Note 551 — Chapter XI
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Selections from the Municipal Archives of Liverpool, Picton, June 24th, 1598. "It was agreed by all the assembly that a house termed a 'House of Correction' shoulde be had and taken for the poore people aforesaid," and it was further arranged that Mr More should let his house at Poole for that purpose at a reasonable rent.
For Nottingham, see Nottingham Records, Vol. IV., p. 225. In 1601 it was arranged that John Cooper should remain keeper of St John. He was to take up rogues and punish those committed to him, though at the same time he was to have an allowance for the poor infants and others which were sent to him.
Kendal, A.D. 1601. There is a list of collectors of benevolences for the House of Correction. Hist. Man. Com. Rep. X. App. IV., p. 299.