The Early History of English Poor Relief - of Girton College E. M. Leonard

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Die Veneris 5 March 1646.

The Lords in Parliament Assembled taking into their consideration the multitude of Beggars, poore, and Vagabonds in and about the Cities of London, Westminster and in the other parts of this Kingdome; for prevention whereof, divers Acts of Parliament have been made, as well to punish such Beggars and Vagabonds, as also to provide for the reliefe of poore people, but by reason of the unhappy distractions of these times, the putting of the Lawes into Execution have been altogether neglected. It is therefore Ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, That the Lord Mayor of the City of London for the time being, and all Judges and Justices of Assize and Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and generall Goale delivery, in their severall Circuits, and Justices of Peace in their Quarter Sessions, and all other person or persons (who are by any Act of Parliament entrusted to see the said Acts put in Execution, and the poore to be provided for) doe strictly and carefully put in Execution all and severall the Acts of Parliament for the punishment of Beggers, Rogues, and Vagabonds and for releife of the poore. And the said Judges and Justices of Assize in their severall Circuits are required to give the said Acts of Parliament in charge at the Assizes in all the Countries where they shall come and keep Assize.

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliament.

Printed at London for John Wright at the King's Head
in the Old Baily 1646.

INDEX.

abbey, new [28]
abbeys [3], [290], see monasteries
Abbot, Archbishop [157], [164], [211], [222], [258]
Aberdeen, boro. [280] n., [285], [286], [289];
diocese of [287]
Abingdon [226], [260]
able-bodied poor, see poor
accounts of overseers of Alton [174]
" of Bridewell [352] seq.
" of Gloucester [129], [130]
" of overseers &c. of Finsbury division [360] seq.
" of Newcastle corporation [125]
" of overseers, collectors, deacons, &c. of Norwich, [102] n., [367]
" of overseers in St Alban's district [182]
" of overseers of St John's Walbrook [97]
" of Sheffield corporation [225], [226]
" of overseers of Staplegrove [327] seq.
" of Reading workhouse [113]
Acland, Sir John, charity of [216] n.
Acts of Parliament, see statutes
actions legal, fees for [44]
Acton, J. and W., charities of [234] n.
administration, see execution of law
Aelfric [3] n.
Agbrigg [192] n., [255] n.
aldermen, authority of, [134] n.
" of London [26], [30], [55], [95], [96], [305] seq.
" Court of [26], [30]
" of Norwich [102] n., [104], [105], [106], [224] n.
" of Newcastle [124]
" of Cambridge [44]
Aldrich, Allderiche, Aldriche, John [104], [308], [311] seq.
Aldworth, Richard [212] n.
Aldworth, Thomas [122], [222] n.
alehouses, alehouse keepers, license of [117], [179], [332]
" unlicensed [174], [346] seq.
" questions touching, [344]
" misdemeanours in [175], [346] seq., [366], see fines
" reduction and suppression of [145], [185] seq., [194] n., [252], [325], [332], [358], [366]
" regulation of [179], [180], [325], [331], [332], [346] seq.
" fines for unlicensed &c. [138] n., [360] seq., [366], see Sunday
Alfred, King [3]
All Saints', Hereford [211] n.
allowance to poor brethren [42] n., see pensions
almoners, Gloucester [129] n.
alms, almes, almose, allmns, almesse, alyms, [30], [35], [36], [52], [54], [55], [102], [271]
" increase beggars [40]
" in Anglo-Saxon times [2] seq.
" at Southampton [9]
" of great houses, [17] seq.
" distributed by parish priests, monks and guilds [6] seq.
" of Sir Julius Caesar, [295]
" official collection of, [26], [55], [56], [57], [62], [63], [96], [278]
" whether or not given to particular people in Norwich, [308] seq.
" in France [290]
" see charities, collections, contributions and giver, restraint of
almsgiving, [66], see alms
almshouses, [8], [19], [27] n., [77], [101], [204], [207] seq.
Alton [173], [176], [177] n., [186], [256] n.
Alythwaite [214]
amendments [75] seq.
America [230] n.
Amesbury [50] n.
Andersfield [194] n., [254] n., [261]
Andover [186], [298]
Anglo-Saxon times [2] seq.
Antigua [230]
Applebye, William [217] n.
Appleton in the Street [171] n.
Appletree [151], [262] n., [299]
Appowell, charity of [233]
apprentices, statutory provisions touching [55], [56], [57], [76], [134] n., [138] n., [154], [155], [158], [179] n., [343] n.
" in Scotland [279], [279] n.
" poor children placed as [35] n., [117] n., [129], [167], [173], [174], [175], [177], [180], [182], [183], [215] seq., [247], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253] seq., [299], [315], [328], [345] seq., [357], [359], [361] seq., [366], [369]
" in Bridewell [38], [217], [352], [353], [354], [356], [270]
" opinion concerning [215] seq., [244], [295]
" questions touching [247], [342], [344], see charities
archbishops, see Canterbury and York
aristocracy [296]
Arksey [168]
Armingford [82]
arms and armour [338], [339]
army, Parliamentary [274]
Arth, Henry [127] seq., [139], [168] n.
articles sent to justices [81]
" " overseers [174], [181]
artificers [49], [228] n., [322], [323], see labourers and lending cash
Arundel [256]
Ashley, Prof. [20]
Ashton-under-Line [259]
Askham [257] n., [363]
assemblies, tumultuous [270]
Asser [3] n.
assessments, cessments [116] seq., [167], [173] n., [180]
" in London [29], [96]
" in Cambridge [44]
" in Norwich [104], [223] n., [367] seq.
" in North Riding [171], [171] n., [173]
" in West Riding, [168]
" voluntary [117], [129], see rates
assizes [179] n., [247] n., [299]
assize of bread and beer [176], [332], [344]
Atkinson, Thomas [176]
attorneys [44]
Athelstan, the Atheling [3] n.
" King [2] n.
Atwill, charity of [222] n.
Aucher, Richard [187] n.
Audeley, Robert [265] n.
Augsburg [20]
Axton [264] n.
Aylesham [331]
Babergh [173] n., [187], [245]
babis [280] n., [285]
Bacon, Lord [73], [74], [76], [79], [294]
Bacon, Nathaniel [316]
Badbury [256] n.
badges for beggars [25], [26], [41], [280] n., [284] n., [285], [288] n., see beggars, tokens
badgers [50] n., [87] seq., [188] n., [193], [316], [322], [323] seq., [340]
" def. of [320]
Bagby [214] n.
Bailey, Old [71] n.
bailies, bailiffs [44], [57]
" Scotch [279], [287] n.
" of Ipswich [42], [43], [115]
" of Norwich Bridewell [104], [312]
" of Lydd [178]
bairns [280]
baize, bays, bayes [152], [160], [225]
bakehouse [37]
bakers [124], [150], [176], [321], [332], [358]
Bakers [197] n.
Bamme, Adam [23]
Banbury [185]
Banff [284]
banishment [77]
bankruptcies [148]
bar of House of Lords [76]
Barbados [229], [330]
Barbor, charity of [234] n.
bark [85]
Barker, Andrew [215] n.
Barking [83]
barley [179], [185] seq., [189] n.
" bread corne of poore, [145], see corn
Barnes, Sir George [31], [35]
Barnet [181], [182], [214] n., [258], see Chipping Barnet and Friern Barnet
Barnstaple, [121], [202], [202] n., [227], [230], [234]
Barnwell Gate [226]
barrack [27] n.
Barrett, John, charity of [234]
Barrington, Sir Thomas [340], [341]
baskitmaker [309]
Bastable [228] n.
Bastardy [75]
Bassetlaw, report from [256] seq., [361] seq.
Bath, Earl of, [121]
beadle, biddell, [34], [98], [355]
bearwards, bearewards [68], [69], [70], [344]
Becontree [228] n.
bedding, bedsteads, bedticks, [33], [260] n., [357] n.
Bedford co. [89], [91] n.
Bedford boro. [255], [261]
Bede [2]
beer [181], [198], [199], [207]
" export forbidden [150]
" price of [179], [331]
beggars, beggary [2], [11] seq., [31], [36], [38], [43], [54], [77], [81], [151], [167], [169], [175], [242], [244], [295]
" continental [13]
" Scotch [278] seq., [287] seq.
" Irish [93]
" sturdy and able-bodied, [4], [11] seq., [34], [56], [59], [99], [325], see vagrants, rogues
" impotent, see poor
" licensed or badged [20], [25], [26], [41], [42], [45], [53], [54], [58], [63], [168], [279], [280] n., [284], [287] seq.
" movements restricted [5], see settlement
" regulations of London [25] seq.
" number in Norwich [102]
" punishment of [25], [79], [181], see vagrants
" multitude of [11] seq., [280] n., [288]
" declared rogues, [134], [344]
" disappearance of [128], see vagrants
begging prohibited [58], [101], [104], [105], [106], [311]
Bell, Thomas [209]
Belman [224]
benevolences [227] n., [269]
Bennett, Sir T., charity of [221] n.
Bentley [168]
bequests, see charities
Bergholt [50]
Berkshire [48], [87] n., [192], [193], [196] n.
Bethlehem, Bedlam [27] n., [28], [35], [38], [354], [370], see hospitals, royal
Beverley [210], [223], [255]
Bills [68] seq.
" of 1566 [68]
" of 1571 [69]
" of 1572 [69]
" new, of 1597 [74] seq.
" for Houses of Correction [75] seq., [137]
" new bill for rogues [76], [137]
bill of churchwardens [99]
billeting of poor [192], [214], [242], [251]
Bilstrop (Bilsthorpe) [364]
Birden, W., charity of [234] n.
Bishops [58] n., [59] n., [86] n.
" exhortation of, [52], [57], [59]
" appropriates tithe for poor [6] n.
" letter to [122]
" inquire into breaches of trust [78], [136]
" interrogatories of [58] n.
Bishops Castle [263] n.
Black Death [3]
" Friars, House of [43]
Blackfriars [272]
Blackwell Hall [48], [369]
Blandford [253]
blind [55]
Blofield [228] n., [191] n.
Bloise, Alice and Rose, charities of [234] n.
Blue Coat School, see Christ's Hospital
Blundell, Alice, charity of [233]
Blythe, Dr [44]
Blything, hundred of [89] seq., [190] n.
boarding out [202], [219], [369]
Bocardo [221] n.
Bocking [152], [160], [161]
Bole [257] n.
Boltby [171] n.
Book of Orders, see Orders
book register [57] n.
books of subscriptions, London [31]
"Booke devised for the settinge of the poore on worke" [93], [98] seq.
Booke for the Poore, Norwich [102], [311] seq., see Maioris Bocke
boote wrighte [309]
booth [44]
boroughs, see towns
Boscombe [50] n.
Boteler, John [351]
Bountisborough [246]
Bowes [35], [111]
box, poor's [55], [58] n., [113], [288], [290]
boys [216], [216] n., [217] n.
" of St Giles' [198]
" emigrant [230], see children
" at school [218]
Bradford [186]
Brafferton, Thomas [111]
Braintree [152], [160], [161]
Bramber [256] n., [265] n., [298]
branding [138] n., [243]
Braughing, half hundred report on book of orders [248] seq., [256] n., [344] seq.
" corn sold under price [190] n., [191] n., [252], [263] n., [344] seq.
Braughing town [345], [349]
bread [198], [199]
" poor relieved with [90], [124], [192]
" gifts of [207], [212], [212] n., [345], [349]
" serving poor with [180], [181]
" three sorts of [332], see assize of bread
brethren of St Cross [208] n.
brewers [176], [321], [324], [331], [335], see maltsters
Bridewell [26] n., [31], [32], [33], [36] seq., [65], [69], [92] n., [98], [99], [100], [217] seq., [229], [244] n., [269], [370]
" London apprentices of [38], [217] seq., [235], [352], [353], [354], [356]
" report of [351] seq.
