Claim for loss of property #4318 | Sheffield Flood Claims Archive

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	4318	Joseph Hobson	Farmer & Miller	Dam Flask near Bradfield

Damage to Personal Property of Claimant

For Tools Materials and Machinery in the Dam Flask Corn Mill near Bradfield In the County of York washed away consisting of Barrels Chisels Pickaxes Chains Beams Weights Hammers Measures Pins Wheels Drums Flour Machine Shafting Pulleys Shelving Table Boards and other articles, being the amount of valuation paid by Claimant on his entering to the Mill on the 23 March 1863 to Mr John Hale the ongoing tenant and which valuation was then made by Mr Thomas Carill and Mr Joseph Rhodes

£73

14s

For the following Articles in and near the said Mill washed away, Oil Cloths for House and rear

£1

2s

New Wire Brushes and new Sieve

£3

10s

New Kiln Tiles

15s

Saw Gimblets Nails Barrel Door Battens Milk Candles 1 Gallon Oil

£1

12 Cwt of Cokes and a quantity of Timber

18s

Shaft Gearing complete for Cart and narrow wheeled Cart

£10

Oak Tub

14s

A Fat Pig 28 stones

£10

Poultry viz 2 Ducks 4 Hens and 1 Cock

15s

For Articles in Cowhouse washed away 2 Hay forks 2 Rakes 2 Steel Manure forks 1 Shovel and 1 Scythe

£1

2 Baskets, 1 Tub, 1 Bucket 1 New Hayknife

9s

2 Cwt Turnips

£1

4s

1½ load Potatoes

13s

6d

Milking Stool and Low Chairs

4s

6d

For Corn in the said Mill washed away

Viz 26 Loads of Wheat at 17/6

£22

15s

7½ Quarters White Oats at 24/.

£9

6 Quarters Black Oats at 23/.

£6

18s

7 Quarters Beans & Bean Meal at 14/.

£14

14s

3 Loads of Peas and Pea Meal at 14/6

£2

3s

6d

1 Quarter India Corn at 44/.

£2

4s

15 Quarters Barley and Barley Meal at 30/.

£22

10s

2 Bags of Flour 36 Stones at 1/9 per Stone

£3

3s

4 Bags Beans 2 of Sharps and fine Sharps

£2

15s

10 Bags Dust 80 Stones at 5d per stone

£1

13s

4d

130 Sacks at 2/. Per Sack

£13

For Corn and sacks in the said Mill belonging to Customers and sent to me for Grinding washed away as follows,

3 Sacks Oats 2 Mets Wheat and 4 sack (the property of Hannah Hobson)

£2

16s

3, Quarters Oats 1 Load Wheat and 7 sacks (the property of William Frederick)

£5

1s

2 Quarters Oats and 4 sacks (the property of Robert Hallam)

£2

10s

3 Loads Wheat and 4 sacks (the property of Jonathan Earnshaw

£2

15s

6d

8 Loads Wheat and 8 sacks (the property of David Fellows

£7

18s

2 Loads Wheat and 2 Sacks (the property of William Gosling)

£1

17s

5½ sacks Oats 5 sacks and Grinding (the property of Elias Crapper)

£2

17s

6d

12 Mets of Oats 1 Load of Wheat and 3 sacks (the property of Joseph Hobson)

£2

15s

6d

2 Quarters of Oats and 4 sacks (the property of John Barnsley)

£2

10s

9 Bushels Oats and 2 sacks (the property of George Frederick)

£1

11s

1 Quarter Oats and 2 sacks (the property of Henry Drabble)

£1

5s

4 Sacks Oats and 4 sacks (the property of George and John Dixon)

£2

10s

2 Quarters Oats and 4 sacks (the property of John Hawksworth)

£2

10s

4 Sacks Oats and 4 Bags (the property of Edward Denton)

£2

10s

5 Sacks Oats and Bags (the property of H. and F. Denton)

£3

5 Sack at 2/6 (the property of Henry Hobson)

12s

6d

1 Sack Oats and and 7 sacks at 1/6 each (the property of George Greenwood)

£1

2s

6d

10 Mets Oats and 8 sacks (the property of John Hall)

£3

2s

35 Sacks (the property of Henry Woodhead)

£2

12s

6d

6 Sacks (the property of Joel Redfearn)

9s

For Damages to the household furniture and Articles in dwellinghouse near Bradfield aforesaid as follows

Clock thrown down and broken, Dresser with drawers and contents, Desk, Drawers and contents Sofa with Flock Cushion, square Table and drawers, Cradle & Clothes

