Taken from Minutes of the Meeting 12th March 1842, Caistor Board. 
Tenders for Supplying the Work House with Provisions, Clothing Materials
etc. from 26th March to 24th September. The following were accepted:

Johnathan Hannath's tender for Meat:
Beef without bone at 7/6d per stone
Beef with bone at 6/6d per stone
Mutton at 6/6d per stone
Ox heads at 2/6d each
Beef Suet at 5d per pound
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John Lidgett's Tender for Groceries:
Rice at two pence halfpenny per pound
Cheese at seven pence per pound
Peas at 20 pence per peck
Oatmeal at 2 pence per pound
Butter- cost price
Black Pepper at 14 pence per pound
Salt at four pence halfpenny per stone
Black tea at four shillings per pound
Raw Sugar at seven pence per pound
Thumb Blue at one shilling per pound
Fuller's Clay at 7 pence per stone
Best dip Candles at 6 pence per pound
Whale oil at three shillings and sixpence a gallon
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Robert Turner's Tender for Groceries:
Starch at five pence halfpenny per pound
Soda at one shilling six pence per stone
Black Lead at seven pence per pound
Good Hard yellow Soap 6 shillings 6 pence per stone
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John Lidgett's Tender for Drapery:
Blue cloth caps for boys 20/- per dozen
Hardon No 36 at 6 and a halfpence per yard
Cotton for caps No 7b at 5d per yard
Gingham at 7 and a halfpence per yard
Logwood stripe at 1/- per yard
Flannel No 10b at 1/- per yard
Unbleached calico No 12b at 4d per yard
Black Drab Worsted at 2/- per pound
Black Worsted at 2/- per pound
Rugs 10 yards long No 18 3/6 each
Rugs 10 yards long No 18a 4/- each
Cotton for sheets No 19b at 10d per yard
Hessian for towels No 21 3d per yard
Cloth for washing floors 5d per yard
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John Spencer and Son's Tender for Drapery etc.:
Beverteen -6- 27 ins wide 14/4 per yard
Chambray -C1- 27 ins wide 5/4 per yard
Checked Muslin -J1- 36 ins wide 7 and a halfpence per yard
Plain Muslin -2- 36 ins wide 6d per yard
Blue Linen -V1- 33 ins wide 7d per yard
Ticking -W3- 27 ins wide 7 and a halfpence per yard
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Messrs Hargrave and Ellis Tender for Drapery etc.:
Jean -A- 8 and a halfpence per yard
Blue and white cotton handkerchiefs 6d each
Drab Cotton for Lining 4 and a quarterpence per yard
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The Tenders for Flour and Coals were not accepted- fresh tenders were
requested to be laid before the board on 26th Inst.
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On the meeting of the 26th March the following is Minuted:

John Rayton's tender for Flour and Yeast:
Seconds flour at 2/5d per stone
Thirds flour at 2/3d per stone
Yeast at 6d per pound
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Nevel Glew's Tender for Coals:
Common Coals at 6/6d per ton
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Later in the Minutes of the meeting held 26th March 1842:

Cheques were given to the clerk to discharge the following Accounts:
To John Ryton for flour and yeast- £85-14-6
To the Execs. Of the late William Hannath for meat- £91-6-1
To J Lidgett for groceries- £49-7-6
To R Eyre for peas and salt- £14-4-6
To Nevel Glew for coals- £40-19-0
To Robert Fox for wine, porter, potatoes, milk, fagots- £14-2-6
To John Lidgett for clothing- £23-5-5
To Robert Wigglesworth for clogs- £9-19-9
To the Execs of James Button for coffins- £6-1-6
To John Foster for funeral fees- £1-8-0
To John Lidgett for blankets- £39/1/8
To John Odling for half year shaving & cutting hair of Paupers- £4-2-6 
To George Chapman for digging/leading 228 yds of clay at 11d a yard- £8-9-0
To George Mawson for sundry small disbursements- £3/8/0 
To William Keyworth/Thos Lamming 225 pecks potatoes at 6d per peck-£5-12-6 Francis Brocklesby for 200 pecks potatoes £5-0-0 
To Luke Lamming for 50 pecks-£1-5-0 
To Wm Keyworth for 400 pecks- £10-0-0
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Contributed by: Rex Johnson, UK
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