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A History of the County of Essex
… appointed in 1739, to deal with strangers, vagrants, and beggars. He soon became the messenger and servant of the …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… as were not in receipt of parish maintenance nor common beggars : the same being an ancient charity called Cremit …
Old and New London
… of all sober persons; and whereas divers disorderly beggars are daily walking and begging in the Abbey and …
Old and New London
… history, was followed by what has been termed the "age of beggars and thieves;" for when the poorer classes, who had … enact further laws for the punishment of sturdy and wilful beggars, and ultimately to bring in sundry "poor laws" to …
Old and New London
… as we learn in the "Lives of the Norths," was stolen by beggars, and retaken in an alley leading towards Cannon Row, …
Old and New London
… men" mixed with the diseased crowds and hordes of beggars that swarmed around a "'spital," associating of …
Old and New London
… are thieves, costermongers, stallkeepers, professional beggars, rag-dealers, brokers, and small tradesmen. The …