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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Prays his assistance, all the parties being too poor to institute a suit. [1 p.] 11. Petition of Samuel Rich, … so doing, he prays them to be good to him, he being very poor. [ p.] 66. Petition of Stephen Alcock, Deputy to John … certain members of their company towards relief of their poor and other needful affairs of the corporation. Present …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… persons named. In the majority of cases they were very poor men, having nothing whereon to distrain. [ p.] 34. … Council's letters, have not done so. There are above 400 poor in the town whose relief costs 160 l. per annum. Retford … is a town of very small trading, consisting of many poor artificers, and is no common road to receive the benefit …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… the house of correction, and for a stock to set the poor on work, and for binding poor children apprentices. The Justices of the North Riding … two of the four families inhabiting there, leaving only a poor ancient widow and a woman ready to be relieved of child, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… upon suit made by them. He likewise took a boat of a poor man, one Helyard, worth 25 l., pretending to employ her … l., one third part to his Majesty, one third part to the poor, and the other third part to the informer. And by … notice of the great number and extreme necessities of the poor inhabitants of Southwark, Newington, Lambeth, and other …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… have never been able to obtain from the Overseers of the Poor the names of those for whom this relief is prayed, with … provide other work for them, and that the statute of the poor does not appoint money to be given away to any but such poor as are not able to work. Complain of Phipps's scornful …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… which depends the livelihood and welfare of thousands of poor people, his workfolks, to permit him to repair into the … demanded if this park had formerly been taxed to the poor, or any other layer. It was confessed that it had never … fourth being chaces and parks; it also abounds with poor people. 4th. They have little or no trading, and yet in …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… finds a heavy service, for so great a sum in so small and poor a shire cannot be raised but with much difficulty. For … believes there are not in the kingdom a greater number of poor people, having no commodity among them for raising money … of the 16 l. charged upon Flint will be as much as that poor place can bear. The sheriffs think that the making of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… divided their tenements, and let them out in rooms to poor and impotent persons, such persons might live therein … appeared by their last expression to him, which was a poor reward after his endeavour and the loss of 200 l., to be … gainful trades, from whom he draws what he can to ease the poor. This gives great content to the people and very much …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… learning is but foolishness. The Lord gives wisdom to the poor base and despised ones of the world, so that a poor man or woman that can read never letter in the book, if … hospital for the relief, education, and setting on work of poor children and relief of aged or impotent people. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Had those books been printed in London many of the poor petitioners might have received maintenance, with their … and entreat that he would have an eye to them as poor men, and if he thinks meet, command these orders to be … abroad; two of them the parish has taken, and the others a poor widow has received into her house. His resolution is, …