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Margaret & St. John the Evangelist have leave to erect the
necessary Premises for the reception of the Sick of the said
Parishes over the Coal Shed aforesaid Upon Payment of the
Sum of 20/-ss P. Ann. to the Church Wardens of the Parish of
St. Margaret for the time being.
A very large number of entries relating to the workhouse
system might be transcribed were space available.
A lack of method in the recovery of the Poor Rate
existed at a comparative recent date. On Thursday, 12th
September, 1776, the case of a widow was brought before
the Vestry in which the annual sum of £1 6s. 0d. had been
allowed to fall into arrear for 23 years The debtor
attended with her solicitor, and pleaded that as no demand
had been made no liability on her part existed. The
Vestry were advised otherwise; but agreed to a compromise
on ten guineas being paid down.
Upon the minutes of a joint Meeting on Wednesday,
13th August, 1823, a classified statement of the moneys
applicable to the Relief of the Poor for the year then
ended is entered, showing the following:—
Collected in the Grand Division £4330 16 9½
„ „ Absey „ £4088 15 8
„ „ St. John's,, £3513 19 9
Cash recd by Ovrs of the Poor for Basty and or
matters £349 6 1
Cash received for Work by the Poor in the House:—
Flocks and Hair Picking
£27
13
6
Making Paper Bags
13
4
2
Spinning Worstead
40
12
3
Picking Oakum
31
0
0
Winding Cotton
79
10
10
Needle Work
322
7
0¼
£514
7
9¼
Mem.—960 Pr of Shoes were manufactured and the Shoes of the
Poor in the House repaired, but being distributed to the poor
they do not form a Cash Account.
Assessment Almost inseparable from the question from the
of Property, compulsory rate for the relief of the poor is that
of the basis upon which the rate was calculated and levied.
For fully two hundred and fifty years after the compulsory