PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

APPENDICES.

ERRATA AND CORRIGENDA.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

APPENDIX I.

APPENDIX II.

APPENDIX III.

APPENDIX IV.

APPENDIX V.

APPENDIX VI.

APPENDIX VII.

APPENDIX VIII.

APPENDIX IX.

APPENDIX X.

APPENDIX XI.

APPENDIX XII.

APPENDIX XIII.

APPENDIX XIV.

APPENDIX XV.

INDEX.

THE EARLY HISTORY
OF
ENGLISH POOR RELIEF

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EARLY HISTORY
OF
ENGLISH POOR RELIEF

BY

E. M. LEONARD,

FORMER STUDENT OF GIRTON COLLEGE.

CAMBRIDGE:
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
1900

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FELLOW AND LECTURER IN TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY KINDNESSES

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