The Early History of English Poor Relief

by of Girton College E. M. Leonard

§ 1. The action of municipal rulers precedes the action of Parliament. § 2. Advantages of the municipal system of relief. § 3. Connection between the municipal organisation of poor relief and the dissolution of the monasteries. § 4. Relation of beggary to the first schemes of relief. § 5. Parental government. § 6. Bridewell, the key-stone of the system

pp. [61-66]

CHAPTER VI.

1569—1597.

PARLIAMENT AND THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

A. Parliamentary History. § 1. Discussions, Bills and Statutes between 1566 and 1576. § 2. Parliamentary history between 1576 and 1597. § 3. The Bills and Statutes of 1597. § 4. General features of the discussion in Parliament. B. The action of the Privy Council. § 5. The chief characteristics of the action of the Privy Council. § 6. The whipping campaign. § 7. The scarcity measures. § 8. The influence of the Privy Council on county and municipal officials

pp. [67-94]

CHAPTER VII.

1569—1597.

THE MEASURES OF THE TOWNS AND THE EVENTS OF THE YEARS 1594-1597.