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MH 12/4539/22 Folio 41. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 41. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission informing the Commission of the resignation of the porter Henry Horn and his wife and that the guardians have advertised the position. Annotated: enquire as to cause of resignation and send a form. Paper Number: 3381/A/1847. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1847-02-25
- Reference:
- MH 12/4539/22
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MH 12/8477/197 Folio 310. Letter from Henry Evans, Lyng Rectory, Reepham, Norfolk [of the Mitford...
Folio 310. Letter from Henry Evans, Lyng Rectory, Reepham, Norfolk [of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union] to the Poor Law Commission. He brings to their attention the case of a disabled pauper called George Gallop. He requires constant help and is unable to work. His sister who resides in Norwich is willing to take care of him in Norwich but requires out relief. The guardian of the parish of Lyng wishes to add his name to the request for relief outside the area. Annotated: this case is an exception and the Commission have no power to interfere with the board of guardians who are able to make the decision in this case. Paper Number: 13596/B/1844. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1844-08-03
- Reference:
- MH 12/8477/197
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MH 12/8476/54 Folio 90. Letter from Samuel King junior, Clerk to the Guardians of Mitford and Launditch...
Folio 90. Letter from Samuel King junior, Clerk to the Guardians of Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union, to Edwin Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor Law Commission. The confirmation of the Commission is requested for the appointment of William Barnes as Porter for the Gressenhall Workhouse at a salary of £25 per annum. Annotated: to pass to Mr Twistleton [Edward J B Twistleton, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner]. Annotated: by Twistleton, that the appointment should be confirmed. Annotated: to sanction. Paper Number: 4939/B/1839. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1839-07-23
- Reference:
- MH 12/8476/54
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MH 12/4539/23 Folio 42. Draft letter from Poor Law Commission to John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor],...
Folio 42. Draft letter from Poor Law Commission to John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, acknowledging the resignation of Henry Horn and his wife as porters and request to be informed of the reason for their resignation. They also request that when the new appointment is made the details to be reported on the enclosed form [not enclosed]. Paper Number: 3381/A/1847. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1847-03-03
- Reference:
- MH 12/4539/23
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MH 12/4539/304 Folios 503-505. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folios 503-505. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board enclosing an application for a fresh valuation for the parish of Birchanger [Essex]. The valuation was made some years ago and the present ratepayers are dissatisfied and request a new valuation. The guardians assent to the request. A new map is not required. Enclosed is an application from the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Birchanger requesting a new valuation in order to levy the rates for the relief of the poor under the terms of the Parochial Assessment Act. Annotated: survey and valuation order dated 30 January and sent 2 February 1849. [Folio 503 is a year guard.] Paper Number: 1757/1849. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1849-01-10
- Reference:
- MH 12/4539/304
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MH 12/487/164 Folio 350. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to William Powell, Clerk to...
Folio 350. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to William Powell, Clerk to the Guardians of the Newport Pagnell Poor Law Union, referring to his letter of 16 March stating that the Commission consents to the adoption of the dietary selected by the guardians but they are uncertain about some of the quantities intended. Is it intended that women should have 1lb of cooked potato and men should have 1/2lb on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday each week or only on Sunday? The dietary table as altered by the guardians is returned for them to make a satisfactory reply and the Commission will make an order to be prepared and forwarded to them without delay. Paper Number: 2355/A/1837.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1837-04-06
- Reference:
- MH 12/487/164
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MH 12/13904/241 Folio 354. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor...
Folio 354. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission. He encloses a draft conveyance for Frankley parish property to Lord Lyttleton for £40. The order for sale is dated 29 May 1840 [not included]. Paper Number: 9466/B/1840. Poor Law Union Number 526. Counties: Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1840-08-10
- Reference:
- MH 12/13904/241
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MH 12/487/105 Folio 232. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Reverend D B Langley, Vicar...
