Folios 539-542. Letter from Thomas Hair, representative of the body of bakers Kidderminster,...

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Reference	MH 12/14018/363
Date	1846-12-15
Description	Folios 539-542. Letter from Thomas Hair, representative of the body of bakers Kidderminster, to the Poor Law Commission regarding bread contract. 'I am requested by the Body of Bakers of Kidderminster to forward you the accompanying Memorial and to request your immediate attention to the subject, which I am given to understand is one of general complaint'. Memorial signed by inhabitant householders and ratepayers of Kidderminster. The memorialists have been for some years been bakers in Kidderminster. Although they are cheaper and their bread is of equal quality the contract for the supply of bread to the workhouse has always gone to John Smith. They consider their treatment unfair and costly to the ratepayers and ask the Commissioners to investigate the reasons for awarding the [tender] contract to John Smith. Signed by: [William Mimfair, Mill Street]; Thomas Wilson, Blackwell Street [Blackwell Street]; Henry Woodhouse, Mill Street; William Hinett, Blackwell Street; James Wolley, Stourbridge Street; [Henry Meredith, Hill Street]; [H Long, Lion Street] and William Sickson, Bromsgrove Street. Annotated: state the complaint to the guardians and ask for their observations. 16 December 1846. Paper Number: 16044/B/1846. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Closure Status	Open Document, Open Description

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