1731
17th. May Monday
An act was passed to prevent the stealing of
linen, fustian, and other wares from the fields where they are whitening or
drying. It received royal assent May 17.(7)
1731
A proposal for the establishment of a public
workhouse for Manchester was defeated by the violence of party feeling. The High
Churchmen and Jacobites were afraid that the control would be in the hands of
the Whigs and Presbyterians, and so refused to comply.(7)