Hereford. Francis Pember, 1632, left money which in 1635 was assigned by his executors to be used for setting poor children to work. _Report_, XXII. ii. p. 39. Besides these voluntary contributions the finding of work for the unemployed was still in some cases regarded mainly as a municipal duty. Thus at Richmond in Yorkshire before 1631 the money for this purpose had been provided from the town chest, and about the same time a contribution was requested but not obtained from the Corporation of Wells[536]. [536] _Dom. S. P._, Chas. I., Vol. 189, 65, and Vol. 194, 19. Usually however the funds were provided by means of parochial rates. A lump sum was raised called the "stock." This was expended in purchasing materials and implements, and ought to have been continuously replaced when the finished products were sold. A "stock" was thus obtained in the three parishes of Beverley; each parish contributed six or seven pounds, besides the amount they formerly had, and the poor were employed in spinning hemp[537]. [537] _Dom. S. P._, Chas. I., Vol. 189, 8. X. A detailed assessment for the raising of a stock and relief of the poor was made in Norwich in 1644. See Appendix. It was usually in these three ways that the money was raised for the purpose of finding work for the unemployed, but many different methods were used in the administration. [Sidenote: 7 _a_. Stocks used to employ the poor in their houses or elsewhere.] We will now examine some of the more typical cases of setting the poor to work. Generally we hear that stocks were raised and the poor found with work, but we do not hear that the work was done in any public building. It does not follow that a building was not used, but we do not hear that one was provided. We will first notice a few instances in which the poor were set to work in this way, and we will then examine some of the Jersey schools and the workhouses and Houses of Correction of the period. Lastly, we will endeavour to see what expedients were adopted by public or semi-public authorities to provide the poor with work without directly employing them. Under this head we will notice such expedients as emigration, putting pressure on employers, and the various ways in which a young artisan or tradesman was helped to set up in business for himself.