| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - But the term settlement was popularised with the passage of the An Act for the better Reliefe of the Poor in 1662, widely referred as the Act of Settlement.2 Typical of much Poor Law legislation, the 1662 Act was a hodge-podge of clauses and special cases, and included, for instance, provision for the creation of Corporations of the Poor in London and Middlesex.3 Its significance, however, derives
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