Lawrence Atwill, Exeter, 1588, £600. Rep. VI. p. 136.
George White, Bristol, 10 Chas. I., £100. Rep. VI. p. 530.
Aldworth, Bristol, 1634, £1000 towards the setting of poor people on work. Char. Com. Rep. VIII. p. 58.
Atwell's gift. A lost charity of Wolverhampton. Rep. V. 593.
Croydon. Henry Smith gave £1000 in 1624, subject to certain trusts, which was partly to be used for this purpose. Bibliotheca Topographica, II. p. 79.
Hereford. Francis Pember, 1632, left money which in 1635 was assigned by his executors to be used for setting poor children to work. Report, XXII. ii. p. 39.
[536] Dom. S. P., Chas. I., Vol. 189, 65, and Vol. 194, 19.
[537] Dom. S. P., Chas. I., Vol. 189, 8. X. A detailed assessment for the raising of a stock and relief of the poor was made in Norwich in 1644. See Appendix.
[538] Ib. Chas. I., Vol. 188, 101; Vol. 186, 74; Vol. 194, 17. IV.
[539] In Dec. 1630 a certain "Nathaniell Crotch was appointed to sett the poore on worke in the Newhall," and certain aldermen were appointed to overlook the work done. Court Books, Norwich, 23 Dec. 1630.