Officers of the Erpingham Poor Law Union

22/11/2013

The Union Officers

Position Location Name Elected date Rough Notes Governors Sheringham Joseph 'Curtees' Pre-transcript Listed as Governor in White's Directory of 1836. Could be Joseph Curtis, later blacksmith of Cromer.

David Curties/Curtis Pre-transcript Born Southrepps 1786. At Thornage 1841 - Schoolmaster age 55 and wife Mary age 59. At Briston 1851 - retired tradesman age 65 born Southrepps and wife Mary age 56 born Litcham. Died 1860.

Samuel Bird 4 May 1840 Born 1792 Witnesham, Suffolk. 1841 - Master of the Workhouse age 45, Wife Ann age 40 and 3 children. In August 1848 he resigned to take "a situation at Ipswich under the Board of Directors of the Eastern Counties railway." He was not replaced. 1851 - Stoke Cottages, Ipswich St. Mary Stoke. Samuel was Clerk to Eastern Union Railway Company age 59, wife Ann age 50 born Glemham Magna, plus Son John age 17 born Nacton. Widowed by 1861. Died 1869 at Ipswich. North Walsham Ambrose Mayes Pre-transcript Born 1772. 1841 - Swafield Lane, North Walsham 'Independent' age 65, with daughter Barbara age 20 and a Sarah Tuck age 1. Gimingham Jonathan Werr/Wurr/Whurr Pre-transcript Not identified. William Webb 22 Aug 1836 Prior to this date he was Governor of the Holt workhouse. John Perowne 12 Jun 1837 To be confirmed - Born 1794 at Norwich. Reverend John Perowne became a missionary with the Church Missionary Society in Bengal and his wife Eliza was a teacher in the missionary school. Returned to England approx. 1830. 1841 - Newmarket Road, Norwich. Clergyman age 45 with Wife Eliza and 4 children. 1851 - Rector of St. John's Maddermarket. William Cubitt 18 Mar 1839 Several possibles. John King 16 Mar 1840 Born approx 1795. Of Watton. Wife Mary. Not enough info to identify further. Resigned 9 Jan 1843.

George Rix 6 Feb 1843 His wife Sarah fell ill in the Autumn of 1843 and died in the December. A relation (of his wife) Mary Ann Ely was brought in as a temporary substitute, initially for 6 weeks, then extended to 25 March 1844. On 5 Feb 1844 he was told that he could continue after 25 March provided he was married. They married at the beginning of March! (Erpingham 1844 Mar 13 161). 1841 - Wayland Workhouse (Rockland All Saints). George Rix, schoolmaster age 20, Sarah Rix, schoolmistress age 25. 1849 - Resigned as Governor 3 Sep 1849 after being declared incompetent. 1851 - George Rix, Schoolmaster at Swaffham Prison, b. 1819 at Dereham. Wife Mary Ann b. 1815 at Forncett St. Mary.

Robert S. Chapman 24 Sep 1849 Previously of Shipmeadow Workhouse, Wangford Union. Wife Hannah. Fell ill in Feb 1850 & Thomas Potter was appointed as Deputy. Potter, Thomas 18 Mar 1850 Previously of Buxton Workhouse, Aylsham Union. Wife Mary. Porter Sheringham Daniel Hastings 22 Aug 1836 Born 1816 at Mundesley. Moved across to Gimingham as Schoolmaster from 23 Jan 1837. 1841 - Scotter, Lincolnshire, schoolmaster age 26, with wife Lavinia, 20, and 2 children. Became a Relieving Officer in the Gainsborough Union in 1846. 1851 - Misterton, Notts., Relieving Officer & Registrar age 35, Lavinia age 34 plus 5 children.

Stephen Winfield NK Appears as Porter at Sheringham in the 1841 Census. Born 1770 at Wickmere. Wife Sarah. Pauper in the West Beckham workhouse 1851. Died in the December quarter of 1856.

