17th Century Poor Book

A friend of mine just wrote an article about how the community of Westbury-on-Trym, now part of Bristol, looked after its poor people in the 17th century. He wanted some pictures to accompany the article, so today we went to the Public Record Office so I could take some pictures of the community's "Poor Book" -- a register of the poor people receiving assistance during the relevant years. Here is a page from that book.

DAY 769