The State of the Poor: Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period

Frederick Morton Eden

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139095266

The State of the Poor

Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period

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Volume 3
Frederick Morton Eden

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2012
Print publication year:: 2011
First published in:: 1797
Online ISBN:: 9781139095266
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095266

Subjects:: Social and Population History, British History: General Interest, History, Economic History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, General

55.99 (GBP)

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Sir Frederick Morton Eden (1766–1809) was an English writer and a pioneer social researcher. Eden studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and subsequently worked in banking and insurance, inheriting a baronetcy from his father, who had been the governor of the American province of Maryland, in 1784. Arguing that poverty could not be tackled without knowing what it actually meant to be poor, this innovative three-volume work is an attempt to define what poverty meant in concrete terms. It is packed with data from across England, divided by county, and covering factors such as food prices, wages, diet and mortality rates. Volume 3 presents the second set of reports on living conditions of the poor in the various English counties, sorted alphabetically from Surrey to Yorkshire, and the Welsh counties. A study of Scotland's poor is included in an appendix.

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The State of the Poor

Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

SURREY
pp 1-34

SUSSEX
pp 35-43

WARWICKSHIRE
pp 44-73

WESTMORELAND
pp 74-105

WILTSHIRE
pp 106-126

WORCESTERSHIRE
pp 126-134

YORKSHIRE
pp 134-210

DENBIGHSHIRE
pp 211-221

PEMBROKESHIRE
pp 222-223

RADNORSHIRE
pp 224-228

APPENDIX
pp 229-230

I - A Comparative and Chronological Table of Prices
pp 231-320

II - Wages appointed by Statute, in 1495
pp 321-321

III - Wages of Labourers, rated by Justices at different Periods
pp 322-342

IV - Compositions paid by the different Counties, in lieu of Purveyance, in 1593
pp 343-348

V - Extracts from the Houshold Book of the Earl of Surrey, in 1523
pp 349-351

VI - Extracts from Sir Edward Coke's Houshold Accounts, in 1596
pp 352-368

VII - Regulations of a House of Correction at Bury, Suffolk, in 1589
pp 368-378

VIII - Principal Acts of Parliament concerning the Poor
pp 379-471

IX - Catalogue and Titles of the Statutes relating to the Poor
pp 472-509

X - Account of the Poor in Scotland
pp 509-540

XI - Mr. Pitt's Speech on 12th February 1796, and Heads of his Poor Bill
pp 540-570

XII - Expences and Earnings of Agricultural Labourers, in various Parts of England
pp 571-582

XIII - Prices of Provisions in Suffolk, for five years
pp 583-583

XIV - Poor's Rates, Houses paying and exempted from Window- Tax, and Population, in several Parishes
pp 583-587

XV - Mr. Bailey's Computation of the Quantity of Meat, &c. necessary in Work-houses
pp 588-588

XVI - Forms of Regislers for Admissions, Births, Deaths, and Apprenticeships of Parish Children
pp 589-594

XVII - Account of Broad and Narrow Cloths, manufactured in the West Riding of Yorkshire, since 1726; and County Expences in the West Riding, for several years
pp 595-598

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