Catalogue description Content: Folios 361-362. Letter from Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians of the...

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Details of MH 12/8475/196
Reference: MH 12/8475/196
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Content: Folios 361-362. Letter from Samuel King, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, enclosing a copy of a letter and asking if the Commissioners consider it a proper and respectful letter. Enclosed letter from Henry Seales, Relieving Officer, Walsingham Poor Law Union. The letter states that he had been directed to inform the guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union that they had awarded an allowance of 3 shillings weekly to Mary Reid belonging to Fransham in the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union but living at Fakenham and to inform them that they will suspend any further payments after the ensuing week unless the amount of relief given to John Bangy, pauper (since deceased) belonging to Gateley and then residing in the parish of Ryburgh be immediately paid over to Seales and that they will in no case receive any application from any person connected with their union. They consider the treatment ungentlemanly and uncourteous as the man had applied to the relieving officer at Gateley and was referred to Seales as he resided in his district. He observes that they had not received such treatment from any other union. Annotated: Dr Kay [Dr James Phillips Kay], Assistant Poor Law Commissioner recommends that a copy of both letters be sent to the board of guardians of the Walsingham Poor Law Union. Annotated: draft letter to [John Ormsby] Clerk to Walsingham Poor Law Union, staying that the Commissioners feel that the board should be acquainted with the communications and expressing their regret that an officer should have ventured to endanger the harmonious intercourse which the interests of public service render most desirable between boards of guardians by writing a letter so coarsely and unaccountably offensive. They deprecate in the strongest manner the use of any such terms as are employed in remonstrating with any board of guardians concerning the course they may feel inclined to pursue. Paper Number: 8057/A/1838. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
Date: 27 Aug 1838
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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