| Matlock &arents; Matlock
Bath : Lists Through the Centuries |
| Gifts &arents; Aid to the King, Fines, Licences,
Taxes, Land Owners, Hardship, School Charity, Police, Magistrates |
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The Eighteenth Century:
Removal Orders, 1712-1789 |
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An individual, whether married or not, was returned to their parish of legal settlement when
they needed or were likely to need parish relief. Such orders would have been issued by Church Wardens or Overseers
of the Poor.
As Eve McLaughin put it, they were sent swiftly back to their own parish - "or dumped over the parish boundary
to become next-door's problem". If the parish of origin was not adjacent to where they were currently living,
they were taken to the boundary, then accompanied through the next parish (if it wasn't the home parish) and so on.
It proved to be quite a costly business, as the receiving parish did not necessarily want them back but the parish
where they resided "saw beyond a couple and their three children, temporarily needing help, to a future string
of grandchildren and great grandchildren" who might also need their help. Often Removal Orders were issued so
the parish could obtain a certificate of Settlement. This would have been kept in the parish chest[1].
However, an Act of Parliament in 1794/5 meant it was no longer justifiable to remove someone because they might
need relief at some future date[2]. |
| Year Name |
Relatives |
Removed from |
Sent to |
| 1712 Thomas Pollard |
(died on journey) |
Derby |
Matlock |
| 1715 Dorothy Bunting, |
John, (late) husband; John, Sarah,child; |
Winster |
Matlock |
| 1718 Daniel Higton, |
Elizabeth, wife; |
Cromford |
Matlock |
| 1718 Anthony Young, |
Ellen, wife; Hannah, child; |
Beeley |
Matlock |
| 1719 Elizabeth Silkstone |
|
Crich |
Matlock |
| 1723 Joseph Walclock, |
wife, | Matlock |
Carsington |
| 1733 Elizabeth Wigley, |
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Matlock |
Bonsall |
| 1753 Lydia Redferne, |
Mary, sister; (Joshua, Alice, their parents) |
Matlock |
Darley |
| 1761 Joseph Oldfield |
Dorothy, mother; |
Shirland |
Matlock |
| 1765 Adam Knowles, |
Ann, wife; four children |
Wirksworth |
Matlock |
| 1765 Grace Whitehouse, |
|
Matlock |
Tipton, Staffs |
| 1766 Sarah Metcalfe, |
John, William, Frances,children; |
Darley |
Matlock |
| 1767 Titus Ball, |
John, husband; Mary, Thomas,children; |
Derby, All Saints |
Matlock |
| 1767 Henry Ludlam, |
Anne, wife; |
Middleton Wirks. |
Matlock |
| 1771 Thomas Hadfield, |
|
Matlock |
Darley |
| 1774 Benjamin Dixon, |
Mary,wife; Sarah, child; |
Wirksworth |
Matlock |
| 1776 Mary Richardson, |
John, husband; Elizabeth, Deborah, children; |
Matlock |
Cromford* |
| 1777 Mary Gadsden, |
Lydia,child; |
Matlock |
Youlgreave |
| 1778 George Fox, |
Ellen,wife; |
Middleton Wirks. |
Matlock |
| 1779 Hannah Taylor, |
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Wirksworth |
Matlock |
| 1780 James Bollington, |
Amelia, wife; William, Ann, children; |
Ashover |
Matlock |
| 1780 Joseph Pearson, |
Six children; |
Bonsall |
Matlock |
| 1783 Peter Butler, |
Sarah,wife; five children |
Bonsall |
Matlock |
| 1783 Catherine Rolston |
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Bonsall |
Matlock* |
| 1785 William Macdonald, |
Elizabeth,wife; Samuel, child; |
Matlock |
Beeley |
| 1787 George Clay, |
Sarah, Elizabeth, William, George, Abraham, children; |
Darley |
Matlock |
*This entry added to a copy of the original list. |
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Transcribed by Ann Andrews, 2024.
Information shared from the Mike Spencer collection.
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References:
[1] McLaughlin, Eve (1994) "Annals of the Poor", Vrnes Press
[2] Herber, Mark (reprinted 2004) "Ancestral Trails", Sutton Publishing, Stroud in
Association with the Society of Genealogists ISBN 0-7509-3510-3.
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