Description | Summary of payments to militia families made by Charles Wrightson one of the overseers of the poor of the township of Cockerton in county Durham and sworn on 10 May 1795. Includes payments to:
- the wife and child of Joseph Bairn, a substitute in the North York militia for Michale Orton, who was balloted for the township of Guisborough in Langbaurgh wapentake
- the wife and two children of William Cunsdale, a substitute in the North York militia for William Walters, who was balloted for the township of Brawby in the wapentake of Ryedale
- the wife and five children of John Taylor, a substitute in the North York militia for John Hill, who was balloted for the township of Egton in the wapentake of Langbaurgh
With a receipt dated 9 May 1795 from Charles Wrightson for the total sum paid in the above summary |