£3

16s

Set of Mahogany Drawers with valuable contents four cane bottomed chair Oak Dressing Table Rocking Chair and Cushion Long Table and Drawers Delf Case Dozen Plates 3 Meat Dishes 4 Fruit Pots 6 Basins damaged and 2 Cream Pots Sieve Water Pot and a pair of shoes washed away

£3

10s

6d

Flour Bin Scales 3 Tubs and Churn

10s

For Goods and Articles in the said Dwellinghouse washed away viz

9 Milk Panshons and Oak Slaughter Bench

17s

3d

29½ Stone Bacon 4½lbs Butter Dozen Loaves of Bread 9 Panshons of Milk and Cream

£10

12s

9d

For damage to Kitchen Door Window, Window Shutters and other parts of house reparable by Tenant

£3

19s

3d

For cleaning out Mud from four low Rooms and Cellar

£1

For washing soiled linen

5s

For Damage done to the Tillage and Crops in the Farm lands Attached to the said Mill, all the Tillages being washed away and no crops in the Present Year viz

1 acre 1 rood 2 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Dam Flask Close Grass (mown in 1863)

1 acre 0 rood 21 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Hay and Eddish destroyed at £5 per acre [=] £5.15.1

Full Manure on 2 roods 10 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches at 50/. per acre [=] £1.8.1

A Portion of Manure and 1 Pasture [=] £0.8.0

Manure and Mow on the 1 acre 11 roods 21 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches at 25/. Per acre [=] £1.9.1

Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. per acre [=] £4.19.4

[Total]

£13

19s

7d

2 acres 13 rood Road Crops Grass Pasture in 1863

0 acre 0 roods 10 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches crops destroyed at 80/. and Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. Per acre

10s

7d

1 rood 39 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Smithey [?] Crops Grass Mown in 1863 Full and half Manure 60/. & 30/. [=] £2.4.8

Hay and Eddish destroyed 80/. [=] £1.19.6

Grass Sward at 85/. [=] £2.1.11

£6

6s

1d

2 roods 33 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Upper Mill Crops Grass Mown in 1863

Manure and 1 Mow at 30/. [=] £1.1.0

Hay and Eddish destroyed 80/. [=] £2.16.6

Grass Sward at 85/. [=] £2.19.11

[Total]

£6

17s

5d

2 roods 27 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Lower Mill Crops Grass Mown in 1863

Manure and 1 Mow at 30/. per acre [=] £1.0.4

Hay and Eddish destroyed at £5 per acre [=] £3.6.6

Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. per acre [=] £2.17.0

[Total]

£7

3s

10d

3 roods 30 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Gort Close Pasture in 1863

Full Manure 60/. per acre [=] £2.16.3

Manure and Pasture at 40/. per acre [=] £2.2.2

Hay and Eddish at £5 per acre [=] £4.13.9

Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. per acre [=] £3.19.8

[Total]

£13

11s

10d

For 11 Loads of Manure in heaps washed away at 6/. Per Load

£3

For 6 Tons of Hay washed away at £5 per Ton

£30

For 7 Apple and 2 Cherry Trees washed away at 2/. Each

18s

The above damages for Furniture Goods Tillages and Crops are fixed by Mr Francis Wood Valuer

For 12 months and a fortnights rent of house and land during which time no benefit has accrued or will accrue to the Claimant from the occupation of the same premises except the living in house for 12 months and Grass got off one field for which the sum of £6 is deducted

£89

For 3 Weeks Wages of Servant man William [?] servrah [?] at £1 a week

£3

For damages sustained in business, the Mill having been washed away causing a total loss of all the Claimant's business as a Miller. 54 Weeks at £2

£108

Paid Mr Francis Wood for valuation

£3

3s

Interest on £323.11.7 being the amount of damages for Goods and Articles completely destroyed and damaged from time of Flood to time of Commissioners making award (13 months) at £10 per cent per annum on £48.9.4, the amount of damages for Crops destroyed from 1st Aug to time of Commissioners making award (9 months) at the same rate on £108 for 27 Weeks at the same rate on £44.10.0 half of the rent from 29th Sept to time for Commissioners making award at same rate.

