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pp. 2- 8 Notes on the Jesson family c. 1689 - 1799.
pp. 10 - 13, 24 - 25, 80 - 83 An account of the number of horses I have.
pp. 14 - 15, 35 Details of entering into the cavalry and expenditure incurred, 1798 - 1803,also the militia for Staffordshire
pp. 16 - 21, 26 Deaths of local and national figures 1778 - 1837
p. 22 Price of grain at Wolverhampton market 1799 - 1800
p. 28 - 29 abstract of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Jesson, dated Oct 1787 and details of legacies received
p. 33 statistical details from census at Trysull, 1821 and 1831
p. 36 statistical details from census at Wolverhampton 1801
p. 39 amount of poor rate levied in Wolverhampton, 1794 - 1799
p. 41 abstract of Act of Parliament of 1755 to build St John's chapel, Wolverhampton
pp. 48 - 62 abstracts etc from wills of Wilkes family (includes property at Chapel Ash)
p. 64 my weight at different times 1802 - 1832
pp. 65 - 69 miscellaneous financial and other transactions
p. 70 extract from will of Joseph Wainwright of Dudley [Worcestershire], surgeon, dated Oct 1809
pp. 74, 76 exchanges of lands with Mr Pudsey of Seisdon (Staffordshire)
p. 78 short extract from will of Thomas Gibbons of Wolverhampton, banker, c. 1808
pp. 87 - 110 details of purchase of Trysull estate, c. 1803
pp. 114, 116 - 1117 Wilkes investments
pp. 118 - 121, 185 Cappon Field Colliery, Sedgley (Staffordshire) - details of purchase and yields of coal 1808 - 1840
p. 122 Property tax paid
pp. 124 - 125 Notes on Groome family of Trysull
pp. 126 - 133, 172 - 173, 178 - 179 details of properties at Oldbury [?Worcestershire] (incl. rough sketch plan)
pp. 134 - 135 Notes on Newton and Horton families
p. 138, 140, 168 Cornelius Jesson's expenses 1807 - 1830
p. 139, 141 Henry Jesson's expenses 1807 - 1831
pp. 142 - 144 details of family and local marriages 1785 - 1840
pp. 147 - 149, 158 - 160 details of money lent and interest received 1827 - 1841
pp. 150 - 157 an account of the unjust will, unnatural conduct and cruel behaviour to his sister of the Rev Richd. Wilkes, rector of Enville [Staffordshire] died Mar 1824
pp. 164 - 165 John Stubb's legacies
p. 166 account with my sister
p. 167 sale of timber 1833
p. 176 shares in River Severn improvement 1878
p. 180 purchase and improvements to property 1839 - 1840
pp. 187, 190 - 193 railway shares 1844 - 1852
p. 189 Wolverhampton theatre shares 1847 - 1848 | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | River and lake engineering Commodity prices Religious buildings Poverty Rail transport poor rates Coal mining Poor Armed forces Theatre | Temporal: | 1778 - 1878 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Wolverhampton; St John's church; 1755 - | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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