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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 'scoles' (p. 423) or 'bawling' (p. 453) the harbouring of beggars and other offences. Ibid. 467. Ibid. 462. W. Farrer's …
Calendar of Treasury books
… it] about 18 feet forward into the Privy Garden to prevent beggars and passengers looking in at his window. Prefixing: …
Calendar of Treasury books
… be required to put the laws in execution against sturdy beggars, rogues and vagabonds, as such pernicious practices …
A History of the County of Essex
… indigent: in 1510 William Baker was accused of harbouring beggars and in 1514 a tailor was indicted for keeping and lodging beggars and vagabonds, 20 but both poverty and vagrancy were … 1622 four beadles were appointed to seek out unlicensed beggars, and to control the licensed ones, who were to be …
A History of the County of York
… Parish constables were in 1528 ordered to list the beggars, distribute tokens to the legitimate, and command the rest to leave the city forthwith. 29 By 1530 master beggars had been appointed in each ward to report the advent … plague of 1538 the constables again compiled lists of the beggars within their several parishes, kept them in their …
The Environs of London
… Charles II. In this room also are Hogarth's sketch of the Beggars Opera, containing portraits of the original …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… into order. In 1676 a man was appointed to seek out beggars, lodgers, and intruders, and in 1681 the vestry gave …
Old and New London
… and at some distance behind it a pavilion that beggars all descriptionI do not mean for the richness of the …