PUBZ3/7/43

Folio.68-69 William Chapman of St Cuthbert, Bedford, labourer.

November 1828

From: 1828 To: 1828

I am about 45 years of age, was born in the parish of Ridgmont where my father William Chapman resided and belonged and he obtained his settlement in that parish by service. i have served as a soldier for about 15 years in the 40th Regiment of Foot and in the Marines. I have never done any act to gain a settlement in my own right in any other parish having worked as a labourer by the week or day in jobbing work. I have received relief from Mr Morris and the overseers of the poor of the parish of Ridgmont for about a year and a half at the rate of four shillings and sixpence a week - that is 3/6 for myself and one shilling a week for a woman to attend on me having been ill a great length of time. Not signed. Annotated - William Chapman died in November 1828 and the parish of Ridgmont paid all expenses.

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Chapman, William,
Morris

BEDFORD, RIDGMONT, POVERTY, Poor Laws, Overseers, magistrate, Settlement, army, soldier, 40th Regiment of Foot, illness, health