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The impotent poor (people who could not work) were to be cared for in an almshouse or a poorhouse. In this way, the law offered relief to people who were unable to work, mainly those who were elderly, blind, or crippled or otherwise physically infirm. [citation needed] The able-bodied poor were to be set to work in a House of Industry.
The Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12) was an Act of the Cavalier Parliament of England. It was an Act for the Better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom and is also known as the Settlement Act or the Settlement and Removal Act. The purpose of the Act was to establish the parish to which a person belonged (i.e. his/her place of "settlement ...
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. The legislation was largely influenced by the English Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. [2] Following its enactment, one hundred and thirty Poor Law Unions were established throughout the country.
The Poor Relief Act 1601 [1] (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 Poor Law, the "43rd Elizabeth", [a] or the "Old Poor Law", [b] was passed in 1601 and created a poor law system for England and Wales.
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 is the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56)
The Relief of the Poor Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3.c. 83), also known as Gilbert's Act, [1] was a British poor relief law proposed by Thomas Gilbert which aimed to organise poor relief on a county basis, counties being organised into parishes which could set up poorhouses or workhouses between them. [2]
Among them were the Poor Relief Act 1597 and the Vagabonds Act 1597. These laws were further refined and formalized by the next session of Parliament, primarily in the Poor Relief Act 1601. Together, these Acts of 1598 and 1601 came to be known as "The Elizabethan Poor Laws." [37] [38] [39]
The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597 was a piece of poor-law legislation in England and Wales. It provided the first complete code of poor relief and was later amended by the Poor Relief Act 1601, which formed the basis of poor relief for the next two centuries. The Act established overseers of the poor. [1]