Head of Middle Street, Newcastle, in 1797.
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Image from page 142 of "History of Newcastle and Gateshead" (1884)
Identifier: historyofnewcast03welf Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidhistoryofnewcast03welf">History of Newcastle and Gateshead Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1884">1884 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorWelford__Richard__1836_1919">Welford, Richard, 1836-1919 Subjects: Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon__W__Scott">London, W. Scott Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorRobarts___University_of_Toronto">Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto">University of Toronto View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewcast03welf/historyofnewcast03welf#page/n142/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/historyofnewcast03welf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidhistoryofnewcast03welf">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewcast03welf/historyofnewcast03welf#page/n142/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: rses meat, 5s.; for washing and starching of their bands,shirts, and linen, . . . hose, 6s. 8d. Sum paid to John Carr for theircharges one day and two nights is 5/. i8s. 8d. Further expenditure was made in presents :— For four gallonsand three quarts of sack, 19s.; for Rhenish wine, 6s.; paid fo? sevenpottles of claret wine, i6d. per pottle, 9s. 4d.; for two loaves of sugarweighing iZYo lb., 2s. per lb., 37s. Sum total paid for wine and sugarsent as a present to the two noblemen is 3/. iis. 4d. Besides whkhthere are payments for a banquet to the two noblemen at Mr.Mayors house, 36s. lod. Another item in the accounts is the payment of his quarterage to Mr. Pearson, preacher of Gods word —i.e., the Rev. William Pear-son, afternoon lecturer at St. Nicholas. On the 13th of May in thefollowing year Mr. Pearson was married at St. Johns church toElizabeth, daughter of Vicar Holdsworth, deceased, and, as recordedin 1596, undertook the charge of educating Richard Holdsworth,-thevicars son. Text Appearing After Image: Head of Middle Stiieet, Xewcastle, in 1797. 132 NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD, [1599. 1599. 41 and 42 Elizabeth. Bishop of Durham—Toby Mathew. Mayoy and Sheriff of Neivcastle till Michaelvias :— George Farnaby, Mayor, and William Warmouth, Sheriff. Mayor and Sheriff elected at Michaelmas :—Mayor—William Jenison. Arms : As in 1596. Sheriff—James Clavering. Arms : Quarterly or and gules, a bend sable. LAGUE lingered about the town and suburbs, and thecorporation appear to^have appointed an officer, knownin after years as the towns physician, to attend uponthe sick poor. In the municipal accounts for Apriloccurs the item, paid to Robert Smith, physician,for one quarter fee, due at Candlemas last, 5/. A surgeon was inreceipt of a fee seven years earlier for similar services. On page 75we find John Coulson, surgeon, obtaining, by grant of the mayor, 40s.,his accustomed fee for helping to cure the maimed poor folk. Theforegoing is, however, the first recorded instance of a physicianacti Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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