <brian.sillett010@btinternet.com> Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2018, 20:41 Subject: [SFK-UK] Re: Ship money returns Thanks Chris and Vincent. I hadn't thought of "outfitter" and didn't know the trade name. However, there are numerous sections in parish returns headed "outsetters" and even "outdwellers" see pages 129 and 135 for examples which makes me think the persons were from out of the parish in which taxes were raised. Brian Sillett -----Original Message----- From: Brian Sillett via SUFFOLK Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2018 6:55 PM To: Suffolk Cc: Brian Sillett Subject: [SFK-UK] Ship money returns I am not sure what an outsetter or outsitter is on the Ship Money Returns. Does it refer to a person who was due to pay for property in that parish who was not resident there? Brian Sillett