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
Itm eu(er)y Companie so allotted out shall forthw^{th} direct
their preceptes vnto the said Sheriff to warne the high cunstables
vnder cunstables and others the most honest _and substa(n)ciall_
inhabitants w^{th}in the same hundred, rape or wapentake to the
number of xxxvi persons, moe or fewer as the quantetie of the hundred
rape or wapentake shall require, to appere before them, at a certayn
place and w^{th}in as shorte a tyme after the receipte hereof as
they convenientlie may, and vppon the apparance of the said persons,
they shall divide them into so many Juries as they shall thinke
meete, gevinge instruccon to the said Sheriffe to retorne as fewe of
such as _be known great firmers for corn or_ haue store of grayne
to sell as he can; and such of the same _perso(n)s so warned_ as
shall not appeare, but make default beinge somoned, and not havinge
any _just or_ reasonable excuse _allowable by y^e justices_, to be
punished therefore at the good discrecons of the justices _both by
i(m)priso(n)m(e)nt and fyne_ before _whom_ they are to appere.
Itm. they shall _first declare y^e cause why they ar sent for and
therw^h ernestly chardg them in the feare of God to apply themselves
to the s(er)vice wherevnto they shall be now called w^h all
dutyfullnes and dilige(n)ce and w^hout any parciallyte to any person
and the(n) they shall gyve them the oth followy(n)g_:--
_The Juries Oth._
Yo^u shall sweare &c that yo^u shall enquire and make trewe and dewe
search and triall what nomber of persons eu(er)ye housholder that
hath corne _in thir barns, stacks or otherwher_ aswell Justices of
the peace as others _what so ever_ w^{th}in the parish of have
in their houses, (fedyng and lye(in)g and vprisyng?); what nomber of
acres they haue _certenly_ to be sowen this yere w^{th} any mann(er) of
grayne; what bargaynes they haue made w^{th} any person for any kynde
of grayne to be sold by or to them; to whome and by whome and vppon
what prices they haue made the same and what quantetie of any mann(er)
of grayne they or any other haue in their barnes, garners, lofts,
cellers or flowers or otherwise to be deliu(er)ed vnto them uppon any
bargayne.
I^{tm} what nomber of badgers, kidders, broggers[742] or cariers of
corne doe inhabite w^{th}in the said parishe and whither they doe vse
to carrie their corne they buy and _wher they do vsually buy the same_
and what their names be _and how long they have vsed_ _that trade, and
by whose lycense, and to se the same lycenses of what tenor they ar
of_.
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