Vicar General and Senior Canon
John Thomas Becher was the eldest son of Michael Henry Becher and his wife Catherine French of Cork, Ireland. John Thomas Becher was sent to Westminster School at the age of 14 in 1783, becoming a King’s Scholar in 1784. In April 1788 was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, but shortly afterwards moved to Christchurch, Oxford where he took his B.A. in 1792 and proceeded to M.A. in 1795. He moved to Southwell by 1792, and after ordination in the Church of England he became Perpetual curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire in 1799. In 1801 he became vicar of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and in 1802 of Midsomer Norton in Somerset. In January 1802 Becher married Mary Drake, daughter of the Rev. William Becher, a relative, who was a Prebendary of Southwell Minster. Becher had Hill House in Easthorpe, Southwell, built for them to live in. Children John Drake Becher 1806 and Mary Cranfield (Rev. Alfred Tatham).
Besides his clerical duties, Becher was chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the Northern division of Nottingham for 30 years until his resignation in April 1836. He had a particular interest in social economics. He designed the parish workhouse at Southwell in 1808, and in 1824 he promoted a union of 49 parishes called the Thurgarton Hundred Incorporation, and worked on the plans for its workhouse at Upton.
He supported strictness, segregation and economy in workhouses, and explained that they should be operated 'with tenderness towards the Infirm and the Guiltless Poor, but opposing by every legal effort the overwhelming Advances of idle, profligate and sturdy pauperism.' His view that workhouses should be unpleasant enough to deter all but the most needy, was the basis of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which set up Poor Law Unions across the country.
John Thomas Becher was the eldest son of Michael Henry Becher and his wife Catherine French of Cork, Ireland. John Thomas Becher was sent to Westminster School at the age of 14 in 1783, becoming a King’s Scholar in 1784. In April 1788 was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, but shortly afterwards moved to Christchurch, Oxford where he took his B.A. in 1792 and proceeded to M.A. in 1795. He moved to Southwell by 1792, and after ordination in the Church of England he became Perpetual curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire in 1799. In 1801 he became vicar of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and in 1802 of Midsomer Norton in Somerset. In January 1802 Becher married Mary Drake, daughter of the Rev. William Becher, a relative, who was a Prebendary of Southwell Minster. Becher had Hill House in Easthorpe, Southwell, built for them to live in. Children John Drake Becher 1806 and Mary Cranfield (Rev. Alfred Tatham).
Besides his clerical duties, Becher was chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the Northern division of Nottingham for 30 years until his resignation in April 1836. He had a particular interest in social economics. He designed the parish workhouse at Southwell in 1808, and in 1824 he promoted a union of 49 parishes called the Thurgarton Hundred Incorporation, and worked on the plans for its workhouse at Upton.
He supported strictness, segregation and economy in workhouses, and explained that they should be operated 'with tenderness towards the Infirm and the Guiltless Poor, but opposing by every legal effort the overwhelming Advances of idle, profligate and sturdy pauperism.' His view that workhouses should be unpleasant enough to deter all but the most needy, was the basis of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which set up Poor Law Unions across the country.
Vicar General and Senior Canon
John Thomas Becher was the eldest son of Michael Henry Becher and his wife Catherine French of Cork, Ireland. John Thomas Becher was sent to Westminster School at the age of 14 in 1783, becoming a King’s Scholar in 1784. In April 1788 was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, but shortly afterwards moved to Christchurch, Oxford where he took his B.A. in 1792 and proceeded to M.A. in 1795. He moved to Southwell by 1792, and after ordination in the Church of England he became Perpetual curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire in 1799. In 1801 he became vicar of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and in 1802 of Midsomer Norton in Somerset. In January 1802 Becher married Mary Drake, daughter of the Rev. William Becher, a relative, who was a Prebendary of Southwell Minster. Becher had Hill House in Easthorpe, Southwell, built for them to live in. Children John Drake Becher 1806 and Mary Cranfield (Rev. Alfred Tatham).
Besides his clerical duties, Becher was chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the Northern division of Nottingham for 30 years until his resignation in April 1836. He had a particular interest in social economics. He designed the parish workhouse at Southwell in 1808, and in 1824 he promoted a union of 49 parishes called the Thurgarton Hundred Incorporation, and worked on the plans for its workhouse at Upton.
He supported strictness, segregation and economy in workhouses, and explained that they should be operated 'with tenderness towards the Infirm and the Guiltless Poor, but opposing by every legal effort the overwhelming Advances of idle, profligate and sturdy pauperism.' His view that workhouses should be unpleasant enough to deter all but the most needy, was the basis of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which set up Poor Law Unions across the country.
John Thomas Becher was the eldest son of Michael Henry Becher and his wife Catherine French of Cork, Ireland. John Thomas Becher was sent to Westminster School at the age of 14 in 1783, becoming a King’s Scholar in 1784. In April 1788 was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, but shortly afterwards moved to Christchurch, Oxford where he took his B.A. in 1792 and proceeded to M.A. in 1795. He moved to Southwell by 1792, and after ordination in the Church of England he became Perpetual curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire in 1799. In 1801 he became vicar of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and in 1802 of Midsomer Norton in Somerset. In January 1802 Becher married Mary Drake, daughter of the Rev. William Becher, a relative, who was a Prebendary of Southwell Minster. Becher had Hill House in Easthorpe, Southwell, built for them to live in. Children John Drake Becher 1806 and Mary Cranfield (Rev. Alfred Tatham).
Besides his clerical duties, Becher was chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the Northern division of Nottingham for 30 years until his resignation in April 1836. He had a particular interest in social economics. He designed the parish workhouse at Southwell in 1808, and in 1824 he promoted a union of 49 parishes called the Thurgarton Hundred Incorporation, and worked on the plans for its workhouse at Upton.
He supported strictness, segregation and economy in workhouses, and explained that they should be operated 'with tenderness towards the Infirm and the Guiltless Poor, but opposing by every legal effort the overwhelming Advances of idle, profligate and sturdy pauperism.' His view that workhouses should be unpleasant enough to deter all but the most needy, was the basis of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which set up Poor Law Unions across the country.
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