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1515 7 Henry VIII, c. i. 



r 533 25 Henry VIII, c. 13. The act quoted in the 



or '4 text 83, 84 



1536 27 Henry VIII, c. 22. 

 27 Henry VIII, c. 28. 

 1552 5 & 6 Edward VI, c. 5., ) Under the provi- 



1555 2 & 3 Philip and Mary, c. 2. 3 sions of these statutes 

 or commissioners were appointed to inquire into the 



1556 conversion of arable into pasture 84 



1563 5 Elizabeth, c. 2. 



J 597 39 Elizabeth, c. i. 



1597 39 Elizabeth, c. 2 84 



This I believe to be the last operative act relating to 

 tillage and depopulation : it applied to 23 specified 

 counties in England ; it remained unrepealed until 1863. 



1623 21 James I, c. 28. Repealed all the acts relating 

 to this subject except the one last specified. 



V. POOR LAW STATUTES 



1388 12 Richard II, c. 7. Enacted that impotent beggars 

 were not to wander, but remain where they were : 

 if the people of the district would not maintain them, 

 they were to withdraw to the hundreds or the towns 

 where they had been born. 



1494 ii Henry VII, c. 2. Directed that sturdy vagabonds 

 be put into the stocks : beggars were to resort to the 

 hundreds where they had last dwelt or had been 

 born. 



1597 39 Elizabeth, c. 3. ) Brought together the provi- 



1601 43 Elizabeth, c. 4. } sions scattered through a number 

 of previous acts, and laid down the definite policy 

 explained in the text 93 



1662 14 Carolus II, c. 12. The act of parochial settle- 

 ment referred to in the text : a temporary act 103 



1714 12 Anne, stat. i, c. 18. Made the last-mentioned act 

 perpetual. 



1691 3 William & Mary, c. ii. Permitted what were 



called derivative settlements 103 