Gimingham Fenn Lewis 22 Aug 1836 Born 1811 at Salthouse. Married Ann Barnes. Ag Lab 1841, 1851, 1861. Died Q3 1861.

Position Location Name Elected date Rough Notes Daniel Breeze/Breese 27 Mar 1837 Born 1820 approx. Married Schoolmistress Harriet Whitby Q2 1839. 1841 at Sutton, Carpenter. Died before 1851. Plane Pegg 7 May 1838 Born 1807 at Sheringham. Living with parents Thomas (farmer) & Sarah in 1841, 1851. Died 1858.

Isaac Green 30 Jul 1838 Of North Walsham. Two possibles - could be father or son. Matthew Catchpole 23 Sep 1839 Then of Sprowston. John Colman 6 Jan 1840 Several possibles. Thomas Knyvett 8 Jun 1840 Born 1811 at Newton Flotman. In 1841, just after leaving the house, he was lodging at the Angel Inn, Stratton St. Mary (baker age 30). 1851 - Ag Lab at the Heath, Horsford, with wife Deborah.

Robert Empson 31 May 1841 Born 1806 at either Palling or Acle. Wife Sarah. From the records he was married and supporting children before 1841. Living at Palling as an Ag Lab 1851 & 1861. Robert Dye 1 Nov 1841 Born 1820 at North Walsham. His father James was a Sheriff's Officer. 1841 - Cooper. With parents in Chapel Street. 1851 - Cooper (unmarried) lodging in Chapel Street, North Walsham.

John Green 5 Sep 1842 Several possibles. He tendered his resignation on 6 Mar 1848 to become Porter at the Downham Union Workhouse. James Pycroft 26 Dec 1842 Appointed temporary assistant to John Green for 3 months. There was clearly a lot going on in the House at the time but no specifics were stated in the Minutes. James also appears in the list of 'Other Players.' He was an unsuccessful candidate for the permanent position of Porter when Green left.

Andrew Child 21 Mar 1848 Born 1822 at Blakeney. Was of Field Dalling at time of appointment. Still in post at West Beckham in 1851 but by 1861 was Porter at the St. Faith's workhouse (unmarried and age 38).

Chaplain Gimingham George Coleby 5 Dec 1836 Born 1795 at Cromer. Rector of Colby. Wife Jane. Died 1870. Schoolmaster Gimingham Daniel Hastings 23 Jan 1837 Previously Sheringham Porter. See his entry above. Daniel Banham Holl 10 Sep 1838 Born 1811 at Norwich St. John Timberhill. Impregnated inmate Elizabeth Howes (see list of Paupers). Married Eliza Wiggett - the previous schoolmistress - in 1840. 1841 - Chapel Street, Trunch, schoolmaster age 30. With Eliza and a William Wiggett age 20. 1851 - Trunch - Daniel Schoolmaster age 40, Eliza age 48, born Briston. Appointed British Postal Service 1853. Parish Clerk. Samuel Thomas Bennett 27 Jan 1840 Born 1813 at Downham. See Dinah Hornegold below. Death recorded Norwich 1864 Jun 4b 77.

Samuel Amies/Amis 3 May 1841 Temporary. Born approx. 1781. David Wilkin(s) 31 May 1841 Born 1800 approx. 1841 - Schoolmaster at Framingham Earl. Resigned from Union post on 28 Mar 1842. George J. Hewitt/Hewett 11 Apr 1842 Born 1811 at Norwich. 1841 - Schoolmaster age 25 at the Walsingham Union Workhouse, Great Snoring. 1851 - White Hart Street, Aylsham. Retired Schoolmaster age 40, married, visiting Parish Clerk George White & his wife. Hutchinson Frederick Murrell 30 Oct 1842 Born 1820 at Norwich. Resigned 1 Nov 1847 to be a Relieving Officer in Forehoe Union; "it is the opinion of this Board that he will make a much better Relieving Officer than a Schoolmaster." 1841 - Market Place, Aylsham. Schoolmaster. HoH Sarah Flower. Married Ann Woodrow in March Quarter 1848. 1851 - Barnham Broom. Relieving Officer age 31. With wife Ann & 1 year old son Thomas. Still at Barnham Broom as RO in 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891. Died 1909.

