2 26 ACCOUNTS OF JOHN BAGSHAW OF ABNEY GRANGE. 



There are two payments of is. each for window tax, and 

 three payments, amounting in all to $s. gd., for forest tax, 

 probably a relic of the royal jurisdiction over the Peak Forest. 



The poor rates for Abney and Foolow (6 payments) came 



tO j£l I2S. 



There is also a rate for the headborough of Abney and the 

 headborough of Foolow, amounting in all to 6s. $d. The 

 headborough was the local constable, so that this may be 

 looked upon as a rate for police or watch purposes. 



The tithes for Hope parish were somewhat serious, amounting 

 every year to^i $s. for corn and £2 16s. for wool. 



Easter dues were also exacted for both parishes, coming to 

 6s. It- is observable that the Easter dues are distinctly higher 

 than they were in 1658; see the Society's Journal for 1889. 



(») The payments for labourers' wages are generally given in 

 small sums for specific jobs, e.g., pining {i.e., folding sheep), 

 2d. or 3^. ; garthing (i.e., fencing), 6d. ; shearing, gd., or by 

 the name of the labourer. The same name occurs again and 

 again, e.g., Francis Story receives altogether £2. In the year 

 1726, we have, however, a definite entry that a labourer named 

 Thomas Wilkinson was engaged for the year at the wage of 

 £2 19s. 



(;') The payments for domestic service are also paid in small 

 sums. But in 1720, we have a note that Jane Barker is engaged 

 at a wage of £1 15s. 



(k) The payments for farm materials, &c, are very numerous, 

 and comprise all sorts of small things ; perhaps the strangest 

 entries are for " cow-drinks " (the book contains sundry recipes 

 for such things) "aniseed-water," " sythe-stones." It is to be 

 noticed that there are no entries of expenditure on manure. 

 In this part of Derbyshire the obvious and universal " artificial " 

 manure is lime. Amongst the miscellaneous entries we have 

 such as the following: — "At Michaelmas 1720 I had in my 

 ryefield 96 load of lime and Peter had to New Close 132 load 

 of lime, so Peter had 36 loads more than me." 



