Research and Planning : Editorial

The Pauper Letter: 

"Catherine Jones was a disabled woman who received poor relief from the parish of St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London from at least 1757 to at least 1783. For most of this time she was living in Wales. While the effort she was forced to expend in obtaining and maintaining this pauper/parish relationship was considerable, the amount of support she received was also substantial." (Palk, 2001) 


Jones received the support in 1757 receiving a substantial amount to of £3 4s. Although she was not currently living in the parish, it was her father birth place and she herself lived there for several years. There was no evidence that Jones had married or had children. Therefore it's assumed this was the reason for the payments to continue.



Catherine Jones despite receiving payments for finical aid, returned to London, in 1772 for an unknown reason. Once she arrived in London she was placed in a pauper farm workhouse in Hoxton. A few months later she was deported back to Wrexham; the parish provided her with clothes and money if she agreed. In 1783 Jones was removed of the parish records in the assumption she had past.

Bibliography
Palk, D. (2001) Lives - Catherine Jones, fl. 1757-1783. Available at: http://www.londonlives.org/static/JonesCatherinePauperC1757-1780.jsp (Accessed: 22 October 2015).