J. Pycroft NA Temporary schoolmaster for a few weeks before the arrival of John Brown.

Position Location Name Elected date Rough Notes Brown, John 20 Dec 1847 From the Normal School (teacher training) at Glasgow. Resigned 21 Aug 1848 to go to a 'better position' at Denbigh. James Hall 18 Sep 1848 From the National Training School, Battersea. Developed smallpox at the end of October 1848. Resigned 26 Dec 1848 "partly on account of ill health and being so uncomfortably situated."

William Rush 15 Jan 1849 Born 1824 at Dunham. Asked "for a Testimonial by reason of declining health" on 24 Mar 1851. Gave notice on 7 Apr 1851. George B. Conyard 28 Apr 1851 Of Oulton. Schoolmistress Gimingham Harriet Whitby 27 Mar 1837 Born 1823 at Brinton. Referred to initially as Hannah. Married Daniel Breeze (see above) Q2 1839. 1841 at Sutton with Daniel. 1851 - St. Thomas Street, Newchurch IoW; Harriet, widowed Lady's Maid age 28 born Brinton. Married John Walker Q4 1857 at Great Yarmouth. 1861 - John 'victualler' & Harriet at the Hotel Belle Vue, High Street, Cromer. He was Licensee 1858 - 1865. 1871 - 41 Esmerelda Road, Bermondsey; John 'Manager of Tannery' age 43 born Bermondsey, Harriet age 45 born Brinton. No children, but Nephew George Dew age 16 born Blakeney. 1881 - Harriet 'Pauper Patient' Ironer in Camberwell Infirmary, Havil Street.

Elizabeth 'Eliza' Wiggett 10 Sep 1838 Born 1803 at Briston. See Daniel Holl's entry above. In White's Directory 1836 as grocer & draper of Briston. Dinah Hornegold 16 Mar 1840 Born 1815 at St. Martin at Oak, Norwich. She married the Schoolmaster Samuel Thomas Bennett 5 May 1841 at Saint Augustine, Norwich; Norwich Jun 1841 13 347. The couple were Schoolmaster and Schoolmistress of the Blything Union Workhouse (Blythburgh, Suffolk) at the Census on 6 June 1841. In 1851 the couple were in Lynn Road, Downham Market with their children Samuel age 9 and Esther age 7 (Esther was her Mother's name). Samuel was then a Carpenter. Census 1861 - St. Martin's Lane, Norwich. Census 1871 - Caledonian Terrace, Dereham Road, North Heigham; widow Diana age 56 living with son Samuel and Grand-daughter Esther Reeves.

Mary Sidney 28 Sep 1840 Born 1821 at Woolpit, Suffolk and lived there except for the short period in Norfolk. Her mother Mary ran a seminary and the post office, taken over by Mary before 1881. Buried at Woolpit 1910, 'age 91.' A. Thompson NA Stood in for Mary Sidney when she was ill in February 1841. Hannah Riches 28 Jun 1841 Sacked for inefficiency. Possibly the daughter of farmer Titus Riches of Paston. Mary Rump 4 Mar 1844 Became unwell in April 1845 and the MO's opinion was that she "would not recover her health for several months." Resigned. The only single Mary Rump in 1841 was living in Lakenham, age 20, no occupation. Elizabeth Mary Bird 19 May 1845 The only candidate. She tendered her resignation on 9 Feb 1846. Too many 'possibles.' Frances Murrell 23 Feb 1846 Tendered her resignation 23 Nov 1846 'by reason of ill-health.' Daughter of Relieving Officer Timothy. Born 1821 at Norwich. 1861 - Unmarried Schoolmistress of Pump Street, Cromer. Rolfe, Mary Ann 7 Dec 1846 Age 38 & from Saxlingham. 8 Feb 1847: 'The Chaplain ... reported that he found the Girls' School in the utmost confusion, that the Schoolmistress is not capable of conducting a Union School. She has neither system nor self confidence and the girls evidently do not pay the least attention to any thing she say.' She was given a month's notice. 1841 - Saxlingham. Schoolmistress age 30, living with her mother Mary. Emily Ward 1 Mar 1847 Born 1822 at Marham but was 'of Weasenham' when appointed. Still in post at West Beckham in 1851. Medical Officers Cromer District Charles Earle 12 April 1836 Born 1777 at Norwich. Widowed by 1841. Census 1841 & 1851 - West Street, Cromer. Surgeon & General Practitioner. Paper in the Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal Vol. 10, No. 23, Jun. 10, 1846 on Obstetric cases he encountered. Died February 1861.

Position Location Name Elected date Rough Notes Alborough District Richard Hacon 10 May 1836 Born 1794 at Sco Ruston. Wife Frances. Subsidiary to Chas. Earle. Appears as 'Hagon' 3 Feb 1840, 27 Apr 1840. Died 1861. Census 1841, 1851 (Poison Green - now Doctor's Corner), 1861 at Aldborough. Died September 1861. North Walsham District John Coleby 12 April 1836 Born 1801 at Colby. 1841 Surgeon John Coleby was living in Antingham Lane/Road, North Walsham, with his wife Mary, a Surgeon’s apprentice James Watson and two servants. In 1851, at the same location, his occupation was given as M.R.C.S.S.A.C.H. O'Donnell NA Assistant to John Coleby. Not identified. Holt District John Banks 12 April 1836 Born 1801 at Holt. Wife Elizabeth (married 1843). Living at White Lion Street in 1841, 1851, 1861. In 1871 John was lodging with chemist Henry Withers in High Street Cromer (Elizabeth in Holt). He died that year. Holt District Robert Bacon 3 Jul 1837 Assistant to John Banks. Not identified. Holt District John Hales 15 May 1848 Initially assistant to John Banks. 1851 - Bull Street. Surgeon MRCS Eng. LAC Lond. In General Practice. Born 1821 Norwich.Wife Sarah age 21 b. Holt. Son John Bazeley Took HALES age 1.

Cley District Corbett J. Cooke 25 April 1842 Born 1816 at Cley. 1851 - General practioner in Cley. Wife Anne (or Anna) b. 1830 at Thornage.

Briston District John Thornton 25 April 1842 Born 1814. 1841 - Living at Hill House, Holt, with surgeon John Ellis. Resigned 15 Mar 1847, having disposed of his practice. George Skrimshire 12 Apr 1847 1841 - Loddon. Surgeon age 35. Wife Ann age 30. 1851 - Obelisk Plain, Holt. General Practitioner MRCS born 1802 Fakenham. Wife Lavinia b. 1808 London - 2nd wife. Southrepps District John Prentice 25 April 1842 Born 1785 at Oundle, Northants. Wife Mary Amelia. Lived in Cock Street, North Walsham. Died 1862. West Beckham Workhouse Francis Mac Evoy 28 Oct 1850 Surgeon of Northrepps. The appointment was not approved by the Poor Law Board because his (Dublin) qualifications did not meet their requirements. George Skrimshire 9 Dec 1850 See above. Vaccination Officers John Prentice 21 Sep 1840 See above. Charles Buck 21 Sep 1840 Surgeon of Cley. John Colman/Coleman 21 Sep 1840 Subsequently declined the position. Surgeon of Briston. Cley District Corbett J. Cooke 25 April 1842 See above. Relieving Officers (up to Cromer District Timothy Matthew Murrell 12 April 1836 Born 1796 at Norwich. Married Susanna Helsdon in 1815. Appears in White's 1836 Directory living in 20 Sep 1848) Edgefield as Assistant Overseer. His son Hutchinson listed as schoolmaster (though he was only 15). 1841 - Sustead; Relieving Officer age 40. 1851 - Sustead; Relg. Officer & Registrar of B & D. 1858 - Married Elizabeth Green of Wroxham. 1861 - High Road to Cromer, Sheringham. Registrar of Births & Deaths, Parish Clerk & General Agent. Died March 1870.

