Debates over the working of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act
John Bowen’s Twelve Letters to the Times concerning the Poor Law Reform 1836-7
The Medical Men of Bridgwater Facts Connected with the Medical Relief of the Poor in the Bridgwater Union, 13 November 1837
John Bowen’s The union work-house and board of guardians system 1842
House of Lords Select Committee of 1838
Introduction by Tony Woolrich, 2021
Documentation Requested by the Committee
Proceedings of the Committee:
Evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee Poor Law enquiry
Day 1, 12 June 1838: Robert Underdown, p 525; Baruch Toogood p 532; John Evered Poole,p 544
Day 2, 14 June 1838: Robert Underdown, p 563; Abraham King 565; Joseph Addison,p 584; George Werry, p 589
Day 3, 15 June 1838: Evidence of Abraham King, p 599; George Warry, passim
Day 4, 18 June 1838: Horatio Nelson Tilsey, p 633; Benjamin Beadon Ridduckn,pp 647, 683; Robert Young p 675
Day 5, 19 June 1838: Richard King Meade King, p 685; Robert Weale, p 706; John Stagg, p 720
Day 6, 28 June 1838: Jonathan Toogood, p 725
Day 7, 26 June 1838: Jonathan Toogood, p 753; James Franklin Waites, P 770; Mrs Mary Waites, p 782; Kitty Walker, p 785; James Newman,p 790
Day 8, 2 July 1838: Evidence of John Bowen p 795
Day 9, 5 July 1838: Hugh Chatley Standert, p839; Elizabeh Woolley, pp 851 & 871; Mary Date, p 855; Salome Stacey, pp 863 & 870; Catherine Stanbury,p 866; John Bowen,p 872
Day 10, 6 July 1838: Robert Weale, p 887; John Bowen, p 889
Day 11, 5 July 1838: John Bowen, p 915; Charlotte Allan, p 941
Day 12, 10 July 1838: John Bowen, p 945; William Baker, p 958; Charles Locock. M.D., p 979
Day 13, 17 July 1838: Evidence of Abraham King, p 985; James Gover p 1006; Rachel Philips, p 1016; Elizabeth Bray, p 1017; Amy Ellis, p 1020; Harriet Bindon, 1024; James Gover,1027; Robert Underdown, p 1029
Day 14, 19 July 1838: Evidence of Robert Underdown, p 1031; John Chinn p 1033; John Somers, p 41 George Warry, p 1066; Mary Reed, p 1077
Day 15, 19 July 1838: Evidence of John Rodney Ward, p 1085; Rev Benjamin Pope, p 1106
Day 16, 23, July 1838: Evidence of Robert Underdown, p 1113, John Rodney Ward, p 1114; John Trood, p 1144
Day 17, 24, July 1838: Evidence of Robert Jolliffe Colthurst, p 1163; Frederick Axford, p 1181; Rev Samuel Starkey, p 1199; Robert Beadon Buller, p 1216; Rev Noblett Ruddock, p 1221
Day 18, 26, July 1838: Evidence of Rev Noblett Ruddock, p 1231; George Warry, p 1237; Rev, Samuel Starkey, p 1253; Richard King Meade King, p 1254; Thomas Withy Inman, p 1257; Robert George Underdown, p 1276
Day 19, 27, July 1838: Evidence of Richard King Meade King, p 1277; Robert Weale, p1280; Rev Henry Parsons, p 1302; Reuben Craven Payne, p 1311
Postscript:
Bowen’s response: New Poor Law : the Bridgwater case : is killing in an union workhouse criminal, if sanctioned by the Poor Law Commissioners? A question raised on certain facts deposed to on oath before a late committee of the House of Lords, and humbly submitted to the serious and early consideration of both Lords and Commons by John Bowen. Publisher: London : Published
Also See:
Public Health in Bridgwater by Tony Woolrich
The Ragged School by Clare Spicer
The Bridgwater Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham (external site)