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...

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...

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...

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...

the citation in The Statutes of the Realm. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large. Relief of the Poor Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 30) Court of...

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...

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...

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...

The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 31), also known as the Irish Poor Law Extension Act 1847 or the Poor Law Amendment Act 1847 was an...

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 The whole Act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and Schedule...

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...

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...

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...

The Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed various United Kingdom statutes...

(Norfolk) Poor Relief Act 1764 (4 Geo. 3. c. 90) St Botolph, Aldgate Poor Relief Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 64) Queensborough Poor Relief Act 1767 (7 Geo...

is: "The relief of aged, impotent, and poor people." "The maintenance of sick and maimed soldiers and mariners." "The maintenance of schools of learning...

c. 27) Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) Exemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 4) Silver and Gold Thread Act 1697 (9 Will. 3....

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom enactments...

Fisheries (No. 2) Act 1786 (26 Geo. 3. c. 81) Distilleries, etc. (Scotland) Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 61) St. Botolph, Bishopsgate (Poor Relief) Act 1772 (12 Geo...

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...

Northern Ireland. The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during...

character' could receive the pensions. Others excluded from receiving the new pension were those in receipt of poor relief, those being held in what...

not eligible for poor relief. The act transferred responsibility for removing snow from footpaths from individual householders to the London vestries and...

xxxii) Leith Harbour Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. iii) Leith Harbour Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3. c. xxxiii) Kensington (Poor Relief) Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3. c...

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...

particular act was passed. The first session of the 3rd Parliament of William III, which met from 22 November 1695 until 27 April 1696. This session was also...