North Walsham District Edmund Angell Lane 12 April 1836 Born 1778 at Mundesley. Married Susannah Clarke 1801. 1841 - Lower Street Southrepps. Became increasingly incompetent (mental illness?) and resigned 7 Mar 1842. Died 1845. Henry Timothy Murrell 21 Mar 1842 Lived at Southrepps. See notes below. 1841 - Attorney's Clerk age 20, living in Garden Street. He abruptly stopped his duties in June 1848 and was relieved by the Sheringham Governor Samuel Bird. He resigned formally on 3 Jul 1848. 1851 - Heigham. Solicitor's Clerk age 34, born Norwich St. Stephen's. Wife Louisa born Northrepps. See notices at the end of this document re his insolvency at this time. 1861 - Attorney's Clerk. Living in Kimberley Street, Heigham. 1871 - No. 20 Bedford Street, Heigham. Attorney's General Clerk. Died in Sep quarter 1878.

Position Location Name Elected date Rough Notes Holt District James Spurrell Plumbly 12 April 1836 Born 1807 at Southrepps. Resigned as RO 8 Jul 1839 & became Clerk to the Union. Wife Elizabeth Ann. Also supplied Wine & Porter to Gimingham Workhouse. 1851 - Lower Street Southrepps as 'Union Clerk.' 1861 - Lower Street, Southrepps, Union Clerk. 1871 - Southrepps, Law Clerk. 1881 - Lower Street, Southrepps; Widowed Poor Law Union Clerk age 74. 1891 - Post Office, Lower Street, Southrepps; Widower James (age 84) was Farmer, Postmaster & Supt. Registrar. Died 1893.

Relieving Officers (from 1st. District Robert Lightfoot Bond 31 Jul 1848 Required to live at Trunch initially. He covered the old North Walsham district during August & 20 Sep 1848) September 1848. 1851 - Living in the old Gimingham Workhouse with family. Born 1802 at Gimingham. Wife Elizabeth. Districts defined below 2nd. District Charles Chapman 31 Jul 1848 Required to live at Roughton initially, but changed to Hanworth before he began his duties. 1851 - Living at Hanworth with his widowed father James (carpenter & farmer). Born 1827 at Hanworth.

3rd. District Timothy Murrell 31 Jul 1848 See entry above. 4th. District Isaac Abraham 31 Jul 1848 Required to live at Holt. Resigned 26 Feb 1849 (neglected a Pauper who subsequently died).

4th. District John Wesley Watts 12 Mar 1849 1851 - Fuller Street, Holt. Born 1827 at Gresham. Living with his grandmother Elizabeth Horner age 73. Clerk Cromer Henry Sandford 12 April 1836 Born 1798 at Weybourne. Married Mary Watson Stevenson in 1823. 1841 - South side of Church Street, Cromer; Coal Merchant age 40. 1851 - Church Street, Cromer; widower age 52, Coal Merchant, General Agent and farmer of 20 acres. 1861 & 1871 - Church Street, Cromer; Coal Merchant & General Agent. Died 1875. John Crow(e) 9 Jan 1837 Last Minutes taken were 20 May 1839. Death registration Erpingham 1839 Jun 13 7- J. Cross (Guardian) May 1839? Temporary - see Guardians' file James Carter (Guardian) 17 Jun 1839 Temporary - see Guardians' file James Spurrell Plumbly 8 Jul 1839 See entry as Relieving Officer above. Auditor NA Sir Thomas B. Beevor Bart. 26 Sep 1836 Sir Thomas Branthwaite Beevor, 3rd Baronet (1798–1879). Born at Old Buckenham. Lived at Hargham Hall. Married 3 times. NA Wales Christopher Hotson 5 Apr 1838 Born 1807 at Burlingham. Auditor of several Unions. Barrister. Wrote books including "A ready reckoner for calculating the parishes' shares of the several classes of union expenditure" Submitted his last audit in April 1845. Died 1878. NA Robert Rising 18 Mar 1845 Born 1811 at West Somerton. 1851 - The Hall, Horsey. M.A., Magistrate & Barrister, farming 670 acres & employing 37 labourers. Married, but wife not present. He was Lord of the Manor.

