Reference
QSR1800/179
Title
Corn prices: Draft account of a meeting of magistrates and landed proprietors held by desire of the Lord Lieutenant at the Swan Inn, Bedford, to consider the high price of bread and corn. They support the free supply of the market and agree that no specific form of relief can be applicable to all circumstances. That the Overseers of the Poor be recommended to afford any extraordinary relief in proportion to the size of families. A resolution to this effect passed. Copies to be attached to church door
Date free text
8 October 1800
Production date
From: 1800 To: 1800
Level of description
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