" better sort in [37]
" steward and officials of [37], [351], [355] seq.
" clerk of the work in [37]
" value of labour in [352]
" money given towards [352]
" debts due to [354]
" revenues of [356]
" occupations in [33], [100], [217]
" Norfolk [94]
" Norwich House of Normans [101], [104], [311] seq., [314]
" Bristol [114] n., see hospitals royal and governors of, and also Correction Houses of
Bridgwater [185] n., [157]
" Earl of [156] n.
bridges, charities for [136], [137] n.
Bridport [193]
briefs for collections [203]
Brinklow [28], [30]
Bristol, Brestow [40], [86] n., [114], [121] n., [124], [150], [189], [209], [210], [212], [213], [215] n., [219], [220], [222] n., [227]
" scarcity measures 1594-7, [122] seq.
" pressure on employers at [231], lending cash
Brittany [291]
Brixton [83], [256]
broggers [320]
buck sold under price [191] n.
Buckingham co. [88] n., [193]
" boro. [188], [256] n., [261], [265] n.
Buckingham, Duke of [12], [19] n.
Buckrose, [259] n.
Buddlesgate [256] n.
Budleigh, West [190] n.
Bullington [82]
Bulmer [196] n.
Bulmer, Henry de [8]
Buntingford [228], [228] n.
Burgesses [42], see towns
Burghley, see Cecil
burial, paupers [180], [329]
Burneston [171] n.
Burnham [245]
Burton's almshouse [210]
Bury [65], [113], [116], [157], [157] n., [163] n., [200]
bushel, varying size of [84] n., [187] n.
butchers, fines of, [138] n., [175]
butter [51], [199]
buttons, making of [223], [309]
Caesar, John [296]
Caesar, Sir Julius [244], [295], [331]
Caistor, Sessions of, [88]
cakes [332]
Calais [48]
Cambridge co. [82], [162], [191] n., [192], [253] n., [263], [358] seq.
" boro. [43] seq., [45], [62], [64], [108], [200], [264]
" new tenements in, [93]
" workhouse at [226]
" Mayor [174]
" St Mary's church in [44]
" reports from [174] seq., [176], [177] n.
" university of [93] n., [176]
Campbell, Lady [233]
Canninge, William [210]
Cannington [254] n., [261]
canons, see Aelfric
Canterbury [4], [41]
" parishes of St Andrew, St George, St Michael [41]
" work at [110]
" see of [211]
Canterbury, Archbp. of [86] n., [101], [102], [122], [157], [211], [217]
caps [33]
captives, charities for [136]
Carberton (Carburton) [257] n.
cards, carders, carding [33], [85], [260] n.
Carew, Sir Ranulph [178]
Carhampton [245]
Caribee Isles, Lord of [230]
Carleton, letter to [145] n., [146]
Carlford [264] n.
Carmarthen [151]
Carlisle, Earl of, [230]
carpenters [103], [218], [225], [354]
Carr, John [219]
carriers [138] n., [175]
carts, attacks on [196], [197] n.
Cartmell [214]
Cashio [191] n., [255] n.
Catherine, wife of Hen. VIII. [27]
cavaliers [370]
Cecil, Lord Burghley [31], [32], [68], [74], [75], [79], [81], [86], [93], [119] n., [146], [318], [334]
" letter to [32], [126]
" Sir Robert [130] n., [136] n.
" Sir Thomas [74]
census of poor, Norwich [103], [308] seq.
certificate of punishment [54]
" of observance of fasts &c. [122], see reports
Chamberlain [146] n.
Chamberlain, the [8], [25]
Champion, Humphrey [212] n.
Chancellor, Lord [78], [136]
" of the Exchequer [157]
" of University [70]
chantries, statute of [43]
chapmen, petty [70], [344]
charge to overseers [142], [180]
" of Lord Chancellor [166]
charity, charities [7], [59], [61], [63], [86] n., [136], [137], [200], [204], [210] seq., [259], [289], [295]
" old methods of [17]
" for providing work [222] seq., see work
" for apprentices [215], [216]
" for prisoners [220] seq., see lending cash, endowments
charitable uses [78], [248], [342], [345] seq.
Charles I. [27] n., [16], [151], [153], [161], [163], [164], [172], [198], [295], [337]
" justices of [292], [298], [304]
" reign of [1], [21], [68], [198], [288]
" personal government of [238], [241], [254]
Charles II., reign of [276]
Charter of University [176]
" of St Cross [207]
Charterhouse [211]
cheese [199]
Cheeseman [112] n.
Cheap, Chepe, Cheape, ward of [25], [305]
Cherbury [299] n.
Chert, B., charity of [222] n.
Cheshire [138] seq.
" constable of [139]
" reports from [248]
chest, town [111], [201], [222], [280] n.
Chester [8]
" fair of [139]
" Earl of [139]
" castle at [248]
" hospital at [271]
Chesterton [82] n., [264]
" [358] seq.
Cheveley [82], [191] n.
Chichester [228] n.
children [31], [32], [34], [39], [43], [57], [64], [65] n., [76], [98], [99], [109], [113], [117] n., [134], [135] n., [167], [167] n., [169] n., [175], [198], [215] seq., [226], [238], [294], [299], [369] seq.
" unapt for learning [33]
" vagrant [82], [83]
" apprenticing of, see apprentices
" payments for [181]
" emigrant [229]
" in Norwich [103], [104], [105], [313] seq.
" in Wardrobe [272], [273]
" Scotch [279], [281]
" those overcharged with [127]
" see apprentices, Christ's Hospital, Bridewell, orphanages, schools
Children's Hospital, see St Giles' Norwich
Chilford [192] n., [253] n., [256] n., [264] n.
Chipping Barnet [181], [182], [214] n.
Chipping Wycombe [188] n., [192] n., [193] seq.
Chorley [346]
Christ's Church [28]
Christ's Hospital, London [26] n., [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [39], [40], [216], [219], [269] seq., [369]
" Treasurer of [97], [97] n., [99]
" Ipswich, [43], [113], [117], [218], [269], [270]
" guider of [113]
Christmas 1622 [145], [146]
chroniclers of Bristol and Shrewsbury [123] seq.
church, churches, every one to go to [58] n., [65], [100]
" people called to [31], [306]
" absence from, see fines
" in London [28]
" charities for repairing [136]
" plate [41]
churchwardens, [44], [55], [56], [57], [59], [96], [122], [129], [154], [159], [167], [169] n., [170] n., [171] n., [174], [175], [263] n., [305], [306], [360]
" French [290]
" accounts of [327]
" inquiries made from [337]
" returns of [345] seq.
citizens of London [27] n., [34], [35], [64]
City of London, see London
Cirencester [82]
Civil War [113], [132], [150], [153], [198], [202], [231], [238], [266] seq., [270], [274] seq., [301], [301] n., [302]
Clackclose [264] n.
Clavering [190] n.
Clay, North and South [361]
clergy, felony without [70]
Clerkenwell [264], [360] n.
clerk in Bridewell [355]
cloth, cloathing, cloth trade [16], [138] n., [150], [152] seq., [160] seq., [173] n., [369]
" crisis in trade [48] seq., [85] seq., [145], [147] seq., [152] seq., [230] seq., [245], [337] seq.
" poor employed to make [111], [182], [222], [223], [225], [358]
" making at Bridewell [37] seq.
" length of [160]
" vent of [145] n., [337]
" unsold [152]
" linen [117] n.
clothiers, clothworkers, clothemen [37], [49], [85] seq., [147] seq., [160] seq., [173] n., [223], [255], [259], [336] seq., [358]
" wages of workfolk [160] seq.
" pressure on employers, see employers
" representative [148] n.
" money lent to [234], [235]
" Gloucestershire [85], [115], [149]
" Reading [231]
" Ipswich [115]
clothing, gifts of [212] n.
Clothworkers' Company [212]
Clugny, cells of [27] n.
coal [199], see fuel
cobbler [308]
Cock, Christopher, charity of [234]
coin, coinage [16], [49], [50] n., [147]
Coke, Lord [74], [156] n., [157], [241], [243], [338]
Colchester [157], [157] n., [197] n.
" provision of work, and workhouse at [110], [113]
" corn in [50], [185]
" lending cash, charity in [235]
colers of iron [25]
collections [55], [62], [229], [283], [290], [315]
" in London [26], [29], [31], [96], [97]
" in Lincoln [42] seq.
" for plague stricken [52], [200], [201]
" for sufferers from fire [202]
collectors for the poor [130] n.
" Scotch [279]
" for individuals [344]
colleges, French [290]
Colneis [264] n.
commissions [84], [85] n., [144], [262] n.
" draft of [145] n., [243], [244], [342]
commissions of 1630/1 [152], [156], [157], [240], [246], [252], [292]
" local [157]
" of charitable uses [248]
commissioners, [31], [50], [156], [157] seq., [159], [173], [253], [371], [351]
" in Norwich [104], [106]
" division of [157]
" for the Poore [156] note [2], note [3]
committees [156], [157], [280] n.
" of Council of State [273]
" great [74], [76], [79]
" for enclosures [74]
" of Lords [75]
" of eastern counties [275]
" of Privy Council [148] n., [156], [156] n., [161]
Common Council [24], [28], [29], see Journals and London
Commons, House of [68] seq., [73] seq., [79], [293], [297]
Commonwealth [269] seq., [308]
communication, means of [84]
Companies, City [29], [30], [63], [97], [100], [212], [213], [233]
" at St Albans [111], see Ironmongers &c.
Complaynt of Roderyck Mors [7]
Comptroller, Mr [338]
conclusions [293] seq.
Conningsby hospital [211] n.
Conners [197] n.
Connock, charity of [221] n.
Consforthe, Southe [308], [310]
constables [65], [95], [98], [99], [120], [159], [166], [171], [174], [175], [180], [181], [182], [247], [273] n., [343], [360]
" Scotch [282]
" as collectors of revenue [268]
" return of [345] seq.
" high [71], [170] n., [175], [317]
continent [20], [71], see Europe
contributions [45], [167], [202], [222], [285], [286] n., [289] n.
" deficient [97], [289] n.
convention of Scottish boroughs [280], [285]
Cooper, John [227] n.
Copley, Edw. [176]
corn [68], [83] seq., [204]
" scarcity of, dearth of, in England [23] seq., [40] seq., [44], [49] seq., [51], [61], [84] seq., [119] seq., [130] n., [144] seq., [149], [150] seq., [163], [164], [172], [184] seq., [243], [245], [294], [316] seq., [318] seq., [338] seq., [344] seq., in Scotland [282], [286] seq.
" success of orders touching [89], [192] seq.
" price of [84] seq., [119], [121] seq., [180], [191] n., [193], [194] seq., [301] n., [316], [341]
" difficult to obtain [121], [125], [195] seq.
" price fixed [51], [88], [121]
" transportation forbidden [144] n., [150]
" stores of [23] seq., [40] seq., [50], [121] seq., [188] seq., [191] seq., [203], [340], [345], [346] seq.
" sold under price [89], [121] seq., [149], [187] seq., [193], [197] n., [249], [323], [341]
" sold at home [185], [187], [190] seq.
" surveys of [50], [87], [185], [186] seq., [193], [195], [317], [319] seq., [334] seq.
" gifts of [8], [204]
" corn seized [85], [148] n.