Registrars Superintendent Registrar Joseph Covell 5 Dec 1836 Born 1796 at Saltfleet, Lincs. Married Barbara Carr 1830. 1841 - Runton Street; Supt. Registrar age 45. 1851 - East Runton. Farmer of 180 acres, employing 4 labourers. Superintendent Registrar J. Cook ? Reference to him appears out of the blue on 26 Jun 1848. Clerk's error? Holt District John Banks 5 Dec 1836 See entry as Medical Officer above. He was asked by the Board on 3 Jul 1848 if he would give up his Registrar's District (reason unknown), but appears to have continued in office. He tendered his resignation 10 Sep 1849 & was replaced by Frederick Withers. Alfred Impey 5 Aug 1839 Deputy Registrar. Born 1815 London. 1841 - Physician in household of Surgeon Horatio Daveney at Bull Street, Mattishall. 1851 - King Street, Great Yarmouth; Physician age 36 born London. Wife Georgiana nee Everitt (m. 1846). Thomas William Kendle 7 Dec 1840 Deputy Registrar. No details known. Frederick Withers 15 Nov 1847 Deputy Registrar then (8 Oct 1849) Registrar. Resident of Market Place 1845 (White's Directory gives no occupation). Not found in Norfolk 1841 or 1851. Richard Newton 16 Dec 1850 Deputy Registrar. Schoolmaster of Withers Street, Holt. Born 1805 at Cley. Wife Sarah.

Position Location Name Elected date Rough Notes North Walsham District John Coleby 5 Dec 1836 See entry as Medical Officer above. He was removed the office of Registrar in Autumn 1844 "in consequence of the determination of the Registrar General" - underlying reason unknown.

Henry T. Murrell 11 Nov 1844 See entry above as Relieving Officer. James Spurrell Plumbly 17 Jul 1848 See entry above as Clerk. Benjamin Golden 6 Jan 1851 Deputy Registrar. Draper of Southrepps. Cromer District Timothy Murrell 5 Dec 1836 See entry above as Relieving Officer. Hutchinson Murrell 5 Aug 1839 Deputy Registrar. Son of Timothy. Appears in records as Hutchinson or Michael H. Born 1820 at Norwich. 1841 - Market Place, Aylsham. Schoolmaster. HoH Sarah Flower. There is a marriage for a Hutchinson Frederick Murrell to Ann Woodrow in March Quarter 1848. 1851 - Barnham Broom. Relieving Officer age 31. With wife Ann & 1 year old son Thomas. Still at Barnham Broom as RO in 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891. Died 1909. Robert Pyke 6 Jan 1851 Deputy Registrar. Farmer & Blacksmith of Sustead. Nurse Sheringham Ann Halls Pre-transcript? Born approx. 1780. See list of paupers. Sheringham initially, then Mary Ann Martin(s) 18 Oct 1841 Also appears in the list of Paupers. Resigned 20 Mar 1843. Gimingham Mary Harmer 3 Apr 1843 Of Kelling. 1841 - living at Kelling, age 37, with her illegitimate daughter Sarah (born 1826 at Kelling). Handed in her Notice 6 Apr 1846. Lydia Ellis 11 May 1846 Born 1816. 1841 - Cley, 'independent' living with brother Edmund (ship agent). Declared to be incompetent 17 Aug 1846. Mary Ann Martin was re-employed as gap-filler. A Lydia Ellis died in Erpingham RD in the June quarter of 1848. Mary Ann Martin 17 Aug 1846 Began again 20 Sep 1846. Gave in her notice on 11 Oct 1847. Margaret Partridge 8 Nov 1847 She had quit by the end of the month. The most likely candidate was a 35 year old Female Servant to farmer George Rix (later Governor at Gimingham perhaps?) at Briston in 1841. Reappears 1851 in Martham as 47 year old servant (b. Martham) to wheelwright & Innkeeper William Rogers.

