Poor Relief and Community in Hadleigh, Suffolk, 1547-1600 : Volume 12 Hardback
by Marjorie Keniston McIntosh
Part of the Studies in Regional and Local History series
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At the cutting edge of 'the new social and demographic history', this book provides a detailed picture of the most comprehensive system of poor relief operated by any Elizabethan town.
Well before the Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601, Hadleigh, Suffolk - a thriving woollen cloth centre with 2,500-3,000 people - offered a complex array of assistance to many of its residents who could not provide for themselves: orphaned children, married couples with more offspring than they could support or supervise, widows, people with physical or mental disabilities, some of the unemployed, and the elderly. Hadleigh's leaders also attempted to curb idleness and vagrancy and to prevent poor people who might later need relief from settling in the town.
Based upon uniquely full records, this study traces 600 people who received help, including their family situation, and explores the social, religious, and economic considerations that made more prosperous people willing to run and pay for this system.
Relevant to contemporary debates over assistance to the poor, the book provides a compelling picture of a network of care and control that integrated public and private forms of aid.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 5 illustrations
- Publisher:University of Hertfordshire Press
- Publication Date:04/04/2013
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- ISBN:9781907396915
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 5 illustrations
- Publisher:University of Hertfordshire Press
- Publication Date:04/04/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781907396915