Vagabonds, etc. Act 1572
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1572 c. 5,14 Eliz. 1 c. 5 |
| Year | 1572 |
(14 Eliz. 1) C A P. V.
A Repealof the Statute of 22 H. 8. c. 12. and 3 & 4 Ed. 6. c. 16. and 5 & 6 Ed. 6. c. 2. provided for the Reliefof the Poor, and Punishment of Vagadonds. A Vagabond above the Age of fourteen Years shall be adjudged to be grievously whipped, and burned through the Gristle of the right Ear with a hot Iron of the Compass of an Inch, unless some credible Person will take him into Service for a Year. And if being of the Age of eighteen Years, he after do fall again into a roguish Life, he shall suffer Death as a Felon, unless some credible Person will take him into Service for two Years. And if he fall a third Time into a roguish Life, he shall be adjudged a Felon. Who shall be adjudged Vagabonds? The Penalty for the Relief of them. Who may make Passports and Licences, and to whom? Assessments shall be made of the Parishioners of every Parish for the Relief of the Poor of the same Parish. Every Bishop shall visit and reform Hospitals within his Diocese. No Person shall bring any Rogue out ofIreland or the Isle of Man into England . E X P.
XXXVII A Provision for the Relief of the Prisoners in the common Gaol.
XXXVII. It shall and may be lawful for the Justices of Peace of every Shire within this Realm, at their General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace to be holden...
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