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A typology of travellers : migration, justice, and vagrancy in Warwickshire, 1670–1730

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Hitchcock, David (Researcher in history) (2012) A typology of travellers : migration, justice, and vagrancy in Warwickshire, 1670–1730. Rural History, Volume 23 (Number 1). pp. 21-39. doi:10.1017/S0956793311000136

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Abstract

This paper examines the relief of travellers in Warwickshire, England. By using an unusually rich set of Constables Accounts for the parish of Grandborough, it interrogates the relationship between charity, local justice, and both official and popular perceptions of migration. It argues that the large number of migrants who passed through rural parishes were categorised by the local constable according to cultural and discretionary criteria. This typology of travellers determined the nature and extent of the relief they might receive and the actions that might be taken against them. Socially threatening migrants, such as poor pregnant women, the sick, and vagrants, also found themselves affected by this same proscriptive calculation, often to their detriment.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Great Britain -- History -- 1660-1714, Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 17th century , English Travellers (Nomadic people), Migrant labor -- England -- Warwickshire, Vagrancy -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Journal or Publication Title: Rural History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0956-7933
Official Date: April 2012
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April 2012Published
Volume: Volume 23
Number: Number 1
Page Range: pp. 21-39
DOI: 10.1017/S0956793311000136
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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