" neglect to provide [124]
" plentiful [192], [192] n., [203]
" see engrossers, badgers, orders and reports
corne busynes [166]
corn dealers [24], [85], see badgers
corne maisters and mongers [128]
corn owners [88] n., [89], [195]
corner in wheat [195]
Cornwall [84], [130] n., [150], [187], [192] n., [196] n., [239], [258], [262] n., [266]
Corporation of the Poor [272], [273]
" in Barnstaple [271]
corporations, see town, rulers of
correction by parents [99]
Correction, Houses of [36], [43], [66], [72], [75], [77], [79], [80], [113] seq., [126], [130], [134] n., [136], [137], [140] seq., [158], [167], [170], [179] n., [217], [221], [223], [225] seq., [241], [272], [294] seq., [325], [360], [366]
" Scotch [281], [286]
" at Arundel [228] n.,
Barnstaple [227] n.,
Bristol [114] n.,
Buntingford [228] n.,
Bury [113] seq.,
Cambridge [226],
Chester [248],
Chichester [228] n.,
Devonshire [227],
Devizes [229],
Essex [228] n.,
Gloucester [129], [227],
Hastings [228],
Herts [156] n.,
Ipswich see Christ's Hospital,
Kendal [227] n.,
Liverpool [227] n.,
London, see Bridewell,
Manchester [228],
Middlesex [156] n., [228], [264] n.,
Norfolk [228] n.,
Norwich [101], [107],
Nottingham [218], [227], [228],
Preston [228],
Reading [114],
Shepton Mallet [228] n.,
Stafford [274] n.,
Suffolk [228] n.,
Surrey [228],
Wakefield [128],
West Riding [168],
Winchester [118],
York [114]
Cosford [173] n., [245] n., [264] n.
cost of living [34]
costs and charges of Royal Hospitals [369] seq.
Cotele, Thomas [342]
cottages [57], [73], [125], [169], [169] n., [297]
Council of State [271], [273], [277]
" of the North [80]
" French [292]
" see Privy Council, Common Council
counties, maritime [85], [85] n.
" home [85] n.
" clothmaking [145] n., [147]
" officials of [179], [292], [294], see justices, treasurer
" export from [150], [151]
" to have a house of correction [137]
Countrey Justice, The [139] seq.
country employment in [231]
Court [146]
" of Royal Hospitals [36]
" Leet [158], see Aldermen, Common Council
Court books of Bridewell [38], [229] n.
Cox, Edw. [215] n.
Coxall [152]
cows for poor [346]
crafts [24], [37]
" guilds of [210]
Crediton [190] n.
Cromwell, Henry [87] n., [265] n.
" Oliver [87] n., [265] n.
" Thomas [18]
Crotch, Nathaniel [224] n.
Croydon [211], [216], [222] n.
Croyland [3]
Cuckney [257] n.
Cumberland [239]
curate [305], [307]
curés [290]
Curse of Corne horders [196]
Dacorum [190] n.
Dalton, Michael [139] seq., [179] n.
Danby, Edm., will of [136] n.
" Earl of [156] n.
Danzig, Dansicke [124]
Darleton (Darlton) [363]
Dartford [264] n.
deacon, deaconnes, Scotch [285] n.;
Norwich [102] n., [105], [106], [311] seq., [313];
orders for [314]
dealers [50], [50] n., [84], [93], [193]
" sell to poor under price [192], see badgers
Deane, Thos. [212] n.
death, punishment of [57], [70], [71] n., [73], [77]
dearth of corn, see corn
debates [68] seq., [76], [294]
debtors [220], [221] n.
decades, wages during successive [301] n.
December, 1630, corn reports of [194]
decrepit and auld [280] n.
Deepwade [191] n.
Deerhurst [82]
denizens [152]
Denmark [124]
depopulation [158], see enclosures
Derby [188]
Description of England [12]
Devizes [228], [229]
Devon [84], [91] n., [93], [120], [148] n., [196], [213], [239], [241], [242], [258], [259] n., [262] n., [266]
" discontent in [155] n.
" corn in [187], [190]
" justices of [155]
" poor billeted [192]
" prisoners of [220]
Dewsbury [169] n.
diet for vagrants [99], [113] seq.
" for orphan boys [198]
" wealthy to moderate [122]
dinner, see St Giles, Bury, St Cross
directions, see orders
discussions, see debates
disorder, disquiet [51], [61], [149], [196], [298], see riots, insurrections, disturbances
Diss [191] n.
distress [49], [73], [126], [193], [294], [303]
" in Scotland [286] seq.
disturbances [51], [115], [125], [144], [145], [145] n.
Dobbs, Sir Rich. [31]
Dodbrooke [196] n.
doggerel [196], [197]
doles [18], [54], [55], [63]
Doncaster [169] n., [197] n., [256] n.
Dorchester [82], [202]
" Viscount [156] n., [157], [164], [340]
Dorset [84], [125], [148] n., [253]
draft of orders [86], [318] seq.
drapery, new [225]
Drayton, East [362]
drum [126]
drunkards, drunkenness, see fines
dues [43], [44], [116] seq.
Dumbarton [286] n.
Dunham [363]
Dunmow [190] n., [194] n.
Durham [127]
" Bishop of [6] n.
" Dean of [125], [127]
" bishopric of [239]
Dutch, Dutchman, Duchman [104] n., [110], [111], [200] n., [273]
Dutton, rights of lord of [138] seq.
dyeing [33]
Eadgar, Archbp of York [3] n.
Eakring [258] n., [362]
ear, boring through [70], [71] n., [73]
earnings, unstable [15], [295]
Earsham [191] n.
Easby [214] n.
eastern counties [153], [191], [192], [245], [265]
Eastwick [232] n., [249], [345] n., [346], [351]
Eaton [363]
ecclesiastics [2], [3]
edicts [290] seq.
Edinburgh [279], [283]
Edisbury [262] n.
education [18], [103], [105], [215] seq.
Edw. II. [6] n.
Edw. IV. [27] n.
Edw. VI. [27] n., [33], [34], [36] n., [38], [209]
Edwinstree [190] n., [191] n., [193], [196] n., [228], [263] n., [296]
Egmonton [257] n., [364]
Egyptians, [127]
elders, [281], [284], [287] n.
Elizabeth, Queen, [25], [80], [208], [209], [297]
" " hospital of, [219]
Elstree, Idlestrey [142] n., [181], [182], [214] n., [258]
Ely [3], [82]
emergency, relief in [184] seq., see poor relief
Emperor [48]
employers [100], [160] seq.
" pressed to keep men at work [48] seq., [85], [115] seq., [147], [152] seq., [155], [223], [230] seq., [232]
" losses of [148]
" might compel service [141]
enclosures [73] seq., [125], [126], [144], [151]
endowments [269]
" control of [3], [6] seq.
" misuse of [157]
" old [207] seq., see charities
England [1], [48], [49], [70], [150], [183], [241], [242]
" many die of want in [124]
engrossers, ingrossers [50], [50] n., [73], [144] n., [176], [197] n., [296], [323], [331], [332], [358]
Erpingham, South [218], [264] n., [331]
Essex [50], [83], [93], [149], [162], [190], [194] n., [255] n.
" justices of [153], [154], [336] seq.
" provision of work in [265] n.
Ethelred, law of [3]
Etherington, Sir Rich. [170] n.
Europe, Western [1], [13], [277], [293]
Ewecross [299] n.
Exchequer Chamber [74]
execution of poor law and Book of Orders [97], [128], [129] seq., [143] seq., [150], [153], [158], [159], [174], [237] seq., [294]
" " improved [241] seq., [250] seq., [345]
" " negligence in [246] n., [247], [270] seq., [287], [371]
" " difficulty in [248]
" " machinery for [142] seq., [165] seq., [292]
" " in Scotland [279] seq., [286] seq.
Exeter [9] n., [114], [150], [155], [157] n., [216] n., [219], [222] n.
Exning [245], [334] seq.
expulsion of poor, see new comers
Eynesford [218], [264] n., [331]
factors in making English poor relief [21] seq.
Factory Acts [62]
Fairfax, Lord [177], [215], [259] n.
fairs [8], [139], see Stourbridge
Falkland, Lord [156] n., [157], [164]
family, earning of [198]
" as unit [300]
Farmanby [203]
farmers [203], see markets
Farringdon [192]
fasts, fast days [122], [252]
Fawley [186], [246], [247], [342]
feaste of St John the Baptiste [308]
felon, felony [70], [71] n., [126], [221] n., [299]
felts [100]
fencers [69]
Fenner, Sir John [264] n.
feudal system [14]
fiddlers [139]
Fielding, Basil [338]
fifteenths, fiftene, fifteens, quinzièmes [29], [100], [116]
Finch, Mr [74]
Finchley [264] n., [360] n.
Finger bread [332]
fines, forfeitures [4], [55], [117], [138] n., [174] seq.
" list of those assigned to poor [138] n.
" fines, for absence from church [58] n., [130] n., [138] n., [173] n., [174], [177]
" of givers to beggars [105], [106], [311]
" of deacons [315]
" for bringing over poor immigrants [71]
" for negligence [77]
" for being drunk [138] n., [174], [177], [300], [344], [347], [348], [350], [351], [357]
" for swearing [138] n., [175], [177], see Sunday, alehouse keepers
Finsbury [360]
fire [202] seq.
Fishborne, Rich., charity of [233]
fishing trade [273]
Fitz-Geffrie [196]
Fitzmary, Simon [27]
Flanders [48]
flax, stock of [72], [222], [225], [256], [272], [349], [358]
Fleet [163], [197] n.
Flegg, East and West [191] n.
Flendish [82], [191] n., [264] n.
Fletcher of Saltoun [288]
Flint [192] n., [196] n.
fluctuations in price [196]
" in trade [232], see trade
food [194], [198]
" lack of [85], [288], see poor
football [270]
Ford [299] n.
Forehoe [191] n.
foreigners, forainer [49], [117] n.
forestaller, forestalling [50], [50] n., [73], [176], [296], [320], [332], [358]
forfeitures, see fines
fortune tellers [70], [344]
Fortunes of Nigel [216]
Foulness, Island of [135] n.
Fox, almshouses of [210]
Foxton, Richard [176]
Framingham, Edw. [125]
Framloyde [85]
France [14], [48], [54], [110] n., [183], [267], [277], [279], [290] seq., [303]
Francis I. [290], [291]
fraud [269], [271]
Freebridge [264] n.
freedom of town [44], [116], [117], [117] n.
" interference with [65]
Freemanors [245]
freemen [109], [116]
Freshwell [190] n.
Freston [89]
Friern Barnet [264] n., [360] n.
Friars [55]
" churches of [28]
" mendicant [55]
Fridays, fast on [122]
Friendly Societies [61]
Frome [263] n.
Froxfield [173]
fuel [181], [199] bis, [315]
Fuller [295]
Fullers [37], [117] n., [147]
Fulsey, charity of [234] n.
funds [4], [39] seq., [41], [43], [55], [56], [57], [59], [60], [62], [77], [107], [154], [167], [177], [216], [273], [278], [290]
" methods of raising [115] seq., [221] seq.
" insufficient [97]
" misuse of [157]
" parochial [213]
" county [213]
" Scotch [285] seq.
" Norwich [106]
" Cambridge [44]
" for Reading hospital [112] seq.
funeral, beggars at [12]
Furness [214]
Games, unlawful [55], [69], [138] n., [173], [175], [177]
Gamolston, (Gamston) [362]
gaol, jaillies [241], [283], [299]
Gardiner, Dr. [295]
Gateshead [209]
Gaunt's hospital [219] n.
gentlemen [211], [283], see home
Germany [13], [14], [277], [278], [293]
" towns in [20] seq.
gifts, voluntary [66], [72]
" small [211]
Gilston [345] n., [347], [350]
girls, see children
giver, restraint of, [3], [25], [41], [54], [105], [106], [283], [311]
Glasgow [280] n., [286] n., [289]
Glassmen, glaziers [103], [138] n., [344]
Glastonbury [3]
Gloucester co. [82], [88], [115], [148] n., [149], [303]
" boro. [45], [114], [129] seq., [150], [160] n., [163] n., [197] n., [213] n., [227], [262] n.
" hospitals at [129], [204], [208] seq.
gloves, glovers [100], [224], [354]
Godalming [156]
Goderynges dowghetyr [8]
Godolphin, Sir Francis [130] n.
gold and silver thread [145] n.
