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" THE poor of England, till the time of Hen. VIII., subsisted entirely upon private benevolence, and the charity of welldisposed Christians. For though it appears by the mirrour ', that by the common law the poor were to be " sustained by " parsons, rectors... "
The World's Progress: a Dictionary of Dates - Page 471
by George Palmer Putnam - 1851 - 716 pages
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The Law Journal: Consisting of Original Communications on Legal ..., Volumes 1-2

Law - 1804 - 518 pages
...poor to beg by license can be deemed an exception. " The author of the Mirror states indeed,f that by the common law, " the poor were to be sustained by parsons, " rectors of the church, and tlie parishioners, ±0 tJiat'none " of them, shall die for default of sustenance." But TIO method is...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...benevolence, and the charity of well disposed Christians (22). For though it appears by the mirror1, that by the common law the poor were to be " sustained by " parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so that k Sl sn . 14 Oeo. 1 1 1 . c. 1 4. 36. 57. 82. 16 Geo. III. c. 39. 18 r.,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1823 - 572 pages
...or had dwelt for three years; and it appears by " The Mirrour," as quoted by the above writer, that, by the common law, the poor were " to be sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners; so that none of them die for default of sustenance." rejected in Justinian's Collection."...
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An Inquiry Into the Poor Laws: Chiefly with a View to Examine Them as a ...

James Ebenezer Bicheno - Poor laws - 1824 - 190 pages
...; and the poor at the same time pray for their benefactors f." And by The Mirrour, we find, that " by the common law the poor were to be sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so that none of them die for default of sustenance ;" and this, it is apprehended,...
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The British Critic, Volume 23

English literature - 1825 - 666 pages
...entirely upon private benevolence and. the charity of well disposed Christians ;" and that though, " by the common law, the poor were to be sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners, so that none of them die for default of sustenance," " he finds no compulsory method...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...benevolence, and the charity of welldisposed Christians. For though it appears by the mirrour ', that by the common law the poor were to be " sustained by " parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so " that none of them die for default of sustenance;" and though by the statutes...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...benevolence, and the charity of welldisposed Christians. For though it appears by the mirrour ', that by the common law the poor were to be " sustained by " parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so " that none of them die for default of sustenance;" and though by the statutes...
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The History of the United Parishes of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George ...

Rowland Dobie - Bloomsbury (London, England) - 1829 - 472 pages
...VIII. subsisted by the charity of private benevolence entirely. " For although," says Blackstone, " by the common law the poor were to be sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so that none of them die for default of sustenance, and though by the statutes 12th...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 8

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 834 pages
...have, to this day, no relief except from private charity. By an ancient statute, 23 Edw. III., cap. 7, it was enacted, that none should give alms to a beggar able to work. It appears by the Mirror, that at the common law, the poor were to be ' sustained by parsons, rectors...
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The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, Volume 4

Richard Burn - 1831 - 1094 pages
...of ,SSirTf™tribuwell disposed Christians. For though it appears by the Mirrour, that by the tlons. common law the poor were to be ' sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners, so that none of them die for default of sustenance;' and though by the statute 12...
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