Database of Poor Law records for West Sussex

Poor Law Record

Reference Number:Par/59/32/4/2
Parish:Cowfold
Order type:Settlement examination
Date:21 Nov 1764
TypeNameMarital StatusAgeOccupationCommentForeign ParishForeign Parish 2
Subject Thomas ANDREWS marinerBorn in Cowfold in a barn; parents Robert and Frances ANDREWS were vagrants, father died before he was 5. 23 yrs ago, mother received 30s a year from Cowfold for his maintenance for 2 yrs, then they refused to pay any more, so she took him to the Cowfold Chatham, Kent
Other Frances Andrews mother
Other Robert ANDREWS father