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BY

WILLINK

CHAIRMAN, BRADFIELD POOR LAW UNION

VOLUME I
A.D. 924 TO 1714

LONDON: P. S. KING & SON

WESTMINSTER, S.W.

NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

1898
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OF THE

ENGLISH POOR LAW

IN CONNECTION WITH

THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE
CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE

BY

SIR GEORGE NICHOLLS, K.C.B.

POOR LAW COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE POOR LAW BOARD