Folio 232. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Reverend D B Langley, Vicar of Olney, acknowledging his letter of 30 May 1836 and asking him to suggest another place in his parish where his objections to the list being affixed to the church door will not apply. Paper Number: 1551/A/1836.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-06-02
- Reference:
- MH 12/487/105
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MH 12/4539/69 Folios 119-121. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folios 119-121. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission enclosing the amended dietary table. Enclosed is the draft amended dietary for the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union. Regulations list daily allocation of workhouse food for men and women and children between nine and fourteen. Annotated: this may be approved. Paper Number: 9226/A/1847. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1847-05-29
- Reference:
- MH 12/4539/69
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MH 12/487/114 Folio 250. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to William Cripps, Newport Pagnell...
Folio 250. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to William Cripps, Newport Pagnell acknowledging his letter of 27 June 1836 and stating that a special enquiry will be made as to why Henry Hobbs has returned from the manufacturing districts and they return his letters on the subject. Paper Number: 2147/A/1836.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-07-11
- Reference:
- MH 12/487/114
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MH 12/4539/308 Folios 510-512. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folios 510-512. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board enclosing the annual returns of pauper, lunatics and idiots chargeable to the parishes within the union as of 1 January 1849. Enclosed is a complete list of all lunatics and idiots chargeable to the parishes within the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, where they are maintained, their ages, whether they are a danger to themselves, whether they are of dirty habits and the average weekly cost per head of their maintenance and clothing and the length of time they are supposed to be of unsound mind. Those listed in the parishes of Hertfordshire are as follows: Emma Elsdon, 26, Brent Pelham. Lewis Reed, 64, Brent Pelham. Mary Lawrence, 46, Brent Pelham. Charles Rayment, 38, Brent Pelham. Mary Bradford, 50, Stocking Pelham. Samuel Warwick, 26, Great Hadham. Mary Brace, 35, Great Hadham. Alan Patmore, 29, Great Hadham. John Barber, 24, Braughin [Braughing]. Charity Conyard, 38, Braughin [Braughing]. Joan Webb, 29, Braughin [Braughing]. Simon Cuffley 43, Sawbridgeworth. Hester Prassell, 52, Sawbridgeworth. Susan Brown, 37, Sawbridgeworth. Martha Lincoln, 40, Little Hadham. Sarah Bayford, 36, Bishops Stortford. Samuel Jackson, 24, Bishops Stortford. Elizabeth Jackson, 22, Bishops Stortford. James Brazier, 37, Bishops Stortford. James Housden, 24, Thorley. Francis Oates, 16, Albury. Mary Miles, 63, Braughin [Braughing]. Mary May, 20, Furneux Pelham. Isaac Barker, 38, Braughin [Braughing]. James Long, 37, Braughin [Braughing]. Mary Newman, 53, Bishops Stortford. George Hammond, 47, Albury. Those listed in the parishes of Essex are as follows: Susan Stone, 19, Berden. Eliza Bush, 30, Berden. Mary Watts, 30, Manuden. Mary Edwards, 33, Manuden. Alice Shaw, 33, Stansted. Jesse Halls, 24, Great Hallingbury. George Eldred, 43, Great Hallingbury. Charles Nash, 29, Little Hallingbury. Amelia Phillips, 20, Stansted. Isaac Perry, 22, Henham. Joseph White, 21, Henham. Mary Amey, 26, Henham. Emma Prior, 28, Farnham. Paper Number: 3961/1849. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1849-02-01
- Reference:
- MH 12/4539/308
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MH 12/8476/151 Folio 271. Letter from Joseph Croft, on behalf of Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 271. Letter from Joseph Croft, on behalf of Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union, Litcham, to Edwin Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor Law Commission. The Reverend Joseph Thompson of North Elmham has been elected as Chaplain to the Gressenhall Workhouse. Annotated: to request the approval of the Bishop. Paper Number: 904/B/1841. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1841-01-26
- Reference:
- MH 12/8476/151
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MH 12/8477/134 Folios 212-213. Letter from Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mitford and...