Goodwin, Thos. [234] n.
government, subordinate [146]
governors, see hospitals
Gower, bequest of [19]
gowns, gifts for [212]
grandparents [134], [135] n.
grain and granary, see corn
Grand Concern of England explained [275]
Grantham [201]
graziers [49]
Great Yarmouth [188], [189] n., [273]
Greenhoe, Greenhoo, South [88], [191] n., [263], [264] n., [317]
Greevous Grones for the Poore [244]
Gresham, Sir Rich. [28] n.
Grey Friars, see Christ Church
Grimshoe [88], [191] n., [263], [264] n.
Grimsworth [186] n.
Grindal, Archbp. [110], [211]
Grinton [171] n.
Grove [257] n., [364]
guardians of the poor [141] n.
Guildford [222], [357] seq.
Guildford, Sir Henry [48]
Guildhall [23], [306], [307]
guilds [7], [42], [43] n., [210]
Guiltcross [88]
gun [349]
Gunthwaite [169] n.
Gustavus Adolphus [264]
Haberdashers' Company [233]
habitations for poor [71], [75], [180], [214], see cottages
Haddington [283]
Hadleigh [149], [160] n.
Hale, Sir Matthew [276]
Halesworth [189]
Hampden, John [193], [296]
Hampshire [48], [173], [186]
hand, living at his own [179] n.
handbooks, legal [139] seq., [215]
handemyll [35] n.
Happing [191] n.
Harbert, Sylva [160]
Harman [11] seq., [17], [288], [298]
Hartesmere [228] n., [264] n.
harvests [49], [51], [141] n., [144], [149], [161], [164], [184] seq., [275]
Hastings, rape of [228], [261]
" Sir Francis [74]
Hatfield, Hadfeild [361]
havens [136], [137] n.
Haward, John [119] n., [296] seq.
Hawes, Sir James [93]
Hayridge co. Devon [228] n.
Hayward, Sir Rowland [93]
Headon [365]
Heads of Houses [44]
hedgebreaker [174], [348]
Heiden House [272]
Hemlingford [87], [90]
hemp, stock of [72], [222], [225], [229], [232], [255] n., [256], [257] n., [272], [349], [358]
hempdressers [218], [354]
hempmen [355]
Henderson, Mr [202] n.
Henley [216]
Henry II. [207]
" V. [27] n.
" VII. policy of [14]
" " vagrant acts of [5]
" VIII. [11], [15], [19], [21], [35], [47], [48], [54], [58], [278], [288], [291], [293]
" " hospitals refounded by [27] n., [28]
Henstead [191] n.
Hereford co. [82], [192] n.
" boro. [8] n., [208], [211] seq., [216], [222], [260], [262] n.
heritors [287]
herrings, gifts of [345], [349]
Hertford co. [93], [156] n., [186], [191], [225], [256], [345]
" justices of [218], [220]
" towns of [225]
" population of [274], [275], see Sessions, Jury
Hertford, hundred of [191] n., [252], [256] n., [261]
" boro. [163] n., [186]
" fire at [202]
Hext, Edward [74], [76], [126] seq., [288], [298]
Heydon's charity [235] n.
Highlands [14]
High Peak [298]
highwaymen [243]
highways [136], [247], [252], [358], [360]
Hitchen [190] n., [201], [201] n., [235], [263]
Hobson, workhouse of [226]
hoill, theiffes [284]
Holland, Linc. [82], [226]
" Earl of [157]
" poor in [277]
" refugees from [110] n.
Holworthy, Rich. [221] n.
home, order to return [120], [140], [144], [145] seq.
Hopton, Arthur [89]
Horncastle [194], [264]
Hornsey [360] n.
hosiers [231]
Hospitality [2], [7], [17] seq., [144], [145], see alms
hospitals [8], [19] seq., [39], [61], [75], [76], [77], [113], [169] n., [201], [204], [207] seq., [220], [242], [277]
" royal [34], [35], [36], [38], [59] n., [64], [269], [369] seq.
" in London [26] seq., [98], [157] n.
" town [45]
" county [167], [170], [170] n.
" French [291]
" Edw. VI.'s foundation [31]
" governors of [35], [36] seq., [38], [64], [96], [100], [269], [352]
Houghton, Sir Robert [178]
House of the Poor [108], see St Bartholomew's, London, and St Giles's, Norwich
householder, poor [36], [187], [212], [225], [235]
housekeeping, laudable [146], see hospitality
houses [100], [181], [202] " regulation of [73], [100], [108], [297] n., see tenements
" provided for poor [214] n., [257] n., [287], [315], see cottages, habitations
Humber, counties south of [266]
Humbleyard [191] n.
hundred [4], [54], [78], [151], [154], [159]
Hunsdon, [249], [347], [351]
Huntingdon [82] n., [87] n.
" Henry, Earl of [81]
Huntspill [254] n., [261]
Hurstington [265] n.
husbandry, one brought up in [179] n., [259]
" poor work at [224]
husbondman [308]
idle, idlers [104], [174], [176], [228], [229], [299], [300], [347], [349], [350], see vagrants, rogues, work
idoll to be gazed upon [166]
immigrants, pauper [71]
import of coal [199]
imprisonment [77]
indenture [28], [33], [217] n.
indictments at Sessions [167] seq.
indifferent [50], [50] n., [77]
individualist [300]
individuals [8], [300]
industry, national organisation of [302]
infants [227] n.
informers, rewards to [361]
inhabitants [50], [50] n., [77], [134] n., [168], [169], [180]
" of Paris [291]
" of Knaresborough [167], [168]
" employ poor [131], [232]
injunctions [58] n.
inmates, lodgers [73], [169], [170] n.
inn, vagrants at [12] seq.
instructions to overseers [218]
insurrections [91], [91] n., [126], [127], [298], [303], [338]
interest [118], [233] seq.
Interludes, enterludes [69]
interrogatories [58] n.
Ipswich [42], [45] seq., [62], [108], [113], [117] seq., [129], [197] n., [218], [261], [264], [293]
" fair at [8]
" new comers in [108]
" provision for corn in [124] n.
" taxes for poor in [116], [117]
" charities of [136] n., [233], [234]
Ireland [71], [150], [192] n.
iron, stock of [72], [76]
iron works [33]
Ironmongers, Company of [37]
Ironside, charity of [234]
Isle of Man [71]
Isle of Wight [151]
Islington [210], [264] n., [360] n.
Italy [89]
James I. [146], [209] n., [211], [301] n.
January 1630/[1], reports of [194]
Jenis, Mathias, charity of [222] n.
Jersey school, Newark [204], [225]
Johnson, John, charity of [216] n.
" Richard, charity of, [234]
Journals of London [29] n., [305]
Judde, Lady [110]
judges [143], [149], [154], [159], [165], [166], [173], [178] seq., [183], [247] n.
" resolutions of [135] n., [141] n., [178], [179] n., [336]
" advice of [178], [337]
" decision of [276]
juglers [70], [344]
jurats [8]
Juries [87], [88] n., [319]
" Grand [275]
Justice, Lord Chief [75]
justice of Somerset, see Hext
justices [41], [53], [59], [67], [70-94], [112], [119], [120] seq., [134] n., [158] seq., [171] seq., [179] n., [292], [298], [318] seq., [341]
" powers and position of [165] seq.
" negligence of [143], [158], [197], [246]
" reports of [151], [152], [181] seq., [192] seq., [245] seq., [274], [316] seq., [326] seq., [331] seq., [340] seq., [342], [357] seq.
" letters to [143], [147] seq., [153], [162], [240] seq., [336], [338]
" of Commonwealth [277]
" Scotch [279] seq., [281] seq., [288], [290], [296]
" Devon [112], [120], [148], [155]
" Essex [149], [153], [162]
" Wilts [121], [148]
" Gloucestershire [148] seq.
keeper of House of Correction [227] n.
Keeper, Lord [119] seq., [338]
Kemp, charity of [235] n.
Kendal [227]
Kendrick's charity [156], [157] n., [204]
Kent [48], [51], [148] n., [157], [191] n., [196] n., [264], [303]
Kentish street [100]
Kerry's hospital [211] n.
Keylock's almshouses [213]
kidders, def. of [320]
Kilmerston [263] n.
Kineburgh's Hospital [208]
King James' Hospital [208]
kings, Anglo-Saxon [2] seq.
King's Bench [220]
Kingsclere [262] n.
King's Council, see Privy Council
King's Lynn [113], [209], [224]
Kingston-upon-Hull [52]
Kington [90] n.
Kirby, John [228] n.
kirk officials [290]
kirk sessions [281], [283], [285] n., [286], [289] n.
Kirklington [171] n.
Kirton [257] n., [363]
Knapp, Augustine [212] n.
Knaresborough, orders for [167], [168] seq.
knightes, younge [166]
knitting taught [299]
" dames [332], see school
Knollys, Sir Francis [69]
labour, value of, in Bridewell [352]
labour-statutes, see statutes
labour yards [141] n.
labourers [4], [17], [70], [180], [275], [309]
" wages of [301], [343], see statutes labour
" movements restricted [4] seq.
" casual [301]
" standard of comfort of, [198] seq.
" supplied with corn [89], [185], [187], [192], [341], see corn
" questions concerning [343], see work
labouring class, relief of [203] seq.
Lackford [245], [334] seq.
Lambeth [57] n.
lame persons [7], [55]
Lamporte [327] n.
Lancashire [192] n., [239], [251]
Lancaster [194] n.
landlords [105], [108], [128], [169], [195], [203]
lands misapplied [78]
" tax on [178]
" for charities [345] seq.
" let by governors of Bridewell [352]
landwart parishes [280]
Laneham [257] n., [361]
Lanterne [97]
Latimer [28], [64]
Laud [157], [164], [208], [211], [216], [216] n., [295]
Launceston [209], [221] n.
law, labourers elude [4]
" course allowed by [289] n.
" interpretation of [178]
" firm and forcible [296]
" Common [297], see statutes, and execution of law
Lawrence, W., bequest of [260] n.
Laxton-cum-Morehouse [257] n., [365]
lazars and lazar houses [8], [26] seq., [201], see lepers
leamit and impotent persones [280] n.
Leche, charity of [204]
legacies, see bequests, charities
legislation [296], [297]
" history of [3] seq., [53] seq., [62], [67] seq., [133] seq., [278] seq.
" French [290] seq., see statutes
Leicester co. [299]
" boro. [45], [111], [129], [188]
" Earl of [86] n.
lending cash charities [204], [232] seq., [271]
Leominster [262] n.
lepers [27] n., [42], [54], [209] n.
Lesnex [264] n.
letter to be obtained by travellers [4]
" beggars with [54]
" of Archbp. [122]
" to Carleton [145], [146], see Privy Council
Letters Patent [28], [33], [161], [209], [271], [291]
Lever [28], [30], [64]
Lewes [187]
Liber Vagatorum [13]
licences [70], [241]
" for badgers [322], [323] seq.
" to erect working houses [138] n.
" to collect money [271]
" to transport corn [150] seq.
Lichfield [234], [274] n.
Liddington [338]
Lieutenants, Lord [51], [241]
" Deputy [153], [154], [337]
lights, payment for [58] n.
Lincoln co. [82], [87] n., [157], [191], [194], [226]
" boro. [41] seq., [42], [45], [111]
Lingen's almshouses [211] n.
Linlithgow [283] n.
Little [264] n.
Liverpool [194] n., [227]
living idly [142], [173], [174], see idlers
loan, loone [24], [51], [124] n., see lending cash
Locke, letter of [145] n.
lodgers, see inmates
lodging [18], [214], [279], [290]
Loes [264] n., [365]
loiterers [68]
London [34], [38], [40], [45], [46], [52], [54], [56], [62] seq., [66], [86] n., [98], [108], [111], [123], [150], [212], [217], [219], [227], [229], [233], [235], [269], [270], [272], [273], [293], [295], [297] n.
" organisation of poor in [23-40], [95-101]
" orders for repressing vagrants [5], [21], [25]
" population of [188]
" Court of orphans in [9] n.
