Sussex Poor 1801-1850

Details of all the poor law cases dealt with by justices at Quarter Sessions covering the whole county of Sussex for the period 1801-1850.
The earlier Poor Laws still pertained in this period with two major exceptions: The Vagrancy Act of 1824 and the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The Introduction outlines the changing statutes concerning the three major categories of vagrants. The Vagrancy Act, 4 Geo.IV, c.lxxxiii (21 June 1824), an Act for the Punishment of idle and disorderly Persons, and Rogues and Vagabonds, in England, repealed all previous legislation touching vagrancy, and introduced three major categories of vagrants: idle and disorderly persons, rogues and beggars, and incorrigible rogues.
Transcribed and indexed by Michael Burchall FSG. Searchable. .pdf reader Ver.5 or later is required. Published by Parish Register Transcription Society.
Also available on the “Sussex Poor 1661-1850” Compilation.