Publications
A homeless cleric in 1670, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 1, article, pp.12-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508968] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:In a recent issue of Sussex Family Historian (Vol 17, No 4, December 2006, pp171-175) it was noted that in 1777 an East Sussex parson was brought before the Quarter Sessions justices and that a removal order was confirmed for him and his family under the Old Poor Laws. It was stated that this may have been a unique case, but recently a further case brought under similar legislation over a hundred years earlier has been found. At the Chichester Sessions held 11 and 12 April 1670, a complaint was made to the justices as follows: "On the complaint of Abel STEPNEY of [West] Chiltington, clerk, late curate, that he wants a present habitation for himself and his family, the overseers and churchwarden are ordered to provide the same until further order to the contrary."