Mary Shickfield (nee Harmer) 21 Feb 1848 See above. Mary had married schoolmaster John Shinkfield at Norwich in 1846. 1851 - with John at Gresham. She was b. 1801 at Kelling, John b. 1805 at Sheringham. Elizabeth Dyball 1 May 1848 Born 1811 at Edgefield. Became Portress at the new West Beckham workhouse. Superintendent of West Beckham Workhouse James Hill 10 Mar 1851 Of Beccles. 'Services no longer required' 9 Jun 1851. Labour

London Gazette - March 9 1849 WHEREAS a Petition of Henry Timothy Murrell, formerly of Southrepps, in the county of Norfolk, Relieving Officer , then of Sustead, in the said County , out of business, then of Saint Martin's at Oak, in the city of Norwich, out of business, and now of Chapel Street, Crooks-place, in the parish of Saint Stephen's, in the city of Norwich, out of business and unemployed, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Norfolk, at the Guildhall, in the city of Norwich, the said Henry Timothy Murrell is hereby required to appear before the said Court, on the 26th day of March instant, at ten of the clock in the forenoon precisely, for his first examination touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Statutes; and the choice of the creditors' assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said Henry Timothy Murrell, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Thomas Hitchen Palmer, Clerk of the said Court, at his office, at Redwell-street, in the city of Norwich, the Official Assignee of the estate and effects of the said insolvent.

London Gazette - April 22 1851 WHEREAS a Petition of Henry Timothy Murrell, formerly of Southrepps, in the county of Norfolk, Relieving Officer and Registrar of Births and Deaths, afterwards of Sustead, in Norfolk, unemployed, then of Chapel-street, Crooks-place, in the parish of Saint Stephen, in the city of Norwich, unemployed, afterwards of Davy'sbuildings, Union-place, in the hamlet of Heigham, in the county of the said city, Law Writer, then lodging at No. 65, High-street, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Law Writer, and now of Davy's-buildings aforesaid, first a Law Writer, and now an Attorney's Clerk, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Norfolk, at Norwich, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Henry Timothy Murrell, under the provisions of the Statutes in that case made and provided, the said Henry Timothy Murrell is hereby required to appear before the said Court, on the 10th day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, for- his first examination touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Statutes; and the choice of the creditors' assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said Henry Timothy Murrell, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Thomas Hitchen Palmer, Clerk of the said Court, at his office, at Redwell-street, in Norwich, the Official Assignee of the estate and effects of the said insolvent.

Relieving Officers' Districts from 20 Sep 1848

First District. Antingham, Gimingham, Knapton, Mundsley, North Walsham, Suffield, Trimingham & Trunch. Population 4978. Second District. Alborough, Cromer, Felbrigg, Gunton, Hanworth, Metton, Northrepps, Overstrand, Roughton, Runton, Sidestrand, Southrepps & Thorpe Market. Population 5002. Third District. Aylmerton, Baconsthorpe, Barningham Northwood, Barningham Winter, Beckham East, Beckham West, Beeston Regis, Bessingham, Bodham, Edgefield, Gresham, Hempstead, Matlask, Plumstead, Sheringham, Sustead, Thurgarton, Weybourne. Population 5113. Fourth District. Briston, Cley next the Sea, Glandford & Bayfield, Holt, Hunworth, Kelling, Letheringsett, Salthouse, Stody, Thornage. Population 5005.

Medical Officers' Districts as of 22 Apr 1850

Alborough Richard Hacon Briston George Skrimshire

Cley next the Sea Corbet J. Cooke

Cromer Charles Earle

Holt John Hales

North Walsham John Coleby

Southrepps John Prentice

Gimingham Workhouse John Coleby