4.3 Elizabeth's Society Flashcards
How did the 1563 Statute of Artificers affect society?
It made it mandatory for craftsmen to attend a 7 year apprenticeship. This led to social unrest as people did not want to be tied to one trade.
What was the 1572 Act for the Relief of the Poor?
This set a standard that local ratepayers should be required to pay a rate to the deserving poor.
What was the 1576 Act for the Relief of the Poor?
This made it so towns were required to provide employment for the deserving poor.
Justices of Peace were directed to find employment for the able bodied poor.
What was the 1572 Vagabond Act?
Justices of Peace were to raise a poor rate to supply shelter for the impotent poor.
JPs were granted a list of punishments to deal with vagabonds.
What was the 1598 Act for the Relief of the Poor?
Four overseers were to be appointed to monitor the administration of Poor Relief. Finance was to be raised via a compulsory poor rate for each parish.
What was the 1598 Act for the Punishment of Rogues?
Rogues were to be whipped and Vagabonds were sent to Correctional Houses. This reduced social unrest caused by vagrants.
What caused the 1569 Northern Earls Rebellion?
The Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland considered themselves to be dishonoured after being displaced from controlling the Northern Government.
Religious disputes.
What were the events of the 1569 Northern Earls rebellion?
9th Nov: Rebels march to Durham
14th Nov: Durham is seized and a Catholic Mass is held in the Cathedral.
Jan: The rebellion reforms in Cumberland but is heavily defeated by the crown east of Carlisle.
As a result, the Council of the North was put under control of the Earl of Huntingdon to increase the crown’s control.
What was the 1571 Ridolfi Plot?
Ridolfi, in cahoots with the Pope, planned to overthrow Elizabeth and then marry Mary QoS to the Duke of Norfolk to restore Catholicism to England.
The plot was discovered by Cecil and the Duke of Norfolk was executed for treason in 1572.
What was the 1583 Throckmorton Plot?
The plan was for France and Spain to invade England, release Mary QoS from captivity and make her the Catholic Queen of England.
Walsingham discovered rumours of the potential plot. Throckmorton was tortured and executed whilst Mary QoS was moved to stricter confinement.
What was the 1585 Parry Plot?
William Parry had been working as a double agent for Mary QoS. He intended to either kill Elizabeth I in a private meeting or ambush her.
Parry was arrested and hanged in Westminster. There was a call to execute Mary QoS but she could not be proven to be linked to plot.
What was the 1586 Babington Plot?
Babington wanted to kill Elizabeth and put Mary QoS on the throne to restore Roman Catholicism. He made Mary aware of his plans. She replies with letters stating she wanted France and Spain to her help.
These letters were incepted by Walsingham. As a result Babington was executed and Elizabeth signed Mary QoS death warrant, leading to her execution in 1587.
What was the 1596 Oxfordshire Rebellion?
There was a plan between local peasants to march onto the house of Lord Norris and kill a few landlords.
This was in response to two successive poor harvests and new enclosures set up in the local area.
What was the result of the 1596 Oxfordshire rebellion?
There was a surprising lack of support for the rebellion, with only four men turning up.
Consequently, the protestors were forced to disperse and two of which were hanged, drawn and quartered.
The Privy Council prosecuted a couple of local landlords for illegally enclosing land and restored the land to common use.
What caused Essex’s Rebellion in 1601?
Essex’s archrival Robert Cecil had been made Secretary of State.
Essex was also seen as a traitor by the Royal Court for making peace with Tyrone instead of subduing his army.
As a result, Essex had lost popularity and influence over the Privy Council.
