Chapter X: Methods of Relief, 1597-1644

A. _In times of emergency._

§ 1. The methods by which the scarcity orders of the Privy Council
were executed in 1623 and 1630-1: (_a_) the suppression of alehouses
and restriction of malting; (_b_) the regulations for serving the
markets with corn; (_c_) selling corn to labourers under price; (_d_)
other methods of providing food for the poor. § 2. Evidence as to
the success or failure of the corn regulations. § 3. Reasons for
adopting them. § 4. Bearing of the scarcity measures on the history
of poor relief, (_a_) because of the growth of organisation; (_b_)
as an indication of the standard of life of the poorer classes. § 5.
Provision of fuel for the poor in winter. § 6. Help afforded in times
of plague and sickness. § 7. Contributions to sufferers from fire.
§ 8. Two characteristics of seventeenth century poor relief: (_a_)
little distinction between paupers and non-paupers; (_b_) little
distinction between relief afforded by voluntary contributions and
that provided by poor rates pp. 184-205

B. _Ordinary relief._

α. _Impotent Poor._ § 1. Almshouses and endowed
charities. § 2. Relief for the old from county and parochial rates.
β. _Children._ § 3. Apprenticeship. § 4. Schools for
little children and orphanages. γ. _Able-bodied poor._
§ 5. Relief given to prisoners. § 6. Provision of funds to provide
work for the unemployed. § 7. Methods of providing work: (_a_) Stocks
used to employ the poor in their homes; (_b_) Introduction of new
trades; (_c_) Workhouses and Jersey schools; (_d_) Bridewells; (_e_)
Emigration; (_f_) Pressure on employers; (_g_) Advancement of capital
without interest pp. 206-236

CHAPTER XII.

1597-1644.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAW AS A WHOLE.

§ 1. Importance of the period 1597-1644. § 2. Negligent administration
of the Poor Law in the North and extreme West. § 3. Administration in
the rest of England varied with the action of the Privy Council. § 4.
Action of the Privy Council and administration between 1597 and 1605.
§ 5. Action of the Privy Council and administration between 1605 and
1629. § 6. Action of the Privy Council and administration between 1629
and 1644. § 7. Improvement effected in 1631 especially concerned the
unemployed. § 8. Detailed report from Bassetlaw. § 9. Provision for the
unemployed (_a_) in the North and extreme West; (_b_) in the towns;
(_c_) in the Western counties; (_d_) in the Eastern counties. § 10.
Summary pp. 237-266