"Proposals for the delivery of about 500 Poor insolvent debtors now starving in the prisons of ...... London;" viz. that a grant of £1000 be made from the Treasury to discharge all whose debts and fees do not exceed £2, on the occasion of the entry of George I. into London
MS. Rawl. C. 743, fol. 85
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Title
"Proposals for the delivery of about 500 Poor insolvent debtors now starving in the prisons of ...... London;" viz. that a grant of £1000 be made from the Treasury to discharge all whose debts and fees do not exceed £2, on the occasion of the entry of George I. into London
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 743, fol. 85
Summary
Such a grant was actually made on occasion of the King's dining with the City in 1714, and the example was followed by George II. in 1727.
Date
1714
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson C: History, Theology
Papers chiefly relating to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and to the Commissioners for relieving poor Proselytes
"Proposals for the delivery of about 500 Poor insolvent debtors now starving in the prisons of ...... London;" viz. that a grant of £1000 be made from the Treasury to discharge all whose debts and fees do not exceed £2, on the occasion of the entry of George I. into London
