June 21, 1615. An agreement was made with John Kirby. He agrees to "diligently teach, instructe and bringe upp all such youthes, children and other persons as shalbe sent or committed into the saied Howse of Correccon in some honest and true labour soe longe as they shall remayne there vnder his chardge and government and shall fynde and allowe vnto them convenient meate, drynke, apparell and other necessaries vnlesse they bee lame and impotent and nott able to worke." For Manchester and Preston see Earwaker, _Constables' Accounts_, Vol. I., pp. 39, 54 and 65. [553] _D. S. P._, Chas. I. Vol. 349, 72, Hayridge etc. Devon. _Ib._ Vol. 349, 12, Hartesmere, Suffolk. _Ib._ 192, 79, Blofield, Norfolk. _Ib._ Vol. 250, 42, Arundel, Hants. _Ib._ Vol. 426, 67, Bastable and Becontree, Essex, &c. The justices of Somerset write "It was presented to us that many persons lived out of service w^{th}in certayne parishes whome wee sent to the Howse of Correccon at Shepton Mallet," _Ib._ Vol. 194, 20. At Chichester it is reported that "there is a house of Correccon neere the common prison in the said Cittie w^{ch} is parcell of the said provision and that such prisoners as are thether committed are employed to worke duringe the tyme of their restraynt. _Ib._ Vol. 190, 67. [554] _Ib._ Vol. 188, 34. [555] _Ib._ Vol. 189, 13. Eight years later this house at Buntingford was still in existence and reported to be doing much good in the country. _Ib._ Vol. 426, 73. July, 1639. [556] _Cal. of State Papers_, May 15, 1623. Their character seems to have been much the same as in the preceding century. They provided a temporary lodging for stranger vagrants and a house of detention in which the idlers and offenders convicted for small causes could be made to work hard and were possibly reformed. Coarse kinds of labour were used at the London Bridewell, mainly the beating of hemp, but sometimes other plans were tried and the prisoners were put under the care of undertakers who agreed to keep them all at work and made such profit as they were able[557]. [557] _Remembrancia_, II. 254. But there were many other ways in which the unemployed were provided for. The modern remedy of emigration was adopted, pressure was put upon employers and there were various ways in which money could be lent to set a young householder up in business. [Sidenote: 7 _e_. Emigration.]