- Vagabonds Act 1383
The Vagabonds Act 1383 (7 Ric. II, c. 5) was an
Act of Parliament of theParliament of England passed in 1383. It empoweredJustices of Assize ,Justices of the Peace or countysheriffs tobind over vagabonds for good behaviour, or to commit them to theassizes ifsureties could not be given.References
*"Tudor Constitutional Documents, AD 1485-1603", by J.R. Tanner. Cambridge University Press, 1951. p. 469.
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