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    The Relief of the Poor Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 30), formally titled An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this...
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    The Poor Relief Act 1601 (43 Eliz. 1. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601, popularly known as the Elizabethan...
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    The English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief in England and Wales that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in...
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    The Relief of the Poor Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 83), also known as Gilbert's Act, was a British poor relief law proposed by Thomas Gilbert which aimed to...
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    Statutes at Large. Relief of the Poor Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 30) Court of Marches of Wales Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 27) Malt Act 1597 (39 Eliz. 1...
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  • Thumbnail for Bristol Corporation of the Poor
    system was in operation. It was established in 1696 by the Bristol Poor Act. The main promoter of the act was a merchant, John Cary, who proposed "That...
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    or trade associations. The system was adequate until the early 19th century in rural areas where poor relief was the remit of Ministers, church elders...
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    The Poor Relief Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and Schedule...
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  • The Poor Relief Act 1662 The Poor Relief Act 1691 The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 is the collective title of the following Acts: The Poor...
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  • Thumbnail for List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1696
    list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1696. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great...
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  • Thumbnail for Irish Poor Law Extension Act 1847
    The Irish Poor Law Extension Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 31) was an 1847 act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which altered the Irish Poor Law system...
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    James Stansfeld (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
    Under-Secretary of State for India (1866), Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1869–71) and President of the Poor Law Board (1871) before being appointed the first...
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    The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the system of poor relief in Ireland...
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    contained in the 1601 preamble is: "The relief of aged, impotent, and poor people." "The maintenance of sick and maimed soldiers and mariners." "The maintenance...
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    Poor Relief Act 1824 Montgomery and Pool Poor Relief Act 1825 Loes and Wilford Poor Relief Act 1826 (7 Geo. 4. c. i) Shrewsbury Poor Relief Act 1826 Bristol...
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    The Temporary Relief Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 7) also known as the Soup Kitchen Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in February...
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    The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 68), sometimes called the Medical Charities Act 1851 and commonly called the Medical Charities Act...
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    spelling of Deveron. Salford Quarter Sessions' Chairman's Salary Act 1805 (45 Geo. 3. c. lix) Montgomery Poor Relief Act 1792 (32 Geo. 3. c. 96) Poor (Shropshire)...
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    character' could receive the pensions. Others excluded from receiving the new pension were those in receipt of poor relief, those being held in what...
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  • Thumbnail for List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1783
    Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 5) Privateers Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 7) Forehoe, Norfolk (Poor Relief) Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 9) Trent and Mersey Canal Act...
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    1707, the window tax, which had been introduced across England and Wales under the Act of Making Good the Deficiency of the Clipped Money in 1696, continued...
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    Seven ill years (category Scottish Poor Laws)
    particularly England and Ireland. So many poor beggars arrived in Edinburgh in search of relief in December 1696 that the town council had to erect a "refugee...
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    not eligible for poor relief. The act transferred responsibility for removing snow from footpaths from individual householders to the London vestries and...
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  • John Cary (businessman) (category Members of the Society of Merchant Venturers)
    organizer of the Bristol Corporation of the Poor which provided relief after the 1696 Poor Act in Bristol. Cary described his vision for the workhouses...
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    Exemption Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 15) Cinque Ports Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 48) Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56) Public Schools Act 1868...
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    Stuffs, etc. Act 1774 (14 Geo. 3. c. 72) Usury Act 1713 (13 Ann. c. 15) Relief of the Poor Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 83) Prisons (Ireland) Act 1810 (50 Geo...
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    The former Monastery of the Poor Clares of Cerreto Sannita is an ancient place of worship founded in 1369 by Francesca Sanframondi, collateral relative...
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  • Thumbnail for List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1751–1800
    Parliament of Ireland to 1700 and List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701–1750. The number shown by each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited...
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    (Fraudulent Conveyances) Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 31) 3 & 4 Ann. Parliamentary Elections (Returns) Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 7) Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2....
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  • Thumbnail for Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845
    poorhouses An Inspector of the Poor decided whether applications for poor relief were legitimate Old Scottish Poor Law The citation of this Act by this short title...
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