The Early History of English Poor ReliefLeonard, E. M., of Girton College
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The Early History of English Poor Relief
Leonard, E. M., of Girton College
Poor laws -- Great Britain -- History
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| | | Messelyng | Malt | Y^e No(m)ber | Y^e corne to |
| North Pukeh(a)m | Wheat | & Rye | barley | of y^e | (er)ve ye |
| | | | | Persons | m^rket |
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| Frances Reynolds | | l cobs | x cobs | 10 | |
| John Cuves | i cobs | iiij cobs | iij cobs | 3 | |
| John Constable | ii | iiij | iii | 7 | |
| John Egglynge | iiij | v | iij | 6 | |
| John Callibut | ii | iij | | 9 | |
| John Samlyng | v | v | | 4 | |
| James Wryght | ij cobs | viii cobs | v cobs | 6 | |
| | | iii cobs | iii cobs | | |
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| Sm^a totall | xvi^{co}. | iiij^{xx} ij^{co} | xxvii^{co}. | | |
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APPENDIX V.
PART of a draft of orders for remedying the scarcity of corn in 1586
(Lansdowne MSS. Brit. Mus., No. 48, f. 128).
The following draft is found among the Burleigh papers. It is written
on four folio sheets on both sides, for the most part in an official
hand, but throughout it is corrected in Burleigh's own hand, and the
last portion is written entirely by him.
The orders here contained must have been substantially the same
as those issued and printed by order of the Privy Council on Jan.
4, 1586/7 since a series of reports dated in 1587 answer these
instructions point by point[737]. Most of these regulations were
suggested by the three judges, Popham, Mildmay and Manwood, to whom the
matter had been referred. Their report was considered and annotated by
Burleigh, and the following draft seems to have been based on their
conclusions[738].
[737] See above, pp. 89, 90.
[738] See above, p. 86.
Already several times during the reigns of Edward and Elizabeth similar
sets of orders had been issued in order to prevent a bread famine in
years of high-priced corn. Earlier in this year of 1586 commands had
already been sent, and reports had been received from the justices.
These orders however were more carefully considered and detailed than
any previous commands.
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