In the OPR marriages in New Monkland, the record shows (presumably) the banns recorded for each sabbath. Alongside the names is an amount of money. th most common amount is 3/6 but for some names the amount is more than this.
These sums are in addition to what i think would be the church collection for that day.
In a few places the amount against the name is 19/6, which seems a large amount of money in 1850.
Does anyone know what the practice was for payment for banns?
Douglas
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Hope, McLauchlen, Brown: (Peebleshire) Campbell : (Dunbartonshire) Tait: (Berwickshire)
Callan: (Lanarkshire) Davidson, Close, Murdoch: (Edinburgh) Penman (Midlothian)
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Callan: (Lanarkshire) Davidson, Close, Murdoch: (Edinburgh) Penman (Midlothian)
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Re: church collections
Hi Douglas,
Could it be that the people paid according to their means? The poor (probably the majority) paid the basic amount. Those who could afford it paid more?
That is certainly the case for mortcloth hire which is often seen on the accounts style OPR pages. The price of the mortcloth varied according to which one was hired - the standard one, the good one, or the child's one. It seems that not all parishes had this choice, but many did.
All the best,
AndrewP
Could it be that the people paid according to their means? The poor (probably the majority) paid the basic amount. Those who could afford it paid more?
That is certainly the case for mortcloth hire which is often seen on the accounts style OPR pages. The price of the mortcloth varied according to which one was hired - the standard one, the good one, or the child's one. It seems that not all parishes had this choice, but many did.
All the best,
AndrewP