Poor Relief Act 1597
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poor-relief-act-1597-164-931147
title:
Poor Relief Act 1597
text:
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.
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Relief_Act_1597
date created:
2007-09-06T14:09:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:43:56Z
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