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29th. March 1723
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to allow £6. for a man & £3 for
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£. F. fo: 304
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£ F. fo: 673
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Upon reading a Report from the Comittee of this House under these
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Thomas Nicoll
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Charles Gretton
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Robert Witham
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Thomas Parry
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bearing date the 27th. day of March instant in the words following Vizt.
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Permant to an Order of Court of the 26th. day of October last This Comittee have
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Considered of the Vacancy of a Hempdresser in this Hospital and having Searched
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the Books They find that by an Order of Court of the 5th. July 1628 the
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Hempdressers were to have all the Prisoners (part of whom had before that time
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been used to have been Imploy'd in other work) and to allow for a mans Labour
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4d. and for Women and Boys each 2d. P dayAnd by an Order of Court
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7th. May 1647. The Diet of the Prisoners was raised from 2d to 2d ½ P Meal
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And 7th November 1712 the same was by another Order of Court raised
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to 3d. P MealBut the Comittee Observe that altho the price of Labour
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has of late years increas'd as well as the price fo Victuals and Drink yet since the
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Year 1628. which is now very near one hundred years no Augmentation has been
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made of the Allowance from the Hempdressers for the Labour of the Prisoners
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which the Comittee are Opinion ought to bear some proportion to this Charge of
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their Diet (that is to Say) The Hempdressers ought to allow for the Labour of
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every man 6d. And for every woman Boy of Girl 3d. P DiconThe Comittee
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having Discours'd Mr Walde the only Hempdresser now in the House He Says he
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cannot make any greater Allowance for the prisoners Labour than 4d. a day for a
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man and 2d. for a Woman, Boy or Girl, as usual And he refuses to Employ two
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of the late Hempdressers Apprentices who are now Idle in the Hospital And at
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the same time he Imploys several JourneymenIt is Ordered that
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it be referred back to the Comee of this House to receive proposals from other
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Hempdressers and that they Cause the Vacancy of a Hempdresser in this Hospital
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to be advertized.
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Discharg'd the Hospital}
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the Prisoners Labour is too Small A Motion was made and the Question being
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James Walde
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shou'd be
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Discharg'd this Hospital if he refused to raise the price of the Prisoners Later
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from 4d. & 2d. a day to 6d. & 3d.And the said
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being
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Call'd into Court refused to raise the sameIt is Ordered that he
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be Discharg'd this Hospital and that he Quit his Appartment by Michas next
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Consider of proper method to keep the prisoners at Work and how to dispose
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Mr Treasurer acquainted the Court that
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