The history of the poor laws: with observations / By Richard Burn.

  • Burn, Richard, 1709-1785.
Date:
1764
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    cannot find fuch furety, to commit them to the next gaol, till the coming of the juftices affigned for deliverance of the gaols, who fhall do to the faid vagabonds as to them fhall feem meet by the law. By the 12 R. 2. Of every perfon that goeth begging, and is able to ferve or labour, it fhall be done as of him that departeth out of the hun¬ dred or other place without letter teftimonial; (that is, he fhall be put in the (locks, and kept till he hath found furety to return to ferve or labour in the town from whence he came.) Except people of religion and heremites, having letters teftimonial of their ordinaries. And of all them that go in pilgrimage as beggars, and be able to travel, it fiiall be done as of the faid fervants and labourers, if they have no letters teftfrnonial of their pilgrimage under the king’s feal, which for this intent (hall be affigned and delivered to the keeping of fome good man of the hundred, city, or borough, at the difcretion of the juftices. And the fcholars of the univerfittes that o;o fo begging, fhall have letters teftimonial of their chancellor, upon the fame pain. And they that feign themfelves men travelled out of the realm, and there to be imprifoned, fhall bring letters teftimonial of the captain where they were abiding, or of the mayors or bailiffs where they arrived. And the fame mayors and bailiffs fhall inquire of fuch people, where, and with whom .they have dwelled, and in what place fcheir dwelling is in England. And the fame mayors and bailiffs fhall make them letters patents C 4 under