Vagabonds Act 1597

Vagabonds Act 1597

The Vagabonds Act 1597 is an Act of the Parliament of England (39 Eliz. c. 4). It introduced penal transportation as a punishment for the first time. During the reign of Henry VIII, it has been estimated that 72,000 people were executed. "1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Capital punishment"] . With the establishment of settlements in North America, an alternative practice (seemingly borrowed from Spain) began of a reprieve of the death sentence should the condemned person consent to be transported to an American colony, and be entered into bond service. However, it is probable that this part of the legislation was never put into force. [ [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/transp1.html Sources in the National Archives for research into the transportation of Irish convicts to Australia (1791-1853) : Introduction] ] Another effect of the Act was to lessen the severity of a punishment meted out to strolling players imposed under a 1572 act wherein "all fencers, bearwards, common players of interludes, and minstrels (not belonging to any baron of this realm, or to any other honourable person of greater degree)," wandering abroad without the license of two justices at the least, were subject" to be grievously whipped and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about." [""1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Theatre"]

It also made those listed in several categories liable for impressment in the service of the fleet.

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