Tag Archives: settlement

The Cotswold Vagrants: The Songbook Seller

by cotswoldhistory Posted on December 17, 2012

TweetIn Gloucestershire Archives is a pass addressed to the Keeper of the House of Correction, Cirencester, asking him to convey Elizabeth Markham, apprehended wandering and begging in the borough of Cirencester, to the parish of Burford in Oxfordshire, en route … Continue reading →

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The Cotswold Vagrants: Widow Jones and her children

by cotswoldhistory Posted on December 3, 2012

TweetA new occasional series detailing the lives of the Cotswold poor, as detailed in eighteenth century settlement examinations. In October 1764, the parish constable of Little Barrington apprehended a woman begging in the streets with her two children. On being … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Vagrancy in Law and Practice Under the Old Poor Law

by cotswoldhistory Posted on November 15, 2012

TweetAudrey Eccles is an experienced archivist whose doctoral thesis looked at obstetrics and gynaecology in Tudor and Stuart England. Over the years, she has developed a keen interest in, and accumulated a lot of material about, vagrancy in England pre-1834 … Continue reading →

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Passed From Parish To Post

by cotswoldhistory Posted on May 9, 2011

TweetIf you had asked Jane Bedwell what she thought of the 19th century Poor Law, you may not have received a polite answer. In October 1855, Jane, originally from Taynton in Oxfordshire, applied for relief from the Stow Poor Law … Continue reading →

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