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Folios 372-374. Letter from William Ashton, Clerk pro tem to the Guardians of the...

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MH 12/9232/214
Date
2 July 1842
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Folios 372-374. Letter from William Ashton, Clerk pro tem to the Guardians of the Basford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, enclosing a return for their approval giving details of outdoor relief given on 7, 14 and 21 June to the following able-bodied unemployed and their families in Mr Smith's district, as follows: 7 June: Joseph Cooper, Labourer. John Barrows, [Framework Knitter]. Robert Paxton, Collier. John Cheetham, [Framework Knitter]. Samuel Richards, Collier, wife near confinement. [Eliza Richards], 18, servant out of place. [Levi Richards], 11, Collier. George Sheply, [Framework Knitter]. William Raynor, [Framework Knitter]. Thomas Smith, [Framework Knitter]. John Brentnall, Collier. William Birchenshaw, [Framework Knitter]. Esther Booth, Seamer. Thomas Wright, Collier. George Allwright, widower, [Framework Knitter]. Ann Riley, 2 children, deserted, [Framework Knitter]. 14 June: James Elliott, [Framework Knitter]. Thomas Carlin, [Framework Knitter]. Samuel Meakin, Collier. George Rhodes, Collier. Phillip Glover, Shoemaker. Joseph Kirk, Collier. William Spaulding, Labourer. Michael Rowley, [Framework Knitter]. Thomas Brough, [Framework Knitter]. William Chiswell, [Framework Knitter]. Luke Varley, [Framework Knitter]. 21 June: John Kirkland, Collier. David Carlin, [Framework Knitter]. Enoch Smith, Collier. Thomas Morley, [Framework Knitter]. George Mathews, Labourer. Joseph Clifton, [Framework Knitter]. Elizabeth Saxton, Seamer, earns 1s, 3 children, husband in prison for robbery. George Grooby, [Framework Knitter]. Rachael Turton, Seamer, earns 1s. Mary Sampson, Seamer. Denise Moon, Lace Runner, husband deserted her. Annotated: sanction. Paper Number: 8939/B/1842. Poor Law Union Number 334. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
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English
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