Lillie
Ok.
Where does this idea of 'Pauper's Burial' or 'Burial at the expense of the Parish' come from?
Is there some official document that says this?
Because I just thought this.
There are different parishes. The govenment cuts the country up into parishes (civil parishes). The church of England also does (ecclesiastical parishes).
These are the two you would think of when things like so called 'Pauper's graves' and 'parish relief' are mentioned.
But. The Catholic church has it's own parishes.
Now, it seems that PCS was not poor enough in life to get Parish relief, dole money or income support, or whatever they had then. In that case she wouldn't really have been a 'Pauper', although she might have been poor.
Only after her death, when it seems a parish of some kind steps in to pay for her burial, does she become poor enough for that kind of help.
And I thought. 'If she was so well in with the church, with priests and all that, like has been reported. Why didn't they do something?'
But maybe they did. Maybe the parish that buried her is the catholic parish and not the local government.
See, there are just so many questions. And so far I have not seen one piece of actual evidence. It's all hearsay. It's all 'wikipedia, google and shit.'
Are there any original documents? Has anyone bothered to get her death certificate, for instance?
Where does this 'Pauper's grave' story come from?
Is there actually any hard evidence at all?
Where does this idea of 'Pauper's Burial' or 'Burial at the expense of the Parish' come from?
Is there some official document that says this?
Because I just thought this.
There are different parishes. The govenment cuts the country up into parishes (civil parishes). The church of England also does (ecclesiastical parishes).
These are the two you would think of when things like so called 'Pauper's graves' and 'parish relief' are mentioned.
But. The Catholic church has it's own parishes.
Now, it seems that PCS was not poor enough in life to get Parish relief, dole money or income support, or whatever they had then. In that case she wouldn't really have been a 'Pauper', although she might have been poor.
Only after her death, when it seems a parish of some kind steps in to pay for her burial, does she become poor enough for that kind of help.
And I thought. 'If she was so well in with the church, with priests and all that, like has been reported. Why didn't they do something?'
But maybe they did. Maybe the parish that buried her is the catholic parish and not the local government.
See, there are just so many questions. And so far I have not seen one piece of actual evidence. It's all hearsay. It's all 'wikipedia, google and shit.'
Are there any original documents? Has anyone bothered to get her death certificate, for instance?
Where does this 'Pauper's grave' story come from?
Is there actually any hard evidence at all?