| Title | A memorial signed by the Chief Constables of Hunts, (John Islip, William Stokes, John Lancaster, John Dann, Edward Peck, and John Pierson) protesting against a contemplated reduction in their salaries whilst recognising the urgent need for economy in County expenditure in the then state of agricultural distress, the signatories pointed out their onerous duties for which the existing remuneration was hardly sufficient and which involved 500 miles travel and the upkeep of a horse. Reference was made to increased responsibilities during the riots in the County at the end of 1830. |