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Senate House Library, University of London

Norwich poor relief papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 646

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Norwich poor relief papers

Date(s): 1783-1784

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 51 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1712, Norwich was one of the earliest cities to set up a poor law incorporation by special act of parliament. It comprised 44 parishes and was presided over by a Court of Guardians. There were two workhouses, one formerly a palace of the Duke of Norfolk, and the other a former monastery.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscripts relating to poor relief in Morwich, bound at the end of John Fransham's printed An exact account of the charge for supporting the poor of the City of Norwich (1720). The fourteen used leaves, composed in 1783-1784, contain:
1. Table apparently showing the amount spent annually on poor relief from 1757-1784 in Norwich, the price of corn, and 'Observations for particular years.
2. An 'Account of 1 year's expense of the New (or Duke's Palace) Workhouse, 1782', with a concluding memorandum on the cost for each pauper dated Jan 1783.
3. Accounts for the workhouse in Norwich, giving a table of salaries, details of the diet and earnings of the inmates, 'of the spinning schools', and the 'earnings clear to the corporation'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

7¾" x 4½"

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bound in the Goldsmith's Library volume An exact account of the charge for supporting the poor of the City of Norwich by John Fransham (1720; GL Cat. 5903).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001


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Subjects
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
Social welfare

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London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Norwich | Norfolk | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe