Hi
Does anyone know what a Woodcorder was in 1728 in Ruardean.

Thankyou.

If you tell me the record I`ll check the transcription.

On the National Archives, there is a Will for a Wood Corder dated 10 April 1765

Thomas HULL of Flaxley - his burial record in 1764 is on this site.

I used the Advance Search and there is a later baptism at Drybrook, 18 February 1844

Elizabeth WILLIAMS
father: William WILLIAMS - residence: Ruardean Hill
occupation: Wood Corder

Since a cord of firewood is a pile of 4ft logs, about 8ft wide and about 4ft high, it seems reasonable to assume it was a woodcorder’s job to produce this.

One definition I have come across is:

Wood-corder A town official responsible for stacking cut wood for sale into standard 'cords' piles.

A web search reveals the term used in 19th century official documents in various US States (eg Delaware) with responsibilities carefully outlined.

All this supports Mike's summary but at what stage the term went out of common use is anyones guess.

-Colin

Thank you everyone sorry can't put my finger on the transcription at moment.

I had searched on Google but kept putting other things on which were not relevant.

Cheers from down under.

Found in the Will of Thomas Morgan 1728 - 243274 - Will number 11.

Thankyou all again.

It was actually some ones name in America.

You could try this link

Link to Delaware State Laws book on Google

(Hope it works - given it's a really long URL!)

Regards

-Colin

Interesting. Thankyou four trouble. Very small on phone.

Kia ora ritpetite

We still use "cord" as a measurement of a volume of wood in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is not uncommon to see adverts for firewood at $x per cord of old man pine, etc. It is often replaced by "trailer load" or a "scoop", both of which are pretty debatable measures whereas cord is an agreed measure:

"A cord, a unit of measurement usually reserved for wood when it's been chopped and stacked, works out to about 3.62 m3, or a pile about 1.22m x 1.22 m x 2.44 m."

Kia Ora Yourself
That is interesting. Thankyou. Muggy aya.

Muggy aye

Horrid. I am over it...