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Statutes of the Realm
… XVIII. An Act for the more effectuall Punishment of Vagrants and sending them whither by Law they ought to be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the justices ordered its closure. 159 Inmates, chiefly vagrants, petty criminals, and 'lewd women', seldom numbered … bellman or beadle was required to patrol the town, control vagrants, inspect public houses, and report wrongdoers to the … payments were made to 192 'non-parishioners', presumably vagrants; including 115 workhouse inmates, almost 20 per cent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… him with red and blue livery: his duties included whipping vagrants, impounding strays, and minimal scavenging, and in …