It proposed that the able-bodied be offered work in a house of correction (the precursor of the workhouse), where the persistent idler was to be punished.
Wing's original building included... a turnkey's lodge, cells for debtors, felons and house of correction prisoners, hot and cold baths and an oven to purify infected clothing.
Here they were both sent to the house of correction and harshly treated, but the only charge against them was preaching, and the magistrates released them.