" official collection of alms [26]
" fifteenth levied [29], [100], [116]
" assessment for poor [117]
" collection in [160] n.
" small holdings in [73]
" coal yard in [199]
" pest house of [200]
" corn store in [23], [188]
" precepts of [305] seq.
" authorities of [92] seq.
" parishes in and about [157], [157] n.
looms [37], [111]
Lords, ordinance of [270], [371]
" jurisdiction of [158]
" to go to country [146]
Lords, House of [58], [68], [69], [70], [75], [76], [79]
Lords Lieutenant, see Lieutenant
Lothian [283]
Lothingland [190] n.
Louis XI. [14]
Low Countries [123]
Lucy, Sir Thomas [90] n.
Lukyn, Rob. [176]
lunatics [27] n., [36]
Luther [13]
Lydd [8], [178]
Lynn, [7], [261], [264] n.
Lyons [291]
maces [271]
Mackworth, Sir Hen. [338]
magistrates [106], [128], [213], [246] n., [300], see justices
Maidenhead [216] n.
Maidstone [192], [223], [261]
Mainsborough [247]
maintenance, cost of [113]
Maioris Bocke [102], [106], [308]
malefactors [241]
malting [186] seq.
" prohibited [123], [144], [179], [186]
Malton [170] n., [213]
maltsters [145], [331], [335]
" disobedient [179], [186]
" contribute to poor [186], see malting
Man, Edw. [197] n.
Manchester [228] n.
Mansbridge [256] n.
Mansion House [40]
manufactures, manufacturers [15], [48], [49], [140], [147], [155], [230], [271]
" losses of [148], [259], see trade
Manwood [86], [318]
mariners [43], [53], [55], [75], [78], [211], [211] n.
maritime districts [85]
market, supply of [85], [87] seq., [120], [140], [144], [152], [186], [187] seq., [193], [194], [195], [196], [316], [319] seq., [323] seq., [339], [340] seq., see corn
Markham, East [257] n., [364]
" West [365]
Marlborough [179] n., [260] n.
marriage of poor maids [137] n.
Marshal, Earl [338]
Marshalsea [220]
marshals, see provost marshals
Marten, charity of [216] n.
Martin, Rich., charity of [234] n.
Mary, Queen [27] n., [58]
master, &c. of London beggars [25]
masterless men [37], [39], [69], [108], see vagrants
masters of apprentices [215], [216], [239], [253], [359]
materials bought for poor [223], [224], [256], [261], [264], [272]
Matilda, wife of Hen. I. [27] n.
" " Stephen [27] n.
matron [34], [35] n., [209], [219], [355]
Mattersey [257] n.
mayor [44], [55], [56], [57], [59], [72], [106], [134] n.
Mayor, Lord [23], [24], [30], [31], [95], [193], [305] seq., see London
meal [188], [189] n., [283] n
" price fixed [193]
meals provided [123], [242], see billeting
meetings of justices [159], [173], [175-178], [181], [182], [247], [249], [250], [253], [345], [357], [359]
" of churchwardens and overseers [342]
Melmerby [170] n.
Mercers, Company of [27] n., [233]
Merchant Adventurers [86] n., [145] n., [148] n., [152], [153]
" Eastland [148] n.
" strangers [86] n., [152]
" companies [210]
" taylor [224]
merchants [48] seq., [115] n., [140], [147], [152] seq., [211], [230]
Merchants' Hospital [210]
Merthyr Tydfil [141] n.
Michelle Louise [303]
Middlesex [70] n., [93], [156] n., [160] n., [228], [264], [360]
Middle Temple Hall [79]
Middleton [251]
midland counties [240]
Mildenhall [335]
Mildmay [86], [318]
mill [37]
millers [195], [335], [340]
mines, assessment of [135] n.
minister [77], [122], [122] n., [128], [154], [191] n., [246] n., [337]
" Scotch [283], [287]
Minories [272]
minstrels, minstrells [69], [70], [82], [139], [344]
minutes [156], [173]
Misterton [257] n.
Mitford [191] n.
Mombridge [114] n.
monasteries [18] seq., [61], [277]
" dissolution of [26], [63] seq., [56], see tithes
Moner, Anthony [110]
money, value of [212] seq.
" gifts of [345], [346], [349]
" agreement to contribute [280] n., see rates, lending cash
monks and nuns [63], see monasteries
Monslow [250], [299] n.
More, Mr [227] n.
More, Sir Thomas [12] n., [57], [62]
Morleston [299] n.
Morton Hampstead [211]
municipal rulers, see town
murders [288]
Mutford [190] n.
mutiny, mutinee [85]
nails, nailhouse [33], [37]
Negroose [297] n.
Netherlands [14], [16], [49]
Newark [204], [225], [234]
Newbury [197] n., [234], [260]
Newby, Francis [112] n.
Newcastle [124] seq., [201], [202], [202] n.
new comers [23], [98], [107] seq., [307], [314]
Newgate, Bristol [221]
New Forest [250]
Nicholas [232]
nightman [356]
nobles, noblemen [14], [55]
Norfolk [84], [88], [125], [126], [127], [157], [162], [185], [190], [220], [263], [303], [316] seq.
" justices of [94], [218], [220], [331]
" Duke of [47], [48], [50] n.
Normancross [82]
Normans, see Bridewell, Norwich
Norris, Lord [126], [127]
Northampton co. [82], [144], [151], [259], [266]
" boro. [160] n.
Northaw [181], [182]
northern circuit [157]
" counties [254]
Northowram [169] n.
Northumberland [191], [239]
Norwich [45], [101] seq., [129], [188], [204], [209] seq., [219], [220], [224], [227], [231], [261], [300]
" organisation of poor in [95], [101-107], [179], [186], [198], [199] seq., [308]
" tax at [117], [163]
" Mayor of [104], [106], [162]
" cathedral of [273]
" sessions at [331]
" St John's parish in [103] n.
" assessment of [367] seq.
" orders for poor &c. in, see orders
" census at [103], [308] seq., see Bridewell and St Giles'
" Bishop of [58] n.
" Dean and Chapter of [101]
Nottingham co. [178], [192], [256] n., [264], [266], [361]
" boro. [218], [227], [228]
Nuremburg [20]
Oakham [338]
oath of corn jurors [320] seq.
oatmeal [194]
obiits [43]
obstinate persons [59], [71] seq., [279]
occupations in Bridewell [33], [100], [312], [354], [370]
occupiers of land, liability of [77], [134] n., [168]
occupiers responsible for tenants [108]
Odsey [190] n., [191] n., [196], [228], [263] n., see Edwinstree
officials, training of [92]
" local [52], [92] seq.
" parochial [96], see town rulers
Offlow [262] n.
old, provision for [43], [112], [206] seq., see poor
order, peace [47] seq., [51], [80] seq., [85], [91], [122] n., [127], [145], [196] seq., [272], [298] seq., [303], [338] seq., see riots, disturbances &c.
Orders of Bishop [78]
" and Directions, Book of [2] n., [87], [142], [152], [156], [158] seq., [164], [171] seq., [177], [197], [240], [248] seq., [265] n., [268], [276], [277], [292], [294], [297] seq., [340], [342], [357], [365]
" of Privy Council [47] seq., [80] seq., [143], [149], [150], [240] seq.
" of Privy Council re corn [49], [84] seq., [119] seq., [125], [150], [318], [334]
" scarcity book of [87] seq., [144], [145], [151], [158], [185] seq., [192] seq., [318] seq., [334]
" draft of [86], [318] seq.
" re vagrants [81] seq., [282] seq.
" of justices [167] seq., [171] n., [180] seq., [214] n., [331] seq.
" of the House [76]
" for Royal Hospitals [36] seq.
" for Christ's Hospital, Ipswich [113]
" for poor &c., Norwich [105] seq., [311] seq.
" for poor, London [92] seq., [98] seq.
" for poor, Cornwall [130] n.
Ordinance of the Lords [270], [371]
ordinances at Cambridge [44]
" of Bridewell [356]
" French [291]
ordinaries [86] n.
orphanages [215], [219] seq., [273]
orphans [8] seq., [117], [136], [137] n., [199], [264] n., [272]
Ossett [169] n.
Oswald, King [2]
overseers [71], [76], [78], [90], [90] n., [154], [159], [167], [169] n., [170] n., [171] n., [175] seq., [180] seq., [201], [204], [214] n., [217], [231], [244], [247], [250], [258] n., [263] n., [265] n., [274], [279], [299]
" accounts of [174], [327] seq.
" presented [171], [171] n.
" reports of [173], [248] seq., [345] seq.
" collectors of revenue [268]
" inquiries made from [247], [337], [342] seq.
outdoor relief [141] n.
Owen, Dame [210]
owners of corn [192]
Oxford co. [82], [88], [126], [127], [148] n. [1] and n. [2], [193], [262] n., [303]
" boro. [215] n., [221] n., [234]
painter [310]
Palmer, Sir Guy [338]
Palmer, William [121] n.
Palmistry, palmestrye [69], see fortune tellers
pamphlets re St Bartholomew's [34]
" Stanleyes Remedy [243]
" Greevous Grones &c. [243] seq.
" Arth's [127] seq.
" on fishing trade [273]
" on poor [275], [276]
paper makers [201]
papers, to wear [125]
Papworth [82] n., [264], [358]
parental government [65], [66]
parents, [215], [219]
" liability of [134]
Paris, [290], [291]
parish, officers of [77], [342]
" landward [279]
parishes [63], [134] n., [153], [154], [169], [210], [211] n., [242], [306]
" liability of [5], [154], [278], [281]
" rich [55], [77], [106], [158]
parishioners [6], [44], [55], [58], [72], [99], [168], [230] n.
Parliament [6] seq., [29], [56] seq., [64], [67-80], [83], [91], [130], [131], [133] seq., [135], [294]
" resolutions of [271]
" of Paris [291], see statutes
parsons, vicars, curates [52], [55], [57], [109] n., [117], [134] n., [135] n., [290], [305], [306], [307]
passes, counterfeiting of [70], see letters
patent gatherers [344]
paternal government [65], [140], [201], [203]
Pater's almshouse [213]
patients [34], [39], [269]
paupers [203], [204], [210], see poor
" goods made by [33], [100]
" increase of [289]
payments, amount of [104]
" to poor [180]
" for children [219]
" for emigrants [229], see taxation, pensions
pedlars [68], [70], [82]
Pember, Francis [222] n.
Pembroke co. [151], [225]
penalties [135] n., [175], [177], see fines
pensioners [208], [209]
pensions, allowances, for poor [35], [44], [96], [97] n., [99], [106], [143], [180], [182], [211], [213], [214], [252], [258] n., [274], [276]
" for soldiers and sailors [136]
Perne, Dr [44]
Perse, Martin [176]
personal government [153], [163], [164], [172], [241], [295]
Perthshire [283] n.
pest houses [200], [201]
Peterborough, soke of [185]
Petersfield [174]
Petherton, North [254] n., [261]
petite forfeitures [75]
petition of Commons [4] n.
" of citizens of London [28], [32] seq.
" of Sylva Harbert [160]
Pevensey [185], [191] n.
Phisnomye [69]
Physician [201], [202], [208]
pickeryes [298]
Pider [187]
pinmakers [218], [354]
pins [100]
Pirehill [262] n.
plague [42], [130] n., [144], [160], [167], [182], [200] seq., [306], [360], see rates
Planner, charity of [216] n.
plantations [230]
players, plaiers [69], [138] n., [344]
plays, plaies [100]
Plomesgate [264] n., [365]
Plymouth [219]
pole, for every [121]
Poole [227] n.
poor, def. of [32] seq., [36], [127] seq., [139] seq.
" three classes of [32] seq., [44], [64], [139] seq.
" surveyed [42], [44], [103], [261]
" census of [103], [308], [314]
" in great distress [30], [123], [125], [147], [247], [282]
" questions touching [342] seq.
