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Old and New London
… that, what with the din of squallings, oaths, and cries of beggars, men of the greatest consequence in our City absent …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… then every petty Arrist in his way, yea the very common Beggars had the Confidence to offer Violence to their … some Reformation with reference to the Multitude of Beggars and poor People which infest the Kingdom Great …
A History of the County of York
… comparatively few of those complaints against swarms of beggars so characteristic of Tudor York. Responsibility for …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… the poor appear to have been taken, though 30 badges for beggars were provided in 1558-9 and there was a keeper or beadle for beggars. 92 Some effort was made to reduce the burden of …
Old and New London
… was something about the child which marked it off from the beggars' brats among whom it was playing, and its distingu …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… hath on a Petition, Decreed quite contrary; and it was no Beggars Causes, but a Knights, and 5000 l. value: That to the …