| 730 pages
...Henry VIII. fubfitted entirely upon private benevolence, and the charity of wdl-difpofrd chriftians. For though it appears by the Mirrour, that by the common law the poor were to be " fuftained by parfons, reftors of the church, and the parifliioners ; fo that none of them die for... | |
| William Blackstone - 1771 - 506 pages
...Henry VIII, fubfifted entirely upon private benevolence, and the chanty of well difpoied chriftians. For, though it appears by the mirrour ', that by the common law the poor were to be " fuftained by parfons, rectors *' of the church, and the parifhioners ; fo that none of them dye "... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 518 pages
...Henry VIII, fubfifted entirely upon private benevolence, and the charity of well difpofed chriilians. For, though it appears by the mirrour ', that by the common law the poor were to be " fuf" tained by parfons, reftors of the church, and the parifhi" oners ; fo that none of them die... | |
| 1804 - 518 pages
...permitting the poor to beg by license can be deemed an exception. " The author of the Mirror states indeed,f that by the common law, " the poor were to be sustained by parsons, " rectors of the church, and tlie parishioners, ±0 tJiat'none " of them, shall die for default of sustenance." But TIO method is... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...benevolence, and the charity of well disposed Christians (22). For though it appears by the mirror1, that by the common law the poor were to be " sustained by " parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so that k Sl sn . 14 Oeo. 1 1 1 . c. 1 4. 36. 57. 82. 16 Geo. III. c. 39. 18 r.,... | |
| John Shute Duncan - 1815 - 242 pages
...fyflem of villenage gradually funk into decay, the poor had recourfe to private charity for fupport. " Though it appears, by the mirrour, " that, by the common law, the poor were to be fuf" tained by parfons, reftors of the church, and the " parifhioners, fo that none die for default... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1823 - 572 pages
...born, or had dwelt for three years; and it appears by " The Mirrour," as quoted by the above writer, that, by the common law, the poor were " to be sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners; so that none of them die for default of sustenance." rejected in Justinian's Collection."... | |
| James Ebenezer Bicheno - 1824 - 190 pages
...psalms ; and the poor at the same time pray for their benefactors f." And by The Mirrour, we find, that " by the common law the poor were to be sustained by parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so that none of them die for default of sustenance ;" and this, it is apprehended,... | |
| William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...the time of Hen. VIII., subsisted entirely upon private benevolence, and the charity of welldisposed Christians. For though it appears by the mirrour ',...sustained by " parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so " that none of them die for default of sustenance;" and though by the statutes... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 660 pages
...the time of Hen. VIII., subsisted entirely upon private benevolence, and the charity of welldisposed Christians. For though it appears by the mirrour ',...sustained by " parsons, rectors of the church, and the parishioners ; so " that none of them die for default of sustenance;" and though by the statutes... | |
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