Hi Robin, I think that it means that is how far the Coroner had to travel to the 'scene' and that is the amount he was paid for his expenses - travel and such. Emma Robin Coates <robin.coates1@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello. Sorry but it is me again. The East Sussex Coroners' Records have an entry amongst 'Bills of George Gwynne' relating to my 3x great uncle Edward Everest:- '9 Dec. 1828. Hartfield. Edward Everest. 21 miles. £1.15s.9d.' This puzzles me. Does it mean that Edward had died 21 miles from his home in Hartfield and the authorities had to pay the above sum for him to be returned to Hartfield?. Edward prefaced pretty well anything he had to say with 'oh dear' and, yes you've guessed, was known to all and sundry as 'oh dear'. With many thanks. Robin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message