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Title: A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging;
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ribton-Turner, C. J. (Charles James)
Subjects: Tramps Begging Poor laws
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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pockets ofthe noblemen in attendance before he allowed them to proceed. Enraged at this insult, the King issued a proclamation offeringa reward of 1,000 merks for the capture of Sir Gosseline dead oralive, 500 merks for his brother Robert dead or alive, and 100merks for every one of his accomplices taken alive. The nextgreat exploit of the band was to rob the Bishop of Durhamspalace, which they rifled from top to bottom; they then stripped theprelate and his servants stark naked, and bound them hand andfoot. Soon after this Sir Gosseline, with his brother and severalmembers of his band, were surrounded at a lone inn in Yorkshireby the sheriff of the county at the head of five or six hundredmen. The robbers made a desperate resistance, and killed twohundred men before they were overpowered. They were thenconveyed to York, where they were hanged without trial. Edward II. was succeeded by Edward III., who gave early proofof his energy and strength of will, first by destroying the Queens
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SIR GOSSELINE DENVILLE AND HIS BAND LISTENING TO THEDOMINICAN MONK (Temp, Edw. II.) AND BEGGARS AND BEGGING. 41 favourite, Mortimer, who had in reality constituted himself Regentof the kingdom, and next by the whole course of his legislation. One of the first acts of this reign, 2 Edw. III., 1328 (the statuteof Northampton), was an effort to control the pardons for felonywhich were procured by great men, and to prevent the peoplefrom riding or going armed to the disturbance of the peace. Therecital runs thus :— Whereas offenders have been greatly encouraged, because (the)Charters of Pardon have been so easily granted in times past ofManslaughters, Robberies, Felonies, and other Trespasses against thePeace ; It is ordained and enacted, that such Charter shall not begranted, but only where the King may do it by his Oath, that isto say, where a Man slayeth another in his own defence, or bymisfortune. . . . That no man great or small, of what conditionsoever he be, except the Kings Serv

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