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A History of the County of Stafford
… crier by 1691, his main duties in 1711 were keeping poor vagrants out of the town and supervising the watch. 12 There … court in 1574 was presumably directed chiefly against poor vagrants. 21 The poor in Burton township were being badged by …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1711. 19 Burton vestry engaged a man in 1737 to drive out vagrants, discontinued his services in 1747, but re-appointed …
The Environs of London
… foundacion of the office. And whereas, their are divers vagrants and persons of loose and idle life, that usually … and our deputies, power and authoritie to apprehend such vagrants, and to convene them before the next justice of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… effect completely. 9 About half the prisoners in 1820 were vagrants; others had been committed for poaching (38) and for …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… town hall where a local magistrate dealt with drunks and vagrants until 1905 or later. 13 Pipe R 1214 (PRS n.s. 35), …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… shall be appointed to apprehend and punish such vagrants and idle persons as live not in any lawful vocation, …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… the poor in this time of great dearth, and for repressing vagrants, according to her Majesty's princely care and …