JB/107/049/001

Click Here To Edit

I make choise of a Master & Mistress that has no Family for the

Work

The Master Appointed by the Gen Overseer. As he is to be Accountable
for his conduct certainly ought to have the appointment of the Person
who is to Superintend the Workhouse. Unless you do this you do nothing.
When Appointed his Salary is 10 pound P Annum & 2 Pence out of
every Shilling that is earnt ed in the Workhouse

The Rules to be Observd by him are as follows
1st The House to be washd every Week Swept every Morng Sprinkled
with Vinegar & Bitter Herbs twice or thrice a Week in Hot
weather to prevent disorder Fevers &c &c

2nd
No Person admitted without a Note From the Overseer
or in his Absence, the Churchwarden. When Admitted to
Observe the Rules following
Every Person in the 3rd Workhouse are Oblidgd to wash
themselves before they Breakfast and when they have finshd their
days work. Their Statute Labour is Appointed by the Master
According to their Age & ability, all above w'ch they have for
themselves to encourage them in their Labour NB we do not
harm them

4th
If any Person Curse or Swere we do not put the County to expence
by sending them to Prison: they only continue without their
Animal Food for 16 days, the same Punishment for
Drunkeness ---

5th
If any refuse to Labour, if able (our Apothecary being Judge)
they have Only Bread & Water, or are turnd out of the House —
this good Rule (as I suffer no stroke to be given the tender
hearted Lord W. Seymour endeavoured to break through

6th
If any Pauper Steal whether in or out of the Workhouse instead of
sending them to Prison, where they learn to Practice all kind of

Identifier: | JB/107/049/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	107	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	049	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	[[titles::i make[?] choise of a master & mistress that has[sic] no family for the work]]
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::curteis & sons [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	edward blaquiere
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	35040
Box Contents