The Village Labourer 1760-1832; a Study in the Government of England Before the Reform Bill
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lOd. for the support of every other of his family.
' And so in proportion as the price of bread rises or falls (that is to say), 3d. to the man and Id. to every other of the family, on every penny which the loaf rises above a shilling.' In other words, it was estimated that the man must have three gallon loaves a week, and his wife and each child one and a half.
It is interesting to notice that at this same famous Speenham- land meeting the justices ' wishing, as much as possible, to alleviate ...the Distresses of the Poor with as little burthen on the occupiers of the Land as possible ' recommended overseers to cultivate land for potatoes and to give the workers a quarter of the crop, selhng the rest at one shilling a bushel ; overseers were also recommended to purchase fuel and to retail it at a loss.
The Speenhamland pohcy was not a full-blown invention of that unhappy May morning in the Pelican Inn. The principle had already been adopted elsewhere. At the Oxford Quarter Sessions on 13th January 1795, the justices had resolved that the following incomes were ' absolutely necessary for the support of the poor, industrious labourer, and that when the utmost industry of a family cannot produce the under- mentioned sums, it must be made up by the overseer, exclusive of rent, viz.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
lOd. for the support of every other of his family.
' And so in proportion as the price of bread rises or falls (that is to say), 3d. to the man and Id. to every other of the family, on every penny which the loaf rises above a shilling.' In other words, it was estimated that the man must have three gallon loaves a week, and his wife and each child one and a half.
It is interesting to notice that at this same famous Speenham- land meeting the justices ' wishing, as much as possible, to alleviate ...the Distresses of the Poor with as little burthen on the occupiers of the Land as possible ' recommended overseers to cultivate land for potatoes and to give the workers a quarter of the crop, selhng the rest at one shilling a bushel ; overseers were also recommended to purchase fuel and to retail it at a loss.
The Speenhamland pohcy was not a full-blown invention of that unhappy May morning in the Pelican Inn. The principle had already been adopted elsewhere. At the Oxford Quarter Sessions on 13th January 1795, the justices had resolved that the following incomes were ' absolutely necessary for the support of the poor, industrious labourer, and that when the utmost industry of a family cannot produce the under- mentioned sums, it must be made up by the overseer, exclusive of rent, viz.
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