The laws concerning the poor, or, A compleat treatise of the common and statue law relating to the relief, settlement, punishment, &c. of the poor
Subtitle: digested under proper heads, (viz.) 1. Of the power of church-wardens and overseers, 2. The various kinds of settlements, 3. Of rates and taxes for relief of the poor, 4. Of bastards, how to be provided for, and punishment of their reputed parents, 5. Of the relief of the poor by their relations, 6. Of the relief of impotent poor by alms, and by providing of habitations for them, 7. Of the poor in time of the plague, 8. Of the relief of prisoners, as well criminals as debtors, 9. Of work-houses, and houses of correction, 10. Of apprentices, labourers, servants, &c., 11. Of rogues, vagrants, &c. and their punishment : the appendix, containing the judges resolutions on several points relating to the poor : wherein are explained all the statutes relating to the poor, down to the present year 1718, to which are added all the precedents proper for such a treatise.
Edition: The third edition, very much enlarged.
Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq.) for Robert Gosling ... and John Pemberton ...
Published: 1718
Place of publication: In the Savoy [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Poor laws -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Laws concerning the poor; Compleat treatise of the common and statue law relating to the relief, settlement, punishment, &c. of the poor
Work titles: Laws concerning the poor.
Notes: Signatures: A⁴ a⁶ B-Q¹² R⁶.

Includes index.

ESTC T77287

LC copy has armorial bookplate of "Richard Hopton of Can-frome in the county of Hereford Esqr."