St Martin's Settlement Exams:
St Martin in the Fields Pauper Examinations, 1725-1793

3rd January 1750



Unique Project ID56992
Examination TextElizabeth Sharpley aged about 60 years destitute of lodging upon her oath saith that she is the widow of Rice Sharpley to whom she was married at St Peter's Church in the city of Worcester about 15 years ago, that he was a Cabinet Maker by trade and lived in and rented an house in Boyles Head Court in the Strand in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields for the space of three years and a half at the yearly rent of 11 pounds 12 shillings besides taxes, quitted the same about seven years ago and there died, and that she this Examinant never kept house rented 10 pounds by the year paid any parish taxes or was a yearly hired servant in any one place for 12 months together since her said husband's death. Sworn the third Day of January 1750 before James Fraser.
Manuscript ReferenceF5040
ForenameElizabeth
Surname Sharpley< no role >
Male OR Femalefemale
Age60
Date of Examination03/01/1750
Examination Outcomeunknown
Page Number278
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