February 1783

had died on the Pass Cart some little time age in her conveyance to
Enfield and that there had been great want of attention to wards a
Vagrant who had been brought from Hertfordshire to Enfield in a most
deplorable State labouring under a Mortification in his feet It is
Ordered that these matters be further considered on the adjournment
day and that in the mean time Mr. Adams ana all Prisons concerned
have notice hereof:

Mr: Chairman's Report
respg: Ground belonging
to the County in Lease
to the people called
Quakers and also other
Ground adjoining}

Mr. Chairman Reported that he had not been able
since the last Session to obtain from the Trustees of the Quakers Workhouse
any further Information respecting the Ground in Lease to them form the
County of Middlesex adjoining to the Garden or Ground belonging to the
House of Correction at Clerkenwell but that he was informed there was
[..] ece of Ground adjoining to other part of the said Garden or Ground
belonging to the said House of Correction which might be procured
for the purpose of enlarging the same Which Ground might be had
for a term ofYears or longer at the Yearly Rent of £30 before the
Expiration of which term ofYears the Ground and Premises let by [..]
Justices to the Body of Quakers would fall into the hands of of the
Justices. Whereupon a Motion was made that the farther consider [..]
of this matter be postponed to the adjournment day which being agreed to
It is recommended to His Majestys Justices of the Peace now here present
to view in the mean time the said piece of Grounds

The Prisoners in the
House of Correction
not kept to paid Labour
as by law they ought} The Chairman also reported that notwithstanding
the Debtors who had for some time been confined on the House of Correction
Clerkenwell had been removed from that prison the prisoners thereon had
not been kept to hard labour as by Law they ought that a small Quant [..]
of Oakum had been picked by the Women but that the Men had not [..]
employed; nor was the picking Oakum the only kind of Labour in
which they ought to be employed Whereupon a Motion was made
that the further consideration of this matter be postponed to the adjournment
day and the same was agreed to: