Bristol Bishop and a Laundress Death at the Palace
A Bristol coroners inquest reports the death of Elizabeth Searle, a Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol laundry maid, amid accusations of inadequate board wages and neglect. Witnesses describe meager rations, limited vegetables, and a garden’s meager produce during the family’s absence, with testimony contrasting a £14 yearly wage and 5s weekly board pay with a death from bowel mortification due to constipation. The piece critiques aristocratic waste, shifts responsibility to employers, and questions wages for servants in palatial households.
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