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Kay Collins 1997
Hair Powder Certificates 1796-97

Lists survive only for 1796 & 1797 - not all parishes are listed.

A small bundle of forms are folded inside the lists:
To the constable of the parish of 
in the County of
Northampton.

By the Act of the 35th Geo III c.49. passed on
the 30th of April, 1795, imposing a Duty on
Certificates issued for using Hair-Powder, S.16.
You are required, within three Days after the Receipt
of the annexed List, to cause a true and exact Copy
thereof to be affixed on the Church Door of your Parish,
and from Time to Time, when necessary, to replace the
same, for the Space of Four Weeks then next.

    Every Person willfully tearing, defacing, or removing the
List to be fixed up, within the said Space of Four Weeks,
forfeits for every Offence, on Conviction before a Justice
of the Peace, Forty Shillings, Half of which goes to you,
and the other Half to the informer.

                                     CHR. SMITH,

                                                    Clerk of the Peace

of the County of Northampton
















Key
b
butler
d
daughter
f
footman
g
governess
h
householder
i
inmate
w
wife

INDEX
Status Forename SURNAME
Year
1796
1797
Parish
  Charles ---
1797
 
f
Wollaston
  Thomas ---
1797
 
f
Wollaston
Mrs   BEEBY
1796
w
w
Ringstead
  Elizabeth BETTLE
1797
 
w
Wollaston
Esq Jonathan BETTLE
1797
 
h
Wollaston
Mrs   BRIDGMAN
1797
 
w
Higham Ferrers
  Elizabeth BRITTLE
1796
w
 
Wollaston
Esq John BRITTLE
1796
h
 
Wollaston
Mrs   BULLIN
1797
 
h
Ringstead
Esq Leonard BURTON
1796
h
h
Ringstead
Mrs   CLARK
1796
-
 
Irchester
Mr   COPE
1797
 
b
Wollaston
  Adam CORRIE
1796
h
h
Wollaston
Miss   CROFTS
1797
 
-
Raunds
Mr   DEANE
1796
h
h
Higham Ferrers
Mrs   DEANE
1796
w
w
Higham Ferrers
Mrs   DICKINS
1797
 
w
Wollaston
  William ECCLES
1796
h
h
Higham Ferrers
Mrs   ECCLES
1796
w
w
Higham Ferrers
Miss   ELLERSHAW
1796
d
 
Higham Ferrers
Mrs   HUDSON
1796
w
w
Ringstead
Mrs   KELTY
1797
 
h
Wollaston
Rev G P MALIM
1796
h
h
Higham Ferrers
Mrs   MALIM
1796
w
w
Higham Ferrers
Mr   PECK
1796
h
h
Higham Ferrers
  Charlotte PETTEFORD
1796
d
 
Easton Maudit
Mrs   PROBY
1796
w
w
Stanwick
Rev Mr   PROBY
1796
h
h
Stanwick
  John REASON
1797
 
f
Wollaston
  William RICHARDS
1796
h
 
Higham Ferrers
  W D ROLF
1796
h
h
Higham Ferrers
  R SAUNT
1797
 
h
Higham Ferrers
Mr   SMALL
1796
h
 
Higham Ferrers
Rev T SMYTH
1796
h
h
Raunds
Mrs   SMYTH
1797
 
w
Raunds
Esq Thomas SPARKE
1796
h
 
Higham Ferrers
Miss   SPARKE
1796
i
 
Higham Ferrers
Mrs Hester SPARKE
1796
w
w
Higham Ferrers
Rev Mr   STRONG
1796
h
 
Hargrave
Mrs   TURNELL
1796
w
 
Higham Ferrers
Esq J TYLEY
1797
 
-
Raunds

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