Folios 212-213. Letter from Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, informing them that the guardians had received the resignation of Mrs Anne Youngs as Schoolmistress at the Gressenhall workhouse. The guardians will re-elect Eliza Underwood as Schoolmistress. Paper Number: 4063/B/1844. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1844-03-26
- Reference:
- MH 12/8477/134
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MH 12/4539/37 Folio 64. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 64. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission informing the Commission of the intention of the guardians to substitute rice and bread in the dietary due to the unavailability of potatoes. Annotated: request to know the quantities so that the Commission can alter the order. Paper Number: 5886/A/1847. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1847-04-03
- Reference:
- MH 12/4539/37
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MH 12/13904/182 Folio 249. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Thomas Day, Clerk to the...
Folio 249. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union. In the matter of John Hall the Commission drew the attention of the guardians to the evidence taken by Sir Edmund Head but now state that they must leave the decision to the guardians. Paper Number: 3709/B/1840. Poor Law Union Number 526. Counties: Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1840-04-01
- Reference:
- MH 12/13904/182
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MH 12/8477/130 Folio 202. Letter from the Poor Law Commission to Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 202. Letter from the Poor Law Commission to Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union, approving of an order prescribing task work for casuals in the workhouse. And transmitting a copy signed by the Commission [not included]. The Commission suggest that the order should be made into a placard and positioned in different places in the workhouse and recommend Messer's Knight and Co publishers Ludgate Street to supply the placards. Paper Number: 3808/B/1844. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1844-03-30
- Reference:
- MH 12/8477/130
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MH 12/487/27 Folios 73-74. Letter from William Powell, Clerk to the Guardians of the Newport Pagnell...
Folios 73-74. Letter from William Powell, Clerk to the Guardians of the Newport Pagnell Poor Law Union, to Edwin Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor Law Commission, stating that the following Relieving Officers have been elected to act for several districts at an annual salary of £85 per year each, and seeking the Commission's confirmation; William White, Newport District; Thomas Chew, Fenny Stratford District; Samuel Griggs, Olney District. Also included is the draft letter from the Commission to Powell confirming the appointments and salaries proposed.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1835-10-20
- Reference:
- MH 12/487/27
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MH 12/13904/30 Folio 40. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission, to Thomas Day, Clerk to the...
Folio 40. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission, to Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union, stating that to be a ratepayer a person must have been rated for a whole year and paid all rates due. The excusal of any rates during the year will destroy his right to vote at the election of guardians. If payment of the rate is made despite the excusal, the party will be fully entitled to vote. Any rates being made before the year in question and excused not being due would not affect the present right to vote as a ratepayer. The churchwardens and overseers are allowed to adjourn from Thursday to the following day. Paper Number: 2209/C/1839. Poor Law Union Number 526. Counties: Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1839-03-25
- Reference:
- MH 12/13904/30
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MH 12/487/53 Folios 117-118. Draft letter from Edwin Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor Law Commission,...
Folios 117-118. Draft letter from Edwin Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor Law Commission, to William Powell, Clerk to the Guardians of the Newport Pagnell Poor Law Union, stating that the subject of the arrangements for medical relief in the ensuing year is under immediate consideration of the Commissioners who will shortly answer his enquiries.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-02-08
- Reference:
- MH 12/487/53
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MH 12/487/98 Folio 218. Letter from the guardians of Milton Keynes and Ravenstone parishes to...
Folio 218. Letter from the guardians of Milton Keynes and Ravenstone parishes to the Poor Law Commission, concerning a charity belonging to the parishes namely alms houses, to which they have subscribed a weekly sum, and unless they continue to do this, shall be excluded from the profit from it and therefore write to ask if they can continue to [fund] it in the parish expenditure as they have done or in what way they can continue. The letter is signed G Payne, Guardian of the parish of Milton Keynes and William Godfrey, Guardian of the parish of Ravenstone. Annotated: write to the board of guardians for information as to this statement and their opinion as to the course they would think it is desirable to pursue. Paper Number: 1341/A/1836.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-05-22
- Reference:
- MH 12/487/98