£146

17s

6d

Difference between £4 and £10 per cent on £615.18.5 from the time of Commissioners award to time fixed for payment (3 months)

£9

4s

9d

£725

3s

2d

Certificate Granted
7 March 1865

Assessed by Agreement incl costs at

£510

Nature of Claimant’s Interest		Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
Damage to Personal Property of Claimant		For Tools Materials and Machinery in the Dam Flask Corn Mill near Bradfield In the County of York washed away consisting of Barrels Chisels Pickaxes Chains Beams Weights Hammers Measures Pins Wheels Drums Flour Machine Shafting Pulleys Shelving Table Boards and other articles, being the amount of valuation paid by Claimant on his entering to the Mill on the 23 March 1863 to Mr John Hale the ongoing tenant and which valuation was then made by Mr Thomas Carill and Mr Joseph Rhodes		£73	14s
		For the following Articles in and near the said Mill washed away, Oil Cloths for House and rear		£1	2s
		New Wire Brushes and new Sieve		£3	10s
		New Kiln Tiles			15s
		Saw Gimblets Nails Barrel Door Battens Milk Candles 1 Gallon Oil		£1
		12 Cwt of Cokes and a quantity of Timber			18s
		Shaft Gearing complete for Cart and narrow wheeled Cart		£10
		Oak Tub			14s
		A Fat Pig 28 stones		£10
		Poultry viz 2 Ducks 4 Hens and 1 Cock			15s
		For Articles in Cowhouse washed away 2 Hay forks 2 Rakes 2 Steel Manure forks 1 Shovel and 1 Scythe		£1
		2 Baskets, 1 Tub, 1 Bucket 1 New Hayknife			9s
		2 Cwt Turnips		£1	4s
		1½ load Potatoes			13s	6d
		Milking Stool and Low Chairs			4s	6d
		For Corn in the said Mill washed away
		Viz 26 Loads of Wheat at 17/6		£22	15s
		7½ Quarters White Oats at 24/.		£9
		6 Quarters Black Oats at 23/.		£6	18s
		7 Quarters Beans & Bean Meal at 14/.		£14	14s
		3 Loads of Peas and Pea Meal at 14/6		£2	3s	6d
		1 Quarter India Corn at 44/.		£2	4s
		15 Quarters Barley and Barley Meal at 30/.		£22	10s
		2 Bags of Flour 36 Stones at 1/9 per Stone		£3	3s
		4 Bags Beans 2 of Sharps and fine Sharps		£2	15s
		10 Bags Dust 80 Stones at 5d per stone		£1	13s	4d
		130 Sacks at 2/. Per Sack		£13
		For Corn and sacks in the said Mill belonging to Customers and sent to me for Grinding washed away as follows,
		3 Sacks Oats 2 Mets Wheat and 4 sack (the property of Hannah Hobson)		£2	16s
		3, Quarters Oats 1 Load Wheat and 7 sacks (the property of William Frederick)		£5	1s
		2 Quarters Oats and 4 sacks (the property of Robert Hallam)		£2	10s
		3 Loads Wheat and 4 sacks (the property of Jonathan Earnshaw		£2	15s	6d
		8 Loads Wheat and 8 sacks (the property of David Fellows		£7	18s
		2 Loads Wheat and 2 Sacks (the property of William Gosling)		£1	17s
		5½ sacks Oats 5 sacks and Grinding (the property of Elias Crapper)		£2	17s	6d
		12 Mets of Oats 1 Load of Wheat and 3 sacks (the property of Joseph Hobson)		£2	15s	6d
		2 Quarters of Oats and 4 sacks (the property of John Barnsley)		£2	10s
		9 Bushels Oats and 2 sacks (the property of George Frederick)		£1	11s
		1 Quarter Oats and 2 sacks (the property of Henry Drabble)		£1	5s
		4 Sacks Oats and 4 sacks (the property of George and John Dixon)		£2	10s
		2 Quarters Oats and 4 sacks (the property of John Hawksworth)		£2	10s
		4 Sacks Oats and 4 Bags (the property of Edward Denton)		£2	10s
		5 Sacks Oats and Bags (the property of H. and F. Denton)		£3
		5 Sack at 2/6 (the property of Henry Hobson)			12s	6d
		1 Sack Oats and and 7 sacks at 1/6 each (the property of George Greenwood)		£1	2s	6d
		10 Mets Oats and 8 sacks (the property of John Hall)		£3	2s
		35 Sacks (the property of Henry Woodhead)		£2	12s	6d
		6 Sacks (the property of Joel Redfearn)			9s
		For Damages to the household furniture and Articles in dwellinghouse near Bradfield aforesaid as follows
		Clock thrown down and broken, Dresser with drawers and contents, Desk, Drawers and contents Sofa with Flock Cushion, square Table and drawers, Cradle & Clothes		£3	16s
		Set of Mahogany Drawers with valuable contents four cane bottomed chair Oak Dressing Table Rocking Chair and Cushion Long Table and Drawers Delf Case Dozen Plates 3 Meat Dishes 4 Fruit Pots 6 Basins damaged and 2 Cream Pots Sieve Water Pot and a pair of shoes washed away		£3	10s	6d
