Catalogue description Finance: Treasurer, Rates, Finance Committee

This record is held by Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

Details of QF
Reference: QF
Title: Finance: Treasurer, Rates, Finance Committee
Description: 1710 Robert Tubman; 1711 Robert Tubman; 1712 Robert Tubman; 1713 Stephen Bullman; 1714 George Fothergill; 1716-17 John Simpson; 1717-18 Thomas Hodgson; 1718-19 Stephen Bullman; 1719-20 George Fothergill; 1720-21 Joseph Herbert; 1721-22 Leo.Laithes; 1722-23 Wilfred Clark; 1723-24 Stephen Bullman; 1724-25 Thomas Corney; 1725-26 Edward Burrough; 1726-27 Robert Tubman; 1727-28 Christopher Henderson; 1728-29 John Graham; 1729-30 Robert Montgomery; 1730-31 Joseph Herbert; 1731-32 William Trohear; 1732-33 William Robinson; 1733-34 Thomas Pattinson; 1734-35 Robert Montgomery; 1735-36 Joseph Herbert; 1736-37 Richard Richmond; 1737-38 William Robinson; 1738 - 39 John Moffitt; 1739 - 40 Robert Montgomery; 1740 - 41 John Trears; 1741 - 42 John Grainger; 1742 - 43 William Robinson; 1743 - 44 Thomas Pattinson; 1744 - 45 Robert Montgomery; 1745 - 46 Adam Kendall; 1746 - 47 John Grainger; 1747 - 49 George Blamire; 1749 - 50 Robert Montgomery; 1750 - 51 Wilfred Clementson; 1751 - 52 John Grainger; 1752 - 53 George Pattinson; 1753 - 54 George Pattinson; 1754 - 55 Robert Montgomery; 1755 - 56 John Lucock; 1756 - 57 Richard Richmond; 1757 - 58 George Blamire; 1758 - 59 George Blamire; 1759 - 60 William Cookson; 1760 - 61 John Benson; 1761 - 62 Richard Richmond; 1762 - 63 George Williamson; 1763 - 64 Thomas Gibson; 1764 - 65 William Cookson; 1765 - 66 John Benson; 1766 - 67 Richard Richmond; 1767 - 68 George Williamson; 1768 - 69 Thomas Gibson; 1769 - 70 Thomas Stephenson; 1770 - 71 John Skelton; 1771 - 72 William Blennerhasset; 1772 - 73 Robert Raven; 1773 - 74 Peter Clemitson; 1774 - 75 Thomas Stephenson; 1775 - 76 John Skelton; 1777 - 78 Dalton Raven; 1778 - 79 Peter Clemitson; 1779 - 80 Thomas Stephenson; 1780 - 81 John Skelton; 1781 - 82 William Blennerhasset; 1782 - 83 John James; 1783 - 84 John Skelton; 1784 - 85 Thomas Stephenson; 1797 - 1814 Richard Jameson; 1839 - 1855 John Jameson; 1858 - 1876 Henry Dobinson.
Held by: Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Administrative / biographical background:

There was already a County Treasurer when the surviving Quarter Sessions records began in the 17th century. For most of the 18th century a small group of persons held the office in rotation, usually returning to it every 5th year, but by 1797 there appears to have been a permanent Treasurer. (The High Constables of the five wards held the office of Treasurer in rotation. This explains the five year cycle.) The following list of Treasurers has been compiled from their records :

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