Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records, 1627-1641

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Largely comprises transcriptions of accounting records relating to the operation of the workhouse manufactory, viz: Workhouse accounts, 1628-1633, but expenditure only [pp1-202]; Workhouse accounts and inventories, 1627-36, being an annual stocktaking record [pp203-24]; List of debts owing to the Workhouse, 1641 [p225]. Introductory chapters cover John Kendrick and his bequest [ppxii-xv]; implementation of his bequest; organization of clothmaking in the Workhouse; fate of the Workhouse; why it failed