POCKET ALMANACKS AT RENISHAW. 203 



M'^ Hunt stopped for Taxes in her Lammas rent i : o : o. The'iTaxs att 

 4d p lb for 22 p Annum comes to 7^ : 4, so that she hath overcharged me for 

 this Taxs 0:12:8. The 3= Taxs, as Cozen Coply told [me] att Doncaster 

 for houses was I : 6 lb : M" Hunt charged me with i : 13 : o, it comes 

 but to I : 10 : o, so that she hath overcharged me o : 3 : o in this Taxs. 



M? It is this day agreed by the Parishioners to allow Tho : Booth 3s, 

 which is due fifrom Will : Haslam, which must be taken out of Tho : charge. 

 [This relates to the 3s. tax. J 



Joseph Robinson run away & left a Child upon the Parish he is att Blith att 

 one widow .... 



Cozen Wood for one yeares table of Son ffrancis ...8:0:0. 



1693. 



Books : 



To M' Bassett — Burnet's ' Theory of the Earth,' Conflagracone, & Warrens 

 books against . . . 



[On October the loth the writer was at Ogston.] 



ffruit Trees against the South Wall in my New Orchard, begiilg att the 

 West End. 



1 Apricock. 



2 Mory Nectarine. 



4"^ Red Roman Nectarine. 



6"> Eaton Peach. 



7 Newington Peach. 



June the 10"' Lent Will Hatt [ersley] to pay Cozen Wood for one yeares 

 table of Son ffrancis 8:0:0. 



A Receipt for the blackwater. 



Take of Spitnall & Gaiigall of each two pennyworth beaten & chopped 

 small, & put them into A quart of the best cold Ale, & .so give it to the Beast : 

 the Beast to be kept fasting 6 hours before it be given, & 2 or 3 houeis after- 

 ward. 



ffor the Redwater. 



(Paper decayed.) 



June the 16* 1693. 



Received then of my nephew Geo : Sitwell att that day, & before, with ten 

 pounds allowed him for halfe A years Table, the sum of fififty pounds Currant 

 money of England in full for halfe A years Annuity, due to me att Martilmass 

 last past witness my hand Wittm Sitwell. 



[William Sitwell the brother was receiving ;^5 : 10 for interest for a loan 

 made by him to Geo. Sitwell.] 



Peeter Glossop, of Chreswell, in the Parish of Whitwell, his Recognzance 

 of 10"' to prosecute Sarah fford, & exliibit A bill of Indictment of felony att 

 the next Generall Quarter Sessions of the Peace against her. 



