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Folio(s) 191. Letter from W E Goodacre [William E Goodacre], Clerk to the Guardians...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/9365/136

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MH 12/9365/136
Date
1856 May 3
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Folio(s) 191. Letter from W E Goodacre [William E Goodacre], Clerk to the Guardians of Mansfield Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board, concerning Samuel Reddish, who, together with his wife and children, are in the workhouse. He has now obtained employment in the lace trade in Nottingham and wishes to leave the workhouse. He asks the guardians for thirty shillings to enable him to purchase clothes for his children and bedding. The clerk asks the advice and sanction of the Board as to whether the guardians should grant this request.Annotated: provision of relief without the Board's sanction would be illegal. R Weale [Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector, advises the Board not to sanction this questionable application. Decline to sanction.

Paper Number: 15627/1856.

Poor Law Union Number 337.

Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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