Reference
Co/Fin1
Title
19thC. Records regarding fees, allowances, disbursements and salaries
Date free text
1837 - 1898
Production date
From: 1837 To: 1898
Scope and Content
Coroner's salaries (original bundle of material) [ex CO4].
Comprises extracts from Quarter Sessions minutes regarding expenses 1837-56 and makeup of the Honour of Ampthill; correspondence regarding payment of expenses for the Honour and need for more detailed returns from the Coroner;
minutes of Committee formed to investigate the need for surgeons' attendance at certain inquests, 1856;
notice of formation of a Commission to investigate expenses etc. at inquests nationally, 1857;
correspondence regarding Committee of Quarter Sessions investigations regarding summoning of Coroners to deaths 1857;
booklet "When is an Inquest "Duly Taken"?" 1858;
minutes of Quarter Sessions regarding coroners fees 1858;
report of Committee appointed to examine Schedule of Fees, Allowances and Disbursements paid and made by Coroners on the holding of Inquests 1858 (printed report and drafts);
communication of Norfolk magistrate regarding booklet on tables of violent deaths 1852-6;
resolution of House of Commons on coroners' fees 1860;
returns in pursuance of House of Commons Resolution regarding numbers of Inquiries held, fees disallowed, and expenses for 1849-1859;
letter from Coroner regarding provisions of Act 23 and 24 Vict.c.116, 1860;
list of inquests attended and fees due 1855- 60 (each inquest listed in date order, with mileage and fees);
payments to the Coroner at each Quarter Session 1852-9 (for County Coroner and Coroner for Honor [sic] of Ampthill);
claim by landlord for loss of stabling due to 5 day storage of dead body;
minutes of Quarter Sessions Committee recommending amount of salary of two Coroners active in the County;
address of the Coroner to Peace Officers of the County regarding his office, 1861;
appeal for a rise in salary and expenses by County Coroner, 1898;
comparison of remuneration of Bedfordshire coroners with those in Wiltshire and Northamptonshire, no date but presumed 1898
Exent
bundle
Level of description
file