inquests jury (General)
by steve6975 
, Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 21:02 (5251 days ago)
Well looking through these records i noticed certain people seem to be on the jury a very many times ,did they get paid for this,and is that why some people might be there,to get the probaly much needed money...
inquests jury
by ChrisW , Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 21:59 (5251 days ago) @ steve6975
Yes they did get paid. The payments to Jurors, Surgeons, Witnesses etc is listed at the bottom of each Inquest. If my 'old money head' is working correctly, it was about 8d each for Jurors.
inquests jury
by m p griffiths , Thursday, July 15, 2010, 17:18 (5250 days ago) @ steve6975
My Great Great Grandfather William WICKENDEN and his Son my Great Grandfather William WICKENDEN, attended 15 inquests between 1870 and 1903. William, the elder was born Rendcombe, started off as a Miller- His Son, William (whom I think attended most of the inquests) became a butcher/dealer, 1871-1881 census - ran The Temperance Hotel, Blakeney in 1891 , and 1901 - was at Nibley Mill, in Blakeney, raising Shire Horses.
2 in 1870, 1 in 1871, 2 in 1872, 4 in 1873, 1 in 1875/1884/1885/1887/1888/1903 - so obviously not a 'regular' income for this family. There must have been a 'system' in place during the 19th century - as there was in 'English Coroner System - Part 3 - The Inquest (medieval times)
www.britannia.com/history/articles/coroner3.html
(takes a little while to download)