| Description | 'A Rate or Assessment made by the Church Wardens and Overseer of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Christopher-le-Stock London for and towards the Relief of the Poor of the said parish upon the several Inhabitants & Occupiers of Grounds, Houses, Lands, Shops, Cellars, Warehouses etc. from Lady Day [each year] to Lady Day [the subsequent year]; pursuant to the Statutes made in the Forty third year of the late Queen Elizabeth, entitled an Act for the relief of the Poor, by virtue of a Warrant under the hands of two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace & Aldermen of the said City.'
Contains the names and contributions of the people paying the rate. |