1st Edition
The History of Old Age in England, 1600-1800, Part II vol 6
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Routledge
What did it mean to be old in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England? This eight-volume edition brings together selections from medical treatises, sermons, legal documents, parish records, almshouse accounts, private letters, diaries and ballads, to investigate cultural and medical understanding of old age in pre-industrial England.
Volume 6 Practices and Principles Regarding Community Responsibilities for the Aged in the Eighteenth Century; Introduction Political and Legal Documents and Commentary ‘An Act for Amending the Laws Relating to the Settlement, Imploy[1]ment and Relief of the Poor’ (1722) Joseph Shaw, The Practical Justice of Peace, and Parish and Ward Officer (1756) Thomas Gilbert, A Bill Intended to be Offered to Parliament, for the Better Relief and Employment of the Poor (1786) William Cobbett and John Wright (eds), The Parliamentary History of England (1806–20) Parish Records Puddletown Parish Overseers’ Accounts (1790) Terling Overseers’ Accounts (1790) Terling Vestry Minutes (1790) Return of the Poor Inhabitants of the Parish of Terling (1801) Treatises on Poor Relief Reform A Method Concerning the Relief and Employment of the Poor (1699) Laurence Braddon, Particular Answers to the most Material Objections made to the Proposal … for Relieving, Reforming, and Employing all the Poor of Great Britain (1722) John Vancouver, An Enquiry into the Causes and Production of Poverty, and the State of the Poor (1796) Thomas Ruggles, The History of the Poor: Their Rights, Duties, and the Laws Respecting Them (1797) Workhouses John Cary, An Account of the Proceedings of the Corporation of Bristol, in … Better Employing and Maintaining the Poor of That City (1700) Thomas Cooke, Work-Houses the Best Charity (1702) Old Age An Account of Several Work-Houses for Employing and Maintaining the Poor (1725) Edmund Gillingwater, An Essay on Parish Work-Houses (1786) Ovenden Workhouse Register (1780–1800) A List of the Poor in the Workhouse of Ovenden (1775) Charity Records Lists of the Poor in the Parish of Whickham, County Durham (1764) Friendly Societies Rules and Orders to be Observed by the Members of an Amicable Society (1776) Rules, Orders and Regulations of the Friendly Society Called the United Brothers (1804) Bowman Brown v. the Amicable and Brotherly Society (1779) Editorial Notes
Biography
Lynn Botelho, Susannah R Ottaway, Anne Kugler