		Flour Bin Scales 3 Tubs and Churn			10s
		For Goods and Articles in the said Dwellinghouse washed away viz
		9 Milk Panshons and Oak Slaughter Bench			17s	3d
		29½ Stone Bacon 4½lbs Butter Dozen Loaves of Bread 9 Panshons of Milk and Cream		£10	12s	9d
		For damage to Kitchen Door Window, Window Shutters and other parts of house reparable by Tenant		£3	19s	3d
		For cleaning out Mud from four low Rooms and Cellar		£1
		For washing soiled linen			5s
		For Damage done to the Tillage and Crops in the Farm lands Attached to the said Mill, all the Tillages being washed away and no crops in the Present Year viz
		1 acre 1 rood 2 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Dam Flask Close Grass (mown in 1863)
		1 acre 0 rood 21 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Hay and Eddish destroyed at £5 per acre [=] £5.15.1
		Full Manure on 2 roods 10 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches at 50/. per acre [=] £1.8.1
		A Portion of Manure and 1 Pasture [=] £0.8.0
		Manure and Mow on the 1 acre 11 roods 21 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches at 25/. Per acre [=] £1.9.1
	Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. per acre [=] £4.19.4
	[Total]		£13	19s	7d
	2 acres 13 rood Road Crops Grass Pasture in 1863
	0 acre 0 roods 10 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches crops destroyed at 80/. and Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. Per acre			10s	7d
	1 rood 39 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Smithey [?] Crops Grass Mown in 1863 Full and half Manure 60/. & 30/. [=] £2.4.8
	Hay and Eddish destroyed 80/. [=] £1.19.6
	Grass Sward at 85/. [=] £2.1.11		£6	6s	1d
	2 roods 33 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Upper Mill Crops Grass Mown in 1863
	Manure and 1 Mow at 30/. [=] £1.1.0
	Hay and Eddish destroyed 80/. [=] £2.16.6
	Grass Sward at 85/. [=] £2.19.11
	[Total]		£6	17s	5d
	2 roods 27 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Lower Mill Crops Grass Mown in 1863
	Manure and 1 Mow at 30/. per acre [=] £1.0.4
	Hay and Eddish destroyed at £5 per acre [=] £3.6.6
	Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. per acre [=] £2.17.0
	[Total]		£7	3s	10d
	3 roods 30 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Gort Close Pasture in 1863
	Full Manure 60/. per acre [=] £2.16.3
	Manure and Pasture at 40/. per acre [=] £2.2.2
	Hay and Eddish at £5 per acre [=] £4.13.9
	Grass Sward destroyed at 85/. per acre [=] £3.19.8
	[Total]		£13	11s	10d
	For 11 Loads of Manure in heaps washed away at 6/. Per Load		£3
	For 6 Tons of Hay washed away at £5 per Ton		£30
	For 7 Apple and 2 Cherry Trees washed away at 2/. Each			18s
	The above damages for Furniture Goods Tillages and Crops are fixed by Mr Francis Wood Valuer
	For 12 months and a fortnights rent of house and land during which time no benefit has accrued or will accrue to the Claimant from the occupation of the same premises except the living in house for 12 months and Grass got off one field for which the sum of £6 is deducted		£89
	For 3 Weeks Wages of Servant man William [?] servrah [?] at £1 a week		£3
	For damages sustained in business, the Mill having been washed away causing a total loss of all the Claimant's business as a Miller. 54 Weeks at £2		£108
	Paid Mr Francis Wood for valuation		£3	3s
	Interest on £323.11.7 being the amount of damages for Goods and Articles completely destroyed and damaged from time of Flood to time of Commissioners making award (13 months) at £10 per cent per annum on £48.9.4, the amount of damages for Crops destroyed from 1st Aug to time of Commissioners making award (9 months) at the same rate on £108 for 27 Weeks at the same rate on £44.10.0 half of the rent from 29th Sept to time for Commissioners making award at same rate.		£146	17s	6d
	Difference between £4 and £10 per cent on £615.18.5 from the time of Commissioners award to time fixed for payment (3 months)		£9	4s	9d
				£725	3s	2d
Certificate Granted 7 March 1865		Assessed by Agreement incl costs at		£510

Claim for loss of property #4318 – Particulars