Claim for loss of property #4820 – Particulars

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	4820	Charles Sokehill	Mason, Joiner and Builder	Nursery Lane, Sheffield

Nature of Claimant’s Interest		Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
Lessee of the Houses and Buildings for the residue of a term of 800 Years granted about 7 Years ago. And Owner of Household Furniture, Goods, Stock in Trade and Effects in the House, Workshop Yard and Premises occupied by him in Nursery Lane Sheffield		Wall rebuilding			10s
		Window Curtains Scarlet repaired		£2
		Wine and other Spirits		£3
		Two Foot Stools damaged Room Papering etc.		£2	5s
		Window Curtains			15s
		Yard and Shop. 1½ Cask of Cement		£1	4s
		Tools etc. in the Shop		£1	5s
		Water Tub lost			5s
		Damage done by the Inundation of the Buildings of Six Double Houses four Single Houses and one Public House the latter containing Four Rooms on each floor situate in Percy Street and Neepsend Lane in the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, late in the occupation of Messrs Askey, Cartwright, Tring, Green, Burkenshaw, Shemilds, Heath, Jackson, Mellard, Else and Royal. And also for damages to the Furniture, Goods and Effects in and about the Dwelling House, Joiners Shop, Sheds, and Premises, occupied by the said Charles Sokehill in Nursery Lane Sheffield £167.13.0
		The following are the particulars of the damages sustained by the said Charles Sokehill by the Inundation of his Lease hold Premises in Percy Street and Neepsend Lane
		Paid for cleaning the Water and dust out of 10 Cellars and 10 Houses		£4	15s
		Paid for cleaning Water Cistern, Sough & Yard		£2	18s
		Paid for repairing Pumps			12s
		New Lock to Front Door			3s
		New Floor to Front Room 160 Feet of 7 x 2½ hattings 2d		£1	6s	8d
		280 Feet of 7 x ¾ floor boards		£1	3s	4d
		Nails and Labour			10s
		Fire Place and fore Jambs resetting			10s
		Back door repairing and hanging			6s
		Floor repairing			8s
		Room Floor relaying		£1
		Fire Place and Jambs resetting			10s
		Front door repairing and hanging			7s
		2 New inside doors		£1	4s
		Sink door repairing and setting			2s
		Rebuilding Cellar Wall, Brick Time and Labour			15s
		New Floor to Front Room		£3
		Fire Place and Stone Jambs resetting			12s
		Inside Door repairing			7s
		8 feet of 9 inch Wood Plinth			2s
		Kitchen Floor relaying			6s
		New Floor to Front Room		£3
		Fire Place and Stone Jambs resetting and new Stone Shelf			16s
		Kitchen Floor and Fire Place resetting		£1
		1 New door and 1 repairing			16s
		Door repairing and hanging			6s
		Door repairing new Lock and Handle			5s
		Room Floor repairing			5s
		Building Privy and Fence Wall		£1	10s
		Paid to Papering and Painting 16 low rooms		£12
		Public House room No. 1 floor relaying		£1	4s
		Fire Place and Stone Jambs resetting			11s
		No. 2 New Wood Floor		£3
		Fire Place repairing with new Oven Slip and new Grate			12s
		And setting the oven with new Stone Jambs			15s
		Plinth and Mouldings			10s
		No. 3 Room Floor Relaying etc. etc.		£1	6s
		1 New door and lining			12s
		Plinth and Moulding			6s
		Kitchen Floor relaying			12s
		Fire Place and Slop Stone resetting			15s
		Cellar Wall rebuilding		£1
		Kitchen 1 new door and Frame			14s
		Cupboard repairing			10s
		Fire Place and Slop Stone resetting			10s
		Plastering the Cellar Ceiling		£5	10s
		Loss of Rents		£1	10s
		The following are the Particulars of the Costs and damages sustained by the said Charles Sokehill by the Inundation of the House, Worksop, Yard, Premises occupied by him in Nursery Lane Sheffield
		For Cleaning the Water and Dirt out of the House, Cellars, Shop, and Yard		£4
		No. 1 Room. Piano damaged		£15
		6 Mahogany Chairs 30/. 1 Easy Chair 10/.		£2
		Music Stool 6/. Mahogany Sofa 30/.		£1	16s
		Mahogany Loo Table			15s
		Fender and Fire Irons			2s	6d
	Cheffioneer and Book Case		£1
	Brussels Carpet and Hearth Rug		£1	18s
	Music and other Books lost etc.		£2	5s
	Raspberry Vinegar 4 Bottles			8s
	Preserves and Jellies		£2	5s
	Stairs Carpet			6s
	No. 2 Room 2 Finger Organs damaged		£15
	Sofa or Couch 25/. Desk and Drawers 10/. 2 Musical Stools 6/.		£2	1s
	Carpet and Oil Casing		£2	10s
	Fender and Fire Irons			2s
	Hearth Rug 10/. Sundry Hardware			10s
	As Joiners fittings in Cupboard		£4
	Linen Trimmings, etc. in Drawers		£2
	2 Cloth Table Covers lost		£1	6s
	Loo Table and 5 Mahogany Chairs		£1	10s
	Books, Maps, Plans, etc.		£2	5s
	Room Papering and Painting		£1	4s
	Door Mats			10s
	Kitchen. Oil Case on the Floor			10s
	Chairs Table etc.			9s
	Dresser and Drawers, Cleaning & Painting			6s
	Clothes Linen etc. in Drawers		£1	10s
	Brushes & Pots lost and damaged		£1
	Boots and Shoes 44/. Room Papering 12/.		£2	16s
	Cellar. Coals in Cellar			10s
	Panshons, Maiden Pots etc. broken			8s
	8 Bottles of Gooseberries			6s
	Bread Meat Cheese Pickles Lard Butter and Pastry		£2
	1 Bag of Plaster 5/. Lime and Sand 15/.		£1
	1 Wheelbarrow lost 10/. 1 Wheelbarrow damaged 5/.			15s
	6 Battens from 10 to 16 ft long each lost			15s
	2 Pieces of Mahogany 34 feet lost		£1	14s
	7 Pine Boards 13 feet long each 16 inches by 1		£1
	Blocks of Wood Oak Putlocks etc. lost		£1	10s
	2 Room Floors relaying		£1	5s
	Marble Chimney Piece & Stove refixing			10s
	Interest at 6 Per Cent from 12th March to the 29th July 1865		£12	16s	6d
				£167	10s
Certificate Granted 22 June 1865		Assessed by Agreement incl costs at		£153	3s

Note: Line 51: 'Worksop' [sic]; should presumably read 'Workshop'

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