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A History of the County of York
… of the latter'. The paupers were said often to tease the idiots 'as a pastime'. 53 Copies of this report were sent to …
Old and New London
… to 9,042, of whom 3,884 were discharged uncured or as idiots, and 35,911 as cured. Seven hundred died during that … counties: for example, Hanwell, 1831; Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, founded in 1847; and Colney Hatch, 1851. The Lunatic …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… October 1653 An Act Touching Idiots and Lunatiques. October, 1653 [13 October, 1653.] Whereas the persons of Idiots and Lunaticks have received much damage, and their … in all cases give relief in Law and Equity to the said Idiots and Lunatiques, as fully and amply as any …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… that chief lords should have the wardship of the lands of idiots, and Ralph the son of Ralph de Lasceles, who is …
A History of the County of Essex
… woman. 14 In 1830-2 St. Runwald's boarded out two harmless idiots at a house in Maidenburgh Street, 15 but presumably …