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Folios 146A-146B. Letter from David William Hambly, Collector of Rates for Kenwyn,...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/1529/90
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This record is about the Folios 146A-146B. Letter from David William Hambly, Collector of Rates for Kenwyn,... dating from 4 November 1843 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 4 November 1843
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- Folios 146A-146B. Letter from David William Hambly, Collector of Rates for Kenwyn, Little Tregothnan [near Chacewater in the Truro Poor Law Union] to the Poor Law Commission, replying to their letter [of 30 October 1843], concerning charges made against him. In regard to the £20 6s 9d he did not enter in the rate book he gave receipts to the ratepayers, indicating there was no intention to defraud. At a vestry, attended by his father, an overseer, his books were taken and not returned, so he was unable to update them. Nancy Williams, with her five children, was an inmate of St Clements Workhouse. Her husband, a soldier in Gibralter, sent £4 so she could join him, but this was insufficient. A meeting of guardians, churchwardens and overseers requested that £5 should be advanced to her and Hambly claims to have had nothing to do with the transaction. He claims that the parish officers have been obstructive and prejudiced against him. Mr Clyma [William Clyma], Auditor of Truro Union and Mr Powning [John Powning], who were appointed to inspect his books made nothing in his favour. He thinks an error of £20 is insignificant. Had he defrauded the parish of £200 to £300, as his predecessor did, then there might be room for complaint. Annotated: to acknowledge this defence. By his own admission his accounts have been kept irregularly. The payment of five pounds was illegal and cannot be justified by an unauthorized direction of the vestry. The Commissioners will allow him to resign, if he does so immediately. Paper Number: 12887/A/1843. Poor Law Union Number 57. Counties: Cornwall.
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- English
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