" expulsion of strange poor, see new comers
" sins of [128]
" two collections for [45]
" earnings of [105]
" feeding a hundred [3]
" appeal to sessions [167], see poor relief rates
" impotent [83], [87], [128] seq., [153] seq., [180], [207] seq., [238]
" statutory regulations concerning [5], [53] seq., [70], [71], [79], [134]
" relief reported by justices [89] seq., [174] seq., [182] seq., [214], [245], [247], [250], [252], [253] n., [256], [258], [275] seq., [356], [358], [359], [361] seq., [365]
" in towns [28], [32], [40], [64], [98] seq.
" Scotch [281] seq.
" French [290] seq.
" able-bodied, see work, vagrants, rogues
" children, see children and apprentices
" criminal [220]
" laws, see statutes and execution of poor law
" relief by private individuals [2], [17] seq.
" " by monasteries [3], [18] seq., [26] seq., [63] seq.
" " by tithes [3], [6] seq.
" " from other endowed charities [7] seq., [19] seq., [26] seq., [207] seq.
" " by guilds [7], [42], [43] n., [210]
" " in the towns [7] seq., [22] seq., [62] seq., [65], [95] seq., [121], [122] seq., [129] seq., [174], [208] seq., [259] seq., [278] seq., [280], [285] seq., [286] n., [293] seq., [305] seq.
" " provided by statute [3] seq., [6], [45], [53] seq., [60], [62], [67] seq., [131], [133] seq., [278] seq.
" " efforts of Privy Council to enforce [47] seq., [83] seq., [119] seq., [143] seq., [184] seq., [201]
" " characteristics of [203] seq.
" " connected with order [48] seq., [51], [80] seq., [85] seq., [91], [122] n., [123], [125], [145], [196] seq., [298], [303] seq., [338] seq.
" " connected with increase of beggars [39], [64] seq.
" " connected with labour statutes [3] seq., [9]
" " connected with scarcity measures [23] seq., [51], [84] seq., [91], [197] seq.
" " connected with voluntary system [136] seq., [204]
" " under the Commonwealth [272] seq.
" " on the continent [20] seq., [277] seq.
" " in Scotland [278] seq.
" " in France [290] seq.
" " in emergency [184] seq.
" " ordinary [124], [133], [206] seq.
" " insufficient [284], [286] seq., [288]
" " outdoor [35], [42], [99], [214] seq.
" " alteration in opinion about [131]
" " political side of [295] seq.
" " summary of early history [293] seq.
" " results [297] seq., [300], see work, children, poor, pensions, corn, almshouses, hospitals, rates
poore makers [128]
Popham [86], [318]
population of London [188]
" of Banff [284]
" of Portsmouth [173]
porter [355]
Portsmouth [151], [173]
pottage [198]
poultry [51]
poverty, cause of [128]
preachers [290], [307], [355]
preambles [53], [54], [246], [292]
precepts [95] seq., [305], [306]
prerogative [296], [297]
presbytery [281], [284]
presentments [170] n., [173] seq., [177], [182], [247], [344], [345], [357], [358]
President of Council of North [80], [86] n.
" of Corporation of Poor [272]
Preston [228]
Price, Mary, almshouses of [211] n.
Price's hospital [211] n.
prices fixed by authority [51], [88], [121], [193]
" moderated by justices [87], [190], [194], [302], [324]
" rise in [16], [49], [50], [73], [84], [194]
" enquiries touching [84] seq.
" of corn [16], [50], [73], [84], [119-124], [145] n., [341]
" " sudden alteration in [121] n.
" of oatmeal [194]
" of provisions [16] n.
priest [13]
priests [3], [4], see tithes
prior [207]
priories [290]
prisoners, presonars [33], [53], [70], [75], [77], [136], [167], [220] seq., [228] n., [229], [279], [299], [311]
prisons [220] seq., see prisoners
privilege of Parliament [76]
privileges, payments for [117]
Privy Council [33], [46], [47-53], [67], [68], [80-94], [118], [119], [125], [130], [131], [137], [142-166], [171], [172], [178], [179], [193], [201], [216], [230], [232], [253], [268], [276], [277], [286], [296], [334]
" " letters of [52], [81], [85], [86] n., [143], [149], [154], [155], [162], [165], [166], [174], [175], [240] seq., [292], [294-297], [304], [336] seq., [338] seq., [359]
" " letters to [126], [147], [340]
" " instructions of [193]
" " thanks to [194]
" " lords of [204], see Privy Councillors
" " Scotch [282] seq., see corn, orders, reports
Privy Council Register [143], [150], [156], [156] n., [336] seq., [338] seq.
Privy Councillors [156], [204], [297]
Privie Seale, Lord [338]
procession [8]
proclamations, royal [3], [51], [86], [143], [144] bis, [145], [146] bis, [150], [165], [166], [296], [298]
" of 1629 [153], [155], [171], [172]
" Scotch [283], [286] seq.
" municipal [104], [305]
proctors or procurators [69], [70], [344]
Providours of the Poore [110]
Provision for the poore now in penurie [127] seq.
proviso re Dutton [138]
provost [279]
provost marshals [93], [298]
Pukenham, North [317]
punishment of able-bodied beggars [4], [25] seq., [53], [70], [77], [80] seq., [221], [299] n.
" fourme of [94]
" at Bury [114], see whipping, fines, death, branding, stocks
Purchas, Thos. [176]
Puritan counties [297]
Puriton [254] n., [261]
Quarter Sessions, see Sessions
questions put to judges [178]
" " overseers [247], [337], [342] seq.
quinzièmes, see fifteenths
Radfield [192] n., [253] n., [256] n., [264] n.
Radnorshire, report from [247]
Ragland [252], [262] n.
Ragnell [362]
Rahere [27]
raker [355]
Raleigh, Sir Walter [76], [79], [294]
Rampton [363]
Rand, Samuel [202] n.
rates, tax, taxation [1], [2], [38], [59], [60], [62], [64], [71], [95], [106], [108], [130] n., [204], [251], [254], [256], [261], [268], [269], [279], [296], [358]
" imposed by town rulers before 1572 [29], [42], [43], [45], [102]
" for soldiers and sailors [73], [78], [79], [136], [166]
" for prisoners and hospitals [77], [167], [220]
" for Houses of Correction [118], [137], [167]
" for plague stricken [137], [200], [201]
" for setting poor to work [121], [154], [225], [255] seq.
" for corporation of poor [273] n.
" semi-voluntary [59], [97]
" dispute concerning [179] n.
" refusal and objection to pay [168], [169], [197] n., [248], [260] n., [350]
" increased [158], [175], [177], [245], [248] seq., [250]
" in Scotland [282], [283] seq., [286] seq.
" in Aberdeen [285], [289]
" in Glasgow [289], [290] n.
" in France [291]
" in Norwich [367]
" amount of, Rochdale [251]
" " Ware [346]
" " Braughing and Stortford [348] seq.
" none in Middleton [251]
" legality at Lydd [178]
" in aid, see parishes, rich
" of wages, see wages
ratepayers [141] n., [261], [290], [303]
Ravensworth [170] n.
Reading [112], [114], [129], [156], [157] n., [192], [200], [200] n., [204], [216], [217] n., [218], [225], [231], [259], [263]
rebels, rebellion [51], [73], [80], [81], [126], [151], see order
recognizance [179], [321] seq.
recusants [173], [182]
Redcliffe almshouse [210], [213]
Red Maid's School [219]
Reepham [331]
reeves [2]
Reformation [20], [207], [208]
refugees [110] n.
refuissars [289] n.
register of names [71], [290]
regrating, regrators [50], [50] n., [73], [320], [332], [358]
Reigate [261]
Reynolds, Thomas [163]
relief, see poor relief
relief works [141]
rent [214]
Repertories [25] n.
reports re corn [50], [87], [88] seq., [149], [151], [152], [172], [185] seq., [193] seq., [195], [204], [316] seq., [326], [334] seq., [340] seq., [344] seq.
" re vagrants [80], [81] seq.
" re poor relief and vagrants [173] seq., [177], [181] seq., [245], [248], [251] seq., [256] seq., [268], [297], [342] seq.
" not in northern counties [239]
" from same place at different dates [253], [252]
" of four royal hospitals [269] seq., [369] seq.
" of Bridewell [351] seq.
" Bassetlaw [257] seq.
" Cambridge [174] seq.
resolutions of 1527 [135] n., see judges at Quarter Sessions [275]
Restoration [275], [277]
retainers [15], [120]
Retford [361]
returns, overseers [214] n., see reports
revenues for armies [268]
Revolution, French [291], [303]
Rhodes, hospital for defence of [27] n.
Rhuddlan Castle [139]
rich [145] n., [201], [302] seq.
Richard II. [54], [293]
Richmondshire [171], [255]
Riding, North [203], [213], [214] n.
" " Session, Rolls of [169] seq.
" West, Sessions, Rolls of [167] seq., [241], [248]
Ridley, Bishop [30-33], [35], [59] n.
riots, rioters [49], [51], [85], [148] n., [151], [192], [197] n., [288], [303]
Ripon [185]
Rixman's charity [216] n.
roads [84]
robbery [13], [126], [288], [303]
Rochdale [251]
Rochester [110]
Rogers, Prof. [301] n.
rogues [227] n., [256], [332]
" bills for [75], [76], [137]
" act for [77]
" def. of [68] seq., [344]
" depredations of [13], [126], [288], [298], [303]
" incorrigible [57]
" poor unjustly made [168]
" questions touching [344]
" branding of [138] n., see vagrants
Rolls of Parliament [4]
Romer, Lord Justice [141] n.
Romsey [85]
roundsman system [130] n., [232]
Royal Exchange [242]
royalists [274]
rule which must govern clothier &c. [148]
rumours, false and seditious [81]
Rupert, Prince [231]
Rutland [156] n., [265] n., [338] seq.
" Duke of [89], [187]
Ruxley [264] n.
Rycherds, John [331]
Rye [8] n.
Ryedale [177] n., [259] n.
Sabbath, see Sunday
sailors [73], [77], [93], [213], see mariners
St Albans [108] seq., [110], [117], [117] n., [129], [163] n., [199], [261], [263] n.
" Liberty of [181], [191] n., [255] n., [263] n.
St Andrews, Andries, Norwich [101], [310]
St Anthony's, Broad Street [27] n.
" York [114]
St Augustine, rule of [19]
St Bartholomew's, London [27] n., [28], [30], [31], [34], [36], [38], [39], [98], [201], [208], [269], [369]
" " Glos. [129], [208]
" " Sandwich [8], [208]
St Benedict, parish of [367]
St Catherine's, York [209]
" " by the Tower [27] n.
St Cross, hospital of [207] seq.
St Edmondes, Norwich [310]
St Edmund's, Gateshead [209]
St Ethelbert's, Hereford [211] n.
St Ethelred, Liberty of [191] n., [365]
St Giles', London, parish of [264] n., [360]
" in the Fields [27] n.
" Hereford [8] n., [208], [211] n.
" Norwich [105], [198] seq., [209] seq.
" Reading parish [212]
St James' in the Fields [27] n.
" church of King's Lynn [224]
St John's, of Jerusalem [27] n.
" Nottingham [227]
" Sandwich [8]
" Sepulchre [104] n.
" Walbrook [97]
St Julianes, Norwich [310]
St Just [213] n.
St Leonard's, Launceston [209], [209] n.
St Margaret's, Glos. [129], [208]
St Mary's, Barking [27] n.
" Cripplegate [27] n.
St Mary Magdalen, Exeter [8] n.
" " Glos. [129] n., [208]
" " King's Lynn [209]
" Rounceval [27] n.
" Redcliffe [210]
St Mary's, Spital [27] n., [97]
St Nicholas, London [28]
" Scarborough [8] n.
St Paul's Hospital, Norwich [101]
St Peter's parish, Norwich [308]
St Sepulchre [264] n., [360] n.
