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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denying the right of the poor to subsistence. It completely replaced earlier legislation based on the Poor Relief Act 1601 and attempted to fundamentally...
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revised the Poor Relief Act 1601 after studying the conditions found in 1832. Over the next decade they began phasing out outdoor relief and pushing the...
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Parliament, primarily in the Poor Relief Act 1601. Together, these Acts of 1598 and 1601 came to be known as "The Elizabethan Poor Laws." The more immediate...
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Poor Relief Act 1601, which formed the basis of poor relief for the next two centuries. The Act established overseers of the poor. Key dates in Poor Law...
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1697 welfare statute, operating within the framework of the Poor Relief Act 1601. This act is perhaps best remembered for its expansion of the requirement...
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relating to poor relief. The Poor Relief Act 1601 The Poor Relief Act 1662 The Poor Relief Act 1691 The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 is the collective...
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Speenhamland system (redirect from Berkshire Bread Act)
19th century. The law was an amendment to the Elizabethan Poor Law (the Poor Relief Act 1601). It was created as an indirect result of Britain's involvements...
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House of correction (category Poor Law in Britain and Ireland)
correction was a type of establishment built after the passing of the Poor Relief Act 1601, places where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants...
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The Poor Relief Act 1601 consolidated earlier poor relief legislation and introduced a system of rating property. The introduction of the poor rate required...
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Business rates in England (redirect from Small business rate relief)
was formalised with the Vagabonds Act 1572 and superseded by the Poor Relief Act 1601. The Local Government Finance Act 1988 introduced business rates in...
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an analogy with the 1601 list could be found. The list contained in the 1601 preamble is: "The relief of aged, impotent, and poor people." "The maintenance...
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universal by the Poor Relief Act 1601; this removed all doubt that parishes (vestries) should and could levy a poor rate to fund the Poor Law. They often...
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History of taxation in the United Kingdom (redirect from Duties on Income Act 1800)
Poor Relief Act 1601. As such, business rates retain many previous features from, and follow some case law of, older forms of rating. The Finance Act...
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the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 relief of the poor in England was administered on the basis of a Poor Relief Act 1601. From the start of...
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Scottish poorhouse (section Poor Law Act 1845)
system was adequate until the early 19th century in rural areas where poor relief was the remit of Ministers, church elders and landowners but did not...
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Tudor poor laws were the laws regarding poor relief in the Kingdom of England around the time of the Tudor period (1485–1603). The Tudor Poor Laws ended...
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Unemployment (redirect from Work relief program)
have been executed. In the 1576 Act, each town was required to provide work for the unemployed. The Poor Relief Act 1601, one of the world's first government-sponsored...
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farming on rented land, while Frith left the partnership in 1799. The Poor Relief Act 1601 had, among its provisions "the putting out of children to be apprentices"...
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a public brand of the Department, rather than a separate entity. Poor Relief Act 1601 International Labour Organization Trades Union Congress "Government...
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Roundsman System (category English Poor Laws)
(sometimes termed the billet, or ticket, or item system), in the Poor Relief Act 1601, was a form of organised labour exchange for the poorest labourers...
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harmful. The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was defended on "scientific or economic principles" while the authors of the Poor Relief Act 1601 were seen as...
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England under Henry VII Tudor Poor Laws, through the Tudor era (1485–1603) Poor Relief Act 1601 (43 Eliz. 1. c. 2), Act of the Parliament of England under...
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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 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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the power to levy a rate to fund relief of the poor was conferred on the parish authorities by the Poor Relief Act 1601. Both before and after this optional...
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Lancashire Cotton Famine (redirect from Cotton Relief Fund)
1864, 200 of them from Glossop. Relief in times of hardship was governed by the Poor Relief Act 1601, which required Poor Law Guardians to find work for...
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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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thing implies intention to exclude others; e.g., a reference in the Poor Relief Act 1601 to "lands, houses, tithes and coal mines" was held to exclude mines...
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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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