Legislation Flashcards

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Vagrancy Act

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1547- Passed by Somerset: any able-bodied person out of work for more than three days was to be branded with a V and sold into slavery for two years.
It was very unpopular and never put into effect.

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Northumberland Poor Law 1552

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Parishes had to raise money to look after the deserving poor

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