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Rogues.
of Rogues, according to this Statute of 7 Jac. cap. 4.
And are
not otherwise to be delivered out of the House of Correction. |
Chap. 83. |
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But upon such their delivery, they are not to be
sent to their place of
Birth, as wandring Rogues) but to the place of their dwelling, if they
have
any, if not, then to the place where they last dwelt by the space of
a year, &c. |
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And so of persons infected, &c. with the Plague,
and punished as Vagabonds,
as afore. |
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§. 7.
Children
under seven. |
No Child, under the age of seven years, shall be
adjudged a Rogue,
(within the Statute of 39 Eliz. 4.) But it seemeth such
Children, being
vagrant, must be sent to, and placed with the Father, or Husband of
the
Wife; and if he be dead, then with the Mother, (where she was born,
or last dwelt by the space of one year.) And such Children, once
thus
setled or placed must there remain, and not be sent from thence to
their
place of Birth, though after the Parents die, or run away, or that
the said
Children grow above the Age of seven years, yea, and though the said
Children after beg, and prove vagrant in that Town, for there they
must be
set to labour. See Resol. 4, 9, 10. |
39 Eliz. 4.
P. Vag. 2. |
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' One D. C. with a Child under seven years
of age wandered, and
' desired a Warrant to go to E. where she had some Friends, and
went
' through several Parishes until she came to G. and there died.
The
' Question was, Whither the Child should be sent? Also one B.
a Wanderer,
' came to her Sister at D. with three Children, born in three several
' Parishes, and died. The same Question arose, and resolved by Jones
' and Whitlock, Justices of Assize at Stafford, Summer
5 Car. That these
' Children should be sent to the places where they were born, and not
' where their Mothers died in transitu, and were so sent and setled
as poor,
' and not as Vagabonds; for a Child within seven years of age shall not
' be said to be a Vagabond: And as they said, the place of Birth,
or the
' place of their last Settlement, if it may be known, are in Judgment of
' Law said to be the places of Setling. So that if one be born in
one
' Parish, and afterwards is an Inhabitant in service in another Parish,
and
' then becomes a Wanderer, he is to be sent to the place of his last setling.
Bulstr. part 2. 352. |
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Children above 7 years of age, going abroad vagrant,
or begging in the
' Country, shall be punished as Rogues, and sent to their place of birth,
&c. |
39 El. 4.
Resol. 4. |
§. 8.
Wife. |
The Wife being a vagrant Rogue, must be sent to
her Husband, though
he be but a Servant in another Town. |
Resol. 3. |
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If the Husband or Wife have a house (although as
an Inmate) and either
of them rogue about, they are to be sent to the Town where that house is. |
Resol. 5. |
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No Man is to be put out of the Town where he dwelleth,
nor to be
sent to their place of birth or last habitation, but only a vagrant Rogue,
scil. such as wander abroad in the Country; and not such as
a re vagrant,
or do beg in the same Town where they dwell. |
Resol. 6. |
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Such as their Estates of their houses be expired,
and Servants whose
time of service is ended, they shall not be put out of the Towns where
they last dwelt or served, &c. Vide tit. Poor. |
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§. 9.
Who may
beg.
Persons
suffering
shipwreck. |
The Justice of Peace dwelling in or near the place
where any Seafaring-man
suffering shipwreck shall and may make a Testimonial under his hand
to such person (not having wherewith to relieve himself in his travel homewards
setting down in such Testimonial the place and time, where and
when he landed and the place of his birth or dwelling unto which he is
to
pass, limiting him therein a convenient time for his pass; which person
(without the danger of this Law) in his direct passage and within his time
in
such his Testimonial limited, may ask and receive necessary relief. |
49 El. 4.
P. Vag. 14. |
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