Came across the following whilst looking for something else in Bath Reference Library and
thought that those of you descended from Thomas of Welton might be interested.
Regards
Andrew
From the Somerset Jurors list 1748, transcribed by Adrian James Webb
"A duplicate of the Names and Places of Abode of all such Persons qualified to serve
on Juries...delivered to the Justices of the Peace in open court in the General Quarter
Session of the Peace held in and for the County aforesaid at the Castle of Taunton on
Tuesday, the fourth day of October in the twenty second year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the Second...."
"Thomas Catley of Welton Tything, Chewton Hundred."
There was no record in this source that he actually was called to serve on a jury.
Context;
7-8 William III c32 (1695-6)
Made provision for an annual return from parish constables to Quarter Sessions of a list
of those qualified to serve on a jury. To be eligible a man had to be aged 21-70, with
land worth more than £10 a year, or a leasehold to the value of £20 or more a year.
3 George II c25 (1729-30)
Any parish officer can inspect the Poor Rates, Land Tax etc and extract names of persons
qualified, each year, at least 20 days before the feast of St Michael the Archangel, and
upon two or more Sundays affix to the door of the parish church, or any other place of
worship, a true and exact list of all such persons intended to be returned to the Quarter
Sessions of the Justices of the Peace.
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