The Early History of English Poor Relief de E. M. Leonard

The Early History of English Poor Relief

E. M. Leonard

Originally published in 1900, Leonard's study of the early history of English poor relief sheds light on an important aspect of English social care. The treatise details the various changes to the treatment of the poor from the Anglo-Saxon period until the Civil War, as well as comparing English approaches with contemporary practices in Scotland and France. The author draws heavily on municipal and state papers from the time, relevant extracts of which are reproduced in the appendices. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of social work in Britain.

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1. The beginnings of the secular control of poor relief; 2. The causes of the reorganisation of poor relief; 3. 1514–69: poor relief in the towns; 4. 1514–69: the Privy Council and Parliament; 5. Review of the general characteristics of public poor relief, 1514–69; 6. 1569–97: Parliament and the Privy Council; 7. 1569–97: the measures of the towns and the events of the years 1594–7; 8. 1597–1644: Parliament and the Privy Council; 9. 1597–1644: the local machinery for administration; 10. Methods of relief, 1597–1644; 11. Methods of relief, 1597–1644 (continued); 12. 1597–1644: the administration of the poor law as a whole; 13. Poor relief in France, Scotland, and England during the civil war and commonwealth; 14. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Extracts from the Journals of the Common Council of London; Appendix 2. Extract from the census of the poor taken at Norwich recorded in the 'Maioris Bocke for the Pore'; Appendix 3. Extracts from the 'Orders for the poor' drawn up in Norwich, May 1571; Appendix 4. Report concerning scarcity from Norfolk, 1586; Appendix 5. Part of a draft of orders for remedying the scarcity of corn in 1596; Appendix 6. Accounts of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Steplgrove, co. Somerset, for the year 1599; Appendix 7. Orders made by the justices responsible for Aylesham and Reipham, c. Norfolk, 23rd October 1622; Appendix 8. Report of the justices from Lackford and the half hundred of Exning, February 7th 1622/3; Appendix 9. Extract from the Privy Council register. Copy of a letter sent to the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the counties of Suffolk and Essex concerning the employment of the poor; Appendix 10. Letter concerning the restoration of order and relief of the poor in Rutland; Appendix 11. Letter from Sir Thomas Barrington concerning the eight hundreds of Yorkshire; Appendix 12. Justices' reports on the execution of the Book of Orders of January 1630/1; Appendix 13. The division of monies collected for the poor January 1642/3 in Norwich; Appendix 14. Report of the four royal hospitals, 1645; Appendix 15. Ordinances of the Lords for putting in execution the laws for the relief of the poor.