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Folios 213-214. Letter from William Ashton, Clerk to the Guardians of the Basford...
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| Reference | MH 12/9231/99 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1841-03-02 |
| Description | Folios 213-214. Letter from William Ashton, Clerk to the Guardians of the Basford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, in response to their letter of 26 February 1841 (1766/B1841) enclosing a copy of the Nottingham Journal's article on the supposed resolutions of the guardians of the Basford Poor Law Union. He particularly draws their attention to the thirteenth resolution. The cutting from the Nottingham Journal shows a list of resolutions supposedly those of the guardians of the Basford Poor Law Union. They imply that the guardians are indignant that the report of the inquest into John Parkes' death appears to implicate them. They disapprove of the treatment he received on arrival at the workhouse, the medical officer ordering that he be given 'a little something warm' on the premise that he was unable to give him wine, or any other stimulant, without prior sanction of the guardians. The governor of the workhouse had a stock of ale and wine, provided by the guardians for the use of sick inmates, and, had the medical officer asked that Parkes be given some, the governor should have complied with his request. Nixon is reported to have commented that the restrictive order was entered in the guardian's minute book. Colonel Rolleston is reported as saying that Mr Senior, [Edward Senior, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner], disapproved of the order. All these statements are false as no such order exists. Mr Morley's [William Morley, Medical Officer] assertion that he had asked the board, on several occasions, to rescind the order was untrue. He had ordered extra meat, wine and ale for inmates in the past, the board intervening in only three instances. The board had supposedly asked that the resolutions be published in the Nottingham and London newspapers and that fifty copies be sent to unions throughout the midlands, to the Poor Law Commission and the Secretary of State. They also asked that a public subscription be raised to pay the expenses of the witnesses in the forthcoming trial of Davison [Sandford Tatham Davison, Surgeon] and Gill [William Gill, Overseer]. The thirteenth resolution, to which Ashton had drawn the Poor Law Commission's attention, asked that an assistant commissioner, other than Senior, be sent to investigate the charges against the board. Annotated: acknowledge. The subject shall have the usual attention of the C [Commission]. Refer to Mr Senior with F P for his observations. Paper Number: 2378/B/1841. Poor Law Union Number 334. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Closure Status | Open Document, Open Description |
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