St Thomas' of Acon [27] n.
" parish of, Bristol [210]
" Hospital, Scarborough [8]
" Hospital, York [209]
" " Southwark [19], [27] n., [28], [31], [33], [34], [35], [36], [38], [39], [98], [201], [269], [370]
Sands, Mr [69], [83], [130]
Sandwich [7] seq., [208]
Sandys, Lord [48]
Sarum, division of [204]
Sarum, New [200]
Savoy, hospital of [27] n., [63]
Sawbridgeworth, Sabridgworth [343] n., [345], [347], [348]
Scarborough [8], [170] n., [213]
scarcity, see corn
Schirewoode John [176]
scholars, poor [29] n., [53], [70], [136]
schoole dames [218], [332]
schools, scoole [103], [136], [215], [217], [218], [219], [308]
" industrial [113], [217], see Bridewell
" Free [27] n.
" knitting [111], [111] n., [218] seq., [300], [332]
" King Edward's [38]
Scotland [14], [54], [183], [267], [277] seq., [293], [294], [303]
Scrivener, Mrs Alice [234]
scrutineers, Glos. [129] n.
sea, vagrants sent to [229], [230] n.
searchers for vagrants, see vagrants
Segewyche, Dr [44]
select women [104], [105], [107], [218], [313]
Sellside [218]
Semys, almshouse of [213]
senators [273]
Sergeant-at-Mace [187] n.
serges [225]
sermons [55], [212], [307]
Servall, Agnes [65]
servants [55], [299]
" stubborn [94]
" refusing to serve as [179] n.
" whether hired by the year [104]
" discharging of [128], see labourers
service, cervis, servis [65], [70]
" placing in [77], [83]
" people to go to [104] n., [105], [142] n., [315]
" living out of [142], [142] n., [179] n., [228] n., [263], [350]
serving men [211] n.
Sessions, Quarter [77], [88], [120], [126], [134] n., [143], [154], [167] seq., [214] n., [275], [331], [337], [340], [343], [371]
" Petty [177] n., see kirk sessions
Session of 1597-8, [74], [75] seq.
settlement regulations [5], [107] seq., [167], [179] n., [302]
Shaftesbury [262] n.
Shaile, Rich. [212] n.
shearmen [149]
sheep farming [17]
sheeting [222]
Sheffield [225]
Shelf [169] n.
Shepton Mallet [228] n.
Shepway [187], [191] n., [256] n.
Sheriffs [81], [143], [173], [224], [319]
" High [340], [351]
Shinfield [217] n.
ship money [164]
shipmen [70]
ships [43], [93], [100], [123]
shirts, charities for [212], [212] n.
shoemakers [139], [234], [338], [339]
shop-keepers [233], [234]
shops, fines for opening on Sunday [117]
Shrewsbury [123] seq., [189], [260]
" Eliz., Countess of [17]
Shropham [88]
Shropshire [157], [224], [262], [299]
sick [7], [201] seq., [203], [306]
Sick Man's Hospital [8] n., [211] n.
silk lace [100]
silkmen [233], see weavers
Silkston [169] n.
silver, influx of [16]
silver plate [202]
Sisters of St Cross [208] n.
" of Normans, see St Paul's, Norwich
Skenfreth [252], [253]
Slaney, charity of [216] n.
slaves [56]
Smith, Henry, charity of [222] n.
Smithfield [108], see St Bartholomew's
Smiths, guild of [42] n.
smocks, charities for [212], [212] n.
Soke [256] n.
soldiers, souldiers, sojouries, souldyours [14], [73], [75], [78], [87], [93], [136], [143], [170], [211], [213], [220], [245], [290] n., [325], [327] n., [369], [370]
Somerset [84], [86] n., [126] seq., [145], [148] n. [1] and n. [2], [180], [185], [254], [261], [298], [299]
" Duke of [51], [303]
Sorbonne [20]
south eastern counties [240]
Southampton, Hampton [9], [43] n., [86] n.
Southgate, Norwich [308]
Southwark [35], see St Thomas' Hospital
Spain [89]
Spaldyng, Samuel [176]
Spanish ports [147]
Spencer, Sir Will. [126]
spinners [85], [147], [349]
spinning [218], [223], [226], [272], [276], [358]
" house, Bridewell [37]
spinster, spynsters, [65] n., [149], [160]
Sprott's charity [235] n.
stability [15], [302], [304]
Stafford co. [262]
" boro. [186], [274] n.
Staine [82], [191] n., [264] n.
Stamford [157], [157] n., [197] n.
Stanbury, Mr [121]
Stancliff [299] n.
standard of comfort [198]
Standon [347]
Stanleyes Remedy [243]
Stansted Abbots [345] n., [346]
Staplegrove, Stapelgrove [180], [214], [327] seq.
Staploe [82], [191] n., [264] n.
Star Chamber [119], [125]
starch [325]
Startforth [214] n.
starvation [124], [125]
state control [6] seq.
statutes, laws [3] seq., [45], [53] seq., [59], [60], [62], [67] seq., [73], [79], [81], [87], [133] seq., [143], [153]
" Scotch [278] seq.
" apprenticeship [155]
" of chantries [43]
" common or statute law [297]
" of Ethelred [3]
" factory [62]
" labour [3], [151], [256], [293], [343] n., [358], [359], see wages
" of retainers [120]
" of rogues [77], [141]
" for raising publicke stockes [147]
" effects of [297] seq., [302], see execution of law
" particular, mentioned or referred to:
[51] Hen. III. [332]
[13] Edw. I. [332]
[36] Edw. III. c. [8], [4]
[12] Rich. II. cc. [3] and [7], [4] seq.
[15] Rich. II. c. [6], [6] seq.
[4] Hen. IV. c. [12], [7]
[2] Hen. V. St. I. c. [1], [20]
[8] Hen. VI. c. [5], [332]
[10] Hen. VII. c. [4], [332]
[11] Hen. VII. c. [2], [5], [332]
[19] Hen. VII. c. [12], [5]
[22] Hen. VIII. c. [12], [12], [53] seq., [56], [57], [60], [62], [73], [78], [291]
[23] Hen. VIII. c. [11], [332]
[25] Hen. VIII. c. [1], [320]
[27] Hen. VIII. c. [25], [2], [53], [54] seq., [59], [60], [62], [278], [291]
[1] Edw. VI. c. [3], [56] seq., [70], [79]
[3] and [4] Edw. VI. c. [16], [57], [58], [60]
[5] and [6] Edw. VI. c. [2], [57], [58], [60] n.
[5] and [6] Edw. VI. c. [14], [320] n.
[7] Edw. VI. c. [11], [58]
[1] Mary St. II. c. [13], [58]
[1] Mary St. III. c. [12], [58]
[2] and [3] Ph. and Mary c. [5], [58], [60]
[4] and [5] Ph. and Mary c. [9], [58]
[1] Eliz. c. [2], [332]
[5] Eliz. c. [3], [58], [59], [60], [71], [102], [106], [291]
[5] Eliz. c. [4], [140], [162], [163] n., [256], [302], [343] n., [358], [359]
[5] Eliz. c. [12], [320], [322]
[14] Eliz. c. [5], [2], [68], [69] seq., [79], [95], [96], [130], [131], [220], [278]
[18] Eliz. c. [3], [68], [72], [79]
[23] Eliz. c. [1], [332]
[27] Eliz. c. [11], [72]
[29] Eliz. c. [5], [72]
[31] Eliz. c. [10], [72]
[35] Eliz. c. [4], [73], [136]
[35] Eliz. c. [6], [73]
[35] Eliz. c. [7], [73]
[39] Eliz. c. [3], [76] seq., [80], [133], [134], [135], [140], [143], [167], [220], [238], [241], [281], [294]
[39] Eliz. c. [4], [77], [332]
[39] Eliz. c. [5], [77]
[39] Eliz. c. [6], [78], [136], [137]
[39] Eliz. c. [16], [331]
[39] Eliz. c. [17], [78]
[39] Eliz. c. [21], [78], [136]
[43] Eliz. c. [2], [133] seq., [138], [140] n., [238], [240], [253] n., [281], [292]
[43] Eliz. c. [3], [136], [138] n., [220], [332]
[1] Jac. I. c. [6], [162]
[1] Jac. I. c. [7], [138] n., [243]
[1] Jac. I. c. [9], [138] n., [332]
[1] Jac. I. c. [27], [138] n.
[1] Jac. I. c. [31], [137]
[2] Jac. I. c. [4], [331]
[3] Jac. I. c. [4], [138] n., [332]
[4] Jac. I. cc. [4] and [5], [331]
[4] Jac. I. c. [5], [138] n.
[7] Jac. I. c. [3], [138] n.
[7] Jac. I. c. [4], [137], [243], [332]
[7] Jac. I. c. [10], [332]
[7] Jac. I. c. [11], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [1], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [7], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [20], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [28], [138] n.
[1] Car. I. c. [1], [138] n.
[3] Car. I. c. [2], [138] n.
[3] Car. I. c. [5], [138] n.
[13] and [14] Car. II. c. [12], [107], [109], [239]
[4] and [5] Will. IV. c. [76], [135], [294]
" Scotch:
James I. c. [66], [278]
James I. c. [103], [278]
James V. c. [22], [278]
James V. c. [74], [279]
James V. c. [149], [279]
James V. c. [272], [281]
James VI. c. [19], [281] n.
James VI. c. [8], [281] n.
Chas. II. c. [16], [281] n.
Chas. II. c. [38], [281] n.
stent roll [286] n.
Stettin, Duke of [242]
Stirling [287]
stocks for punishment [4], [35] n., [221], [300]
" stockes = stores [72], [85], [87], [118], [154], [172], [182], [222] seq., [225], [245], [247], [256], [260], [261], [276], [301], [342], [345] seq., [360], [361]
" town [202] n., [256] seq., [361] seq.
" amount of [258], [265]
" for House of Correction [170] n., see work
Stockw^th [257] n.
Stoke Newington [360] n.
Stokeham [362]
stoneminers [224]
Stourbridge, Sturbridge [43] seq., [82]
strangers [101], [128], [242], [286] n., see merchant strangers
strike [141] n.
stockings [112] n.
Stortford [345] n., [348], [349], [350]
Stow [18], [26]
" hundred of [82], [264] n., [358] seq.
Stretford [186] n.
Stuarts [66], [297], [300]
subscriptions [97], [202] n., [210]
subsidy [112] n., [116], [268] n.
" book [73]
success in Aberdeen [285] n.
" in Norwich [106]
" of corn measures [192] seq.
" of Book of Orders [298] seq.
Sudbury [160]
Suffolk [50], [84], [148], [148] n., [149], [153], [154], [178], [179], [190], [191] n., [201], [263], [334], [336] seq.
Sunday [57], [138] n., [212], see fines, collections
superintendents of beggars [44]
supervisors of the poor [171] n.
suppers on fast days [122], [129]
" of orphan boys [199]
surety [70], [71] n.
surgeon [202] n., [208], [355]
Surrey co. [83], [87] n., [160] n., [192] n., [228]
survey of corn, see corn
surveyors, surveiors of beggars [25], [26], [98]
" of hospitals [129]
" of poor [167] n.
" of highways [343]
swearing, see fines
Symes, Dr. [202] n.
Tabard [4]
tailors [103], [117] n.
Tanner MSS. [180]
Taunton [185], [186], [226]
Taverham [191] n.
taxes, charities for paying [136], [137] n., see rates, fifteenths, subsidies
technical education, see training
" school [217]
Temple, hall of Middle [75]
" Hospital [210]
" Gate almshouse [210]
tenants, oppression of [269], see landlords
tenements [73], [93], [108], [297], see cottages
tennis balls [100]
testimonials [168], [343]
Tewkesbury [82], [151]
Theale, report from [259]
thefts, thieves [15], [36], [38], [303]
thieves, language of [12], [13]
Thingoe [187]
Thirsk [170] n.
