George III strengthened the earlier Act of Parliament, Encouragement of the Growth of Hemp and Flax, in 1786 for England. The list of claimants of the subsidy from Hambleton for 1787, 1788, and 1789 were William Bew; Robert Brooke; John Gibson; William Knowles; John Richardson; Edward Richardson; William Robinson; John Sayner; John Settrington; Robert Smith; Samuel Smith; Robert Stead; John Todd; John Turner and John Young.