Vagabonds Act 1383

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The Vagabonds Act 1383 (7 Ric. II, c. 5) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1383.

It empowered Justices of Assize, Justices of the Peace or county sheriffs to bind over vagabonds for good behaviour, or to commit them to the assizes if sureties could not be given.

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  • Tudor Constitutional Documents, AD 1485-1603, by J.R. Tanner. Cambridge University Press, 1951. p.469.


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