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Who was the Poor Rate collected from?

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Overseers of the poor would periodically conduct "views and searches" of the poor. Those refusing to contribute to poor relief would be confined to the gaol.

This is a confusing collision of sentences, as if the poor would be sent to gaol for refusing to contribute to themselves.  Card Zero  (talk) 14:46, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]