[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 04 Oct 1823 - Game Lists

[Petra Mitchinson]

Yes, people paid for these. It allowed them to hunt game.

 

The only people who did not have to pay for it themselves were the gamekeepers – their employers paid for it.

 

I don't think a labourer would have been able to afford this. A farmer may have done so he could shoot game on his own land.

 

Petra

 

From: list-cumbria [mailto:list-cumbria-bounces at list.cumbriafhs.com] On Behalf Of Gwyneth Watson via list-cumbria
Sent: 21 January 2024 23:40
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Happy New Year everyone.

 

May I ask about these certificates please.  Below may be a relative of mine.  Do you think he has paid for this perhaps in regard to his private employment/enjoyment.  It is a lot of money for general farmers/labourers and as my rellies weren’t exactly flush with money, it makes me wonder if he is not mine.

 

Cheers Gwyneth





On 20 Jan 2024, at 11:35 pm, Petra Mitchinson via list-cumbria <list-cumbria at list.cumbriafhs.com <mailto:list-cumbria at list.cumbriafhs.com> > wrote:

 

Saturday 04 Oct 1823   (p. 2, col. 6)

 

GAME LISTS. 

 

COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND.—Persons who have obtained GAME CERTIFICATES for the Year 1823. 

 

LIST (1). GENERAL CERTIFICATES, at £3 13s. 6d. each. 

 

BIRD, Daniel, Whitehaven;  

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