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Claim for loss of property #2271 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  2271 Abraham Taylor, Isaac Taylor and William Taylor (Firm Abraham Taylor & Sons) Tilters Glass Tilt, Loxley  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  All washed away and lost   Cast Steel 1 hundredweight 3 quarters 0 pounds @ 45/ per hundredweight £3 18s 9d  
    1 Narrow Wheel Cart £14      
    1 Set of Cart Harness £4 10s    
    1 Hay Chopper (Patent) £1 15s    
    Plough 18/ Harrows 10/ £1 8s    
    14.0.0 hundredweight of best Hay £3 4s    
    1 Ton of Oat Straw £2 5s    
    2 Tons Manure   10s    
    1 Oil Cloth £1 5s    
    1 Horse Cloth 12/6 - 4 Hay Forks 6/ - 2 Hay Rakes 2/6 £1 1s    
    1 New Heck £1 10s    
    2 Corn Tubs 4/ Horse Corn 6/   10s    
    40 Ash Side Boards 20/ - 4 Score Ash wedges 4/ £1 4s    
    1 Load Fire Bricks £1 10s    
    1 New Tail Hoop £2 16s    
    3 Tilt Hammer Heads 6 hundredweight 2 quarters 0 pounds @ 5d per pound £3 8s    
    3 Tilt Hursts 5 hundredweight @ 5d per pound £2 6s 8d  
    5 Tons of Coal - Cost with the leading £3 10s    
    1 Ton of Coke   14s    
    Pigeon Cote 6/ ~ 1 Dozen Pigeons 9/ ~ 6 Fowls 10/6 £1 5s 6d  
    2 Writing Desks 6/ ~ 1 Ladder 8/   14s    
    4 Pairs of Tilt Tools ~ Cast Metals 6 hundredweight @ 14/ £4 4s    
    Old Metal 6 hundredweight @ 3/6 £1 1s    
    12 Pairs Tongs 1 hundredweight 2 quarters 0 pounds @ 4d per pound £2 16s    
    1 Gavelock 112 pounds @ 4d per pound £1 13s 4d  
    2 New Baskets 2/ ~ 1 Riddle 2/ ~ 2 Shovels 4/8   8s 8d  
    1 Cucumber Frame £1.5.0 ~ 2 Roods of Garden destroyed 40/ £3 5s    
    1 Wood form 5/6 ~ Sledge Hammer 6/ ~ 2 planks 14 feet @ 4d = 8/8 £1   2d  
    Bar Steel 2 hundredweight 2 quarters 0 pounds @ 19/ per hundredweight £2 7s 6d  
    Double Shear 3 hundredweight 1 quarter 0 pounds @ 48/ per hundredweight £7 16s    
    Paid portion of Rent of Tilt from 11th March to 31st March at rate of £130 per annum £7 2s 6d  
    Actual loss of profits and livelihood to our Families by the Tilt being nearly washed away, and the Total Stoppage of our Business from 11th March 1864 to 16th September 1864 (the date of this claim) being 27 weeks at £9 a week for the 3 families £243      
    Less £1 a week each earned by the 2 Sons (Isaac Taylor and William Taylor) as Journeymen at a distance from their Homes, from the 14th May up to date of claim being 18 weeks at £2 £-36      
    Further estimated Loss to us by the Suspension of our Business, until the Restoration of our Works, or until we be able to get other Works - say quarter of a year (13 weeks) from present time @ £6 a week £78      
        £369 19s 1d  
  Certificate Granted
10 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £168 7s 1d  

Note: Total in register is £369.19.1

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