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The Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 or the Vagabond Act 1494 (11 Hen. 7.c. 2) was an Act of Parliament passed during the reign of Henry VII.The Act stated that "vagabonds, idle and suspected persons shall be set in the stocks for three days and three nights and have none other sustenance but bread and water and then shall be put out of Town.
The third act to pass was the Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597, which became the basis for the Victorian workhouse system; and another was the Act for "the punishment of rogues, vagabonds and sturdy beggars". Rogues who escaped were arrested, branded and then returned to the House of Correction until the governor could decide when to obtain ...
The Vagabonds Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6.c. 3), also known as the Vagrancy Act 1547, was a statute passed in England by King Edward VI and his Lord Protector, Edward Seymour. [1] It provided that vagabonds could be enslaved for two years and continued weekly parish collections for the poor. [2]
The Vagabonds Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8.c. 12) was an act passed under Henry VIII and is a part of the Tudor Poor Laws of England. In full, it was entitled "An Act directing how aged, poor and impotent Persons, compelled to live by Alms, shall be ordered; and how Vagabonds and Beggars shall be punished."
The Vagabonds Act 1572 or the Vagabonds, etc. Act 1572 [1] (14 Eliz. 1.c. 5) was a law passed in England under Queen Elizabeth I.It is a part of the Tudor Poor Laws and a predecessor to the Elizabethan Poor Laws.
Vagabonds Act may refer to: Vagabonds Act 1383 (7 Ric. 2. c. 5), Act of the Parliament of England under Richard II; Vagabonds Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c.12), Act of the Parliament of England, a part of Henry VIII's "Tudor Poor Laws" Vagabonds Act 1536 (27 Hen. 8. c. 25), Act of the Parliament of England, a part of Henry VIII's "Tudor Poor Laws"
Ruffhead and Pickering give the title as "Justices, &c. shall examine Vagabonds, and bind them to their good abearing, or commit them to Prison", [17] [18] The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872 describes this act as "Justices shall examine Vagabonds" [19] and The Law Reports: Public General Statutes says this is the subject matter. [20]
The Vagrancy Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4.c. 83) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes it an offence to sleep rough or beg in England and Wales.The legislation was passed in Georgian England to combat the increasing number of people forced to live on the streets due to the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars and the social effects of the Industrial Revolution.