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A History of the County of Warwick
… John Fisher between 1580 and 1587, 44 were concerned with vagrancy and theft. 45 By the end of the 18th century the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… The execution of the poor law and the restriction of vagrancy, ill living, and contention was primarily the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 'true religion' and the community, but as an antidote to vagrancy and crime. This awareness shows in the resolution of …
Survey of London
… were then laid against the performers under the Vagrancy Acts, and a few weeks later Cundy's appeal was …
Survey of London
… to suppress Cibber by bringing a test case under a Vagrancy Act against one of the actors at the Haymarket, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… and lodging beggars and vagabonds, 20 but both poverty and vagrancy were lesser problems than they were to become in the …
Old and New London
… his wigbag over his shoulder, and, to avoid the charge of vagrancy, vociferated, as he passed along the streets, "Old …