Thirty Years' War [147]
thread, twisting of [223]
Thredling [264] n.
Thriplow [82]
Thomas, charity of [215] n.
Thornaby [111]
Thornbury [82]
Thorne, charity of [235] n.
Thorner, John [260] n.
Thornton [203]
Thundridge [345] n., [348]
thurdendeles [179]
tickets, see badges
Tickhill [168]
tillage [143]
tinkers, tynkers [68], [70], [82], [344]
Tinwell [338]
tippler [69], [321], [324], [332]
tippling, tiplinge [175]
tithe [3], [6] seq., [117], [134] n., [135] n.
tithingmen [174], [247], [329]
Tiverton, fire at [202]
tokens of tin [26]
tolls [116]
Topcliffe [171]
Totmonslow [262] n.
tow [182], [225], [232], [272], [349]
town, rulers of [6] seq., [62] seq., [65], [72], [96], [165], [187], [202], [290]
" control charities [7] seq., [204], [208], [209], [210], [211] n.
" contribute to charitable endowments [8], [23]
" parental government of [65] seq., see poor relief, orders, hospitals
Town Council, Glasgow [289] n.
Town Clerk [305]
towne haill [285]
towns, importance of Tudor [23]
" poor relief in, see poor relief
" of Suffolk [149]
" fires in [202]
" head officials of [78]
trade [115], [148], [148] n., [152], [153], [155], [164], [173], [259], [337], [344]
" right of exercising [117]
" teaching [111], [218], [299]
" depression of [145], [147] seq., [155], [163], [245], [336] seq.
traders [85], [344], see trades, tradesmen
tradesmen [136], [223], [235], see lending cash
training [110] seq., [225], [294]
Treasurer, County [73], [77], [136], [213], [220]
" Mr [338]
" Lord [338]
treatise, see pamphlets
Trellech [252]
trespass, action for [135] n.
Treswell [364]
Trevor, Sir Thomas [212]
Trinity Hospital, Bristol [209]
troops, number of [274]
truck [163]
Trust, Breaches of [78], [136], [248]
Tudors [66], [297], [298]
Tunstead [191] n.
Tuxford [364]
undersettles [170] n., see inmates
undertakers of poor [229]
unemployed [38], [45], [76], [110] seq., [221] seq., [238] seq., see work, and Correction, Houses of
United States [230]
Universities, poor scholars of [29] n., [53], [70], [136]
Uppingham [197] n., [338]
usurers [128]
Utopia [12] n., [15], [57]
V, letter of [25]
Vagrancy Acts [141] n.
vagrants, vagabonds, vacaboundes, sturdy and valiant beggars [15], [68] seq., [74], [79], [91], [93], [120], [127], [141] n., [156] n., [166], [229] seq., [252], [282] seq., [325], [336], [344-356], [359], [361] seq., [366], [370], [371]
" def. of [68] seq., [344]
" increase of [11] seq., [13] seq., [40], [53], [102], [127], [241], [270] seq.
" decrease of [241], [250], [298] seq., [358]
" statutory regulations for [4] seq., [53] seq., [56] seq., [69] seq., [73], [77], [278] seq.
" municipal regulations [5], [25] seq., [37] seq., [65] seq., [98] seq., [104], [108], [217], [285], [311], [315], [355]
" searches for [51], [71], [80] seq., [91], [359], see Correction, Houses of, poor relief, statutes, labour and work
vestry [210], [211] n.
vicars, see parsons
Vice-Chancellor [44], [70], [176]
villages, no lack of work in [259]
Vincent, Jenkin [216]
Virginia [229], [230] n.
visitation, see plague
" of Bishop [58] n.
votes of Parliament [273]
wages [3] seq., [16], [16] n., [52], [140], [160] seq., [224]
" of silk weavers [156] n.
" compared with price of food [198]
" rise in [300], [301] n.
" reasonable [52], [70], [224], [350]
" during Civil War [275], [301] n.
" assessment [161] seq., [343] n., [358], [359], see statutes, labour
" of schooldames [218]
" of waggoner [275]
Wakefield [122], [128] seq., [168] n., [255] n.
Wales [86] n., [239], [240]
Walker, Dr [44]
Wallingford [83], [216]
Wallington [256], [265], [298]
Walsham [191] n.
Walsingham [86] n., [94] n.
Walthamstow [83]
wanderers [298], [344], see vagrants, rogues
Wangford [190] n.
Wantage [192]
ward [175], [350], see watches
Wardell, charity of [221] n.
Wardrobe [272], [273]
Ware [189] n., [345] n., [346]
warp, white [308] seq.
warrants [171], [174]
wars [14], [48], [147]
Warsopp [257] n.
Warwick co. [87] n.
" boro. [186]
" Earl of [160]
waste lands [77]
Wat, Willie [284]
watches, waches [82], [120], [175], [264] n., [299] n., [344], [346] seq., [366]
watchmen [200], [201] n.
Wath [171] n.
Watts, charity of [110]
Wayland [88], [191] n., [263], [264] n.
wealth [15]
weavers, weaving [37], [103], [147], [149], [160], [217] n., [226], [272]
" silk [156] n., [217], [354]
" linen [218], [354]
" ribbon [218], [354]
Weaver's almshouses [211] n.
Wednesdays [122], see supper
weights and measures [84], [173], [187] n., [332]
Welhagh [364]
Wellow [263] n.
Wells [222], [248]
Welsh [139]
Wentllooge [185]
Wentworth, Viscount [157], [164], [295], [338]
Wessington, parish of [6] n.
" Sir Walter de [6] n.
Western counties [155], [192], [245], [262]
Westmill [249], [343] n., [345] n., [347], [349]
Westminster [73], [160] n., [196] n.
Westmoreland [218], [239], [298]
Wetherley [82]
wheels [111], [112] n.
whipping, punishment of [25], [53], [54], [57], [62], [65], [70], [71] n., [73], [77], [98], [105], [221], [243], [278], [311], [312]
whipping campaign [80] seq.
whipping-post [35] n.
White Friars, House of [129]
White, George [220], [222] n.
" Sir Thomas [234]
Whitgift [75], [79], [211]
Whitley [254] n., [261]
Whitmore, George [230] n.
Whitson [122], [123], [212], [235] n.
Whittington, Coll. of Richard [27] n.
Whittlesford [192] n., [253] n., [256] n., [264] n.
Whitwell [218]
Wickham, West [216] n.
Wicksted, John [176]
Widford [345], [350]
widows [211] n., [212]
Wigmore [186] n.
Wildbore, John [338]
Wilford [264] n., [365]
Williams' Hospital, Hereford [211] n.
Williamson [244]
Williton [245] n.
wills [55]
Wilmington [264] n.
Wiltshire [48], [50] n., [86] n., [121], [125], [145], [148] n. [1], n. [2], [204], [228], [229], [239], [258], [262] n., [266]
Wilson, Mr Thomas [69]
Wilson, Rob., charity of [234] n.
Wimbledon, Lord [156] n., [157], [164]
Winche's charity [234] n.
Winchester [114], [118], [207], [223], [255]
" Bishop of [118], [338]
Windsor [112] n., [200]
" New [216], [222]
Windsor, Andrew [222]
" Myles [221] n.
wire [33]
wite theow [2] n.
witness [116]
Wokingham [216], [216] n.
Wolsey [16], [20], [47], [48] seq., [50] n.
Wolverhampton [222] n., [234]
women [103], [313]
" almshouses for [211] seq.
" taught to knit [112] n.
" to teach children [181]
" easily obtain work [198]
Wonford [190] n.
wood [199], [212], see fuel
Wood, charity of [216] n.
Woodchurch [192]
Woodcross [93]
woods owner rated [134] n., [135] n.
Woodstock [88] n.
wool [65] n., [72], [85], [111] bis, [147] seq., [262] n.
" combers of [161]
woolchapman [224]
woolgrowers [148]
woolhouse [37]
Wootton [88]
Worcester co. [69], [83], [130], [148] n.
" boro. [41], [201], [262]
work on highways [343]
" proceeds of poor's [113]
" those who refused [134] n., [140] seq., [176], [344]
" those able to, not able to [103], [308] seq.
" lack of [14], [48], [80], [85], [86] n., [115], [146], [149] n., [152] seq., [156] n., [160] n., [231], [255] n., [261], [263], [265] n., [338]
" no lack of [6], [198], [249], [261]
" questions concerning [342]
" poor kept at [65], [99], [105], [140], see idlers
" found by inhabitants [131] n., [232], [349], [351]
" provided for soldiers and sailors [78]
" provided for children [181], [218] seq., [222] n.
" overseers ordered to provide [142], [181]
" provision of for poor [6], [110] seq., [132], [164], [167], [180], [181], [221] seq., [270] n., [271], [272], [273], [274] seq., [294] seq., [311], [313], [325], [332], [335], [336], [339], [346] seq., [358] seq.
" regulations in statutes and bills [54], [72], [75] seq., [137], [140]
" orders in Council and proclamations touching [85] seq., [87], [153] seq., [174], [325], [336] seq., [338] seq.
" effect on wages [300] seq.
" in particular places in the following counties:
Bedford [255], [256] n., [261], [265] n.;
Berks. [112] n., [222], [225], [262] n.;
Bucks. [245], [256] n., [261], [265] n.;
Cambs. [175], [253] n., [256] n., [263], [264] n., [369];
Cheshire [247], [248], [262] n.;
Derby [299], [299] n.;
Devon [112], [121], [155], [222] n., [259] n.;
Dorset [262] n.;
Essex [110], [255], [256] n., [265] n.;
Glos. [262] n.;
Hants. [223], [250], [255], [256], [256] n., [262] n.;
Hereford [222] n., [260], [262] n.;
Herts. [110] seq., [182], [248] seq., [252], [254], [256] n., [258], [261], [263], [263] n., [344] seq.;
Hunts. [265] n.; Kent [110], [223], [256] n., [261], [264];
Lancs. [259];
Leicester [111], [112], [265] n., [299];
Lincs. [42], [111], [264];
Middlesex [264] n.;
Monmouthshire [252], [262] n.;
Nottingham [256] n., [257] seq., [264], [361];
Norfolk [104], [105], [223] n., [224], [253] n., [256] n., [261], [263], [264] n., [311], [312], [313];
Pembroke [225];
Radnor [247], [248];
Rutland [156], [156] n., [265] n., [338];
Shropshire [224], [260], [262], [263] n.;
Staffordshire [222] n., [262];
Suffolk [149] n., [245], [261], [263], [264], [264] n., [365];
Sussex [256] n., [261], [265] n.;
Surrey [222] n., [256], [261], [265], [357] seq.;
Somerset [222], [245] n., [263] n.;
Warwick [263] n.;
Wilts. [260] n.;
Worcester [262], [262] n.;
Yorkshire [45], [111], [128], [222], [223], [255], [256] n., [259]
workhouses, workinghouse [75], [138] n., [173], [223], [241], [243], [260] n., [272], [274], [276];
Abingdon [226], [260];
Barnstaple [204];
Cambridge [226];
Colchester [113];
Guildford [222], [358];
King's Lynn [113], [224];
Little Holland [226];
Newbury [225], [260];
Plymouth [259] n.;
Reading [112], [225];
Sheffield [225];
Shrewsbury [260],
Taunton [226]
workmen, worckmen [4], [52], [70], [85], [140], see labourers, wages, statutes, labour
" worsted, manufacture of [110] n., [224]
Wright, Edmund [197] n.
Wroth, Sir T. [74]
Wycombe [185]
Wymer, Middle [103]
Wyot [121]
Yarmouth [200]
yarn [182], [272]
" house [37]
York co. [148] n., [167] seq., [177], [191], [194] n., [215], [240], [241], [242], [259], [340] seq.
" city [45], [64], [80], [81], [111], [114], [209]
" Archbishop of [86] n., [122]
young people [42], [99], [299], see children
Ypres [20]

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