The Act 7 Ric 2 c 5 (1383), sometimes called the Beggars Act, the Vagrancy Act, or the Vagabonds Act 1383, was an Act of the Parliament of England made at Westminster in 1383, after the Peasants' Revolt (1381). The Act empowered Justices of Assize, Justices of the Peace or county sheriffs to bind over vagabonds for good behaviour, or to commit them to the assizes if sureties could not be given. The effect of this Act was modified by a proclamation of 18 February 1493, which is included in the patent roll PR (C66/574/4d), and by the Act 11 Hen 7 c 2 (1495)
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - The Act 7 Ric 2 c 5 (1383), sometimes called the Beggars Act, the Vagrancy Act, or the Vagabonds Act 1383, was an Act of the Parliament of England made at Westminster in 1383, after the Peasants' Revolt (1381). The Act empowered Justices of Assize, Justices of the Peace or county sheriffs to bind over vagabonds for good behaviour, or to commit them to the assizes if sureties could not be given. The effect of this Act was modified by a proclamation of 18 February 1493, which is included in the patent roll PR (C66/574/4d), and by the Act 11 Hen 7 c 2 (1495) (en)
|
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
| |
sameAs
| |
statute book chapter
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
related legislation
| |
territorial extent
| - Kingdom of England . Ireland . (en)
|
long title
| - For Punishment of Vagabonds. (en)
|
parliament
| - Parliament of England (en)
|
status
| |
type
| |
year
| |
has abstract
| - The Act 7 Ric 2 c 5 (1383), sometimes called the Beggars Act, the Vagrancy Act, or the Vagabonds Act 1383, was an Act of the Parliament of England made at Westminster in 1383, after the Peasants' Revolt (1381). The Act empowered Justices of Assize, Justices of the Peace or county sheriffs to bind over vagabonds for good behaviour, or to commit them to the assizes if sureties could not be given. The effect of this Act was modified by a proclamation of 18 February 1493, which is included in the patent roll PR (C66/574/4d), and by the Act 11 Hen 7 c 2 (1495) The Act was extended to Ireland by Poyning's Law (10 Hen 7 c 22). The Act was repealed as to vagabonds by the Act 39 Eliz 1 c 4 (1597). The Act was repealed as to England by section 11 of the Act 21 Jac 1 c 28 (1623). The Act was virtually repealed by the (10 & 11 Vict c 84). The Act was repealed as to Ireland by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict c 98). Tomlins gives the title of this Act as "For Punishment of Vagabonds". Ruffhead and Pickering give the title as "Justices, &c. shall examine Vagabonds, and bind them to their good abearing, or commit them to Prison", The Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872 describes the this Act as "Justices shall examine Vagabonds" and The Law Reports: Public General Statutes says this is the subject matter. The Chronological Table gives this Act the title "Vagabonds". The Act includes references to faitors (feitors), drawlatches and roberdesmen. (en)
|
original text
| |
gold:hypernym
| |
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
of | |
is Wikipage disambiguates
of | |
is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |