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Note: [YOULE 2015.FTW]
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[Kirk.ged]
At West Bars + wife Ann 1851 FREEHOLDERS One Richard KIRK was a Freeholder of Chesterfield - was it him? From 1825, the eligibility was changed to men between 21 & 60, who qualified in one of the following ways : Freeholds worth 10 pounds a year Leaseholds for 21 years or more, worth �20 Rateability as householder at �20 Occupier of a house with 15+ windows
Lived in White Horse Yard when he died - Town Crier
Following information from Brian Austin April 2001. 9th Feb 1837 - Council meeting awarded him 5/- for helping to arrest a deserter named Saunders.
23 Feb 1837 (Watch Committee Notes) - Appointed constable and nightwatchmen for Borough of Chesterfield, i.e. he became a member of Borough Police Force.
November 1840 appointed Town Crier by the Borough Council who provided him with a suit of clothes consisting of a blue coat with a scarlet collar, a blue waistcoat, trousers, a hat with a girdle and a pair of shoes to be provided annually. He would be expected to be smartly turned out and a credit to the new Borough Council since the appointing of the town crier had been taken from the Parish Church Vestry because the position had fallen into disrepute.
In 1841 he rang his bell to summon a meeting of Chartists was fined for doing this.
He retired from the Chesterfield Borough Police and was given �5 since he had been a "good servant" for 26 years...Derbyshire Times, Saturday, 7th May 1864 P2C1
Sept 1856 Richard Kirk unfit for duty as a watchman so given a fortnight's notice.
April 1866 - Retired from Town Crier position probably due to ill health...died just over 12 months later.
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