EE 10.6 - QE - Poverty and vagrancy

Question 1

Chapter 10.6 - poverty and vagrancy

Answer 1

poverty and vagrancy

Question 2

Why was there more poverty and vagrancy:
How many people did William Harrison estimate were vagrants?

Answer 2

10,000

Question 3

How much did living standards decline over Elizabeth’s reign? (estimate)

Answer 3

1/4

Question 4

What started increasing as living standards were decreasing?

Answer 4

Vagrancy

Question 5

What had vagrants been prominent in in 1569?

Answer 5

The Rising in the North

Question 6

What was the population in the 1540s?

Answer 6

2.7 million

Question 7

What was the population in 1601?

Answer 7

4.1 million

Question 8

How did some towns and cities try to solve the problem of the poor?:
What hospital did London buy to help for different types of poor people?

Answer 8

St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Question 9

How did Norwich try and help the poor?

Answer 9

The wealthiest 650 individuals made regular contributions for the relief of about 200 poor townspeople

Question 10

How did York help the poor?

Answer 10

A small daily payment was available for the old and infirm

Question 11

What efforts were made to regulate employment?:
What was passed in 1563?

Answer 11

The Statute of Artificers

Question 12

What did the Statute of Artificers state about people under 30?

Answer 12

People under 30 who were unmarried had to serve any employer who needed them

Question 13

What were the working hours in Kent?

Answer 13

5am to 7pm

Question 14

What laws were passed to solve the problem of the poor?:
What Act was passed in 1563?

Answer 14

The Alms Act

Question 15

What did the 1563 Alms Act revive?

Answer 15

The statutes passed under Henry VIII and Edward VI for the punishment of ‘sturdy beggars’

Question 16

What did the 1563 Alms Act distinguish between?

Answer 16

The idle and the deserving so that people who needed it were to receive help from a poor rate

Question 17

What Act was passed in 1572?

Answer 17

The Vagabonds or Poor Relief Act

Question 18

What became compulsory under the Vagabonds/Poor Relief Act?

Answer 18

Contributions towards the Poor Rate became compulsory

Question 19

Where was begging licensed in the Vagabonds/Poor Relief Act?

Answer 19

Begging was licensed in parishes where relief could not be provided

Question 20

What happened to beggars under 14 without a licence?

Answer 20

They were whipped

Question 21

What happened to beggars aged 5-14 under the Vagabonds/Poor Relief Act?

Answer 21

They were to be out to service in honest occupations

Question 22

What Act was passed in 1576?

Answer 22

Act for the Relief of the Poor

Question 23

Who were given licenses under the 1576 Act for the Relief of the Poor?

Answer 23

Able-bodied persons who had suffered loss of possessions and poor people who had particular needs

Question 24

Where were persistent beggars to be sent under the 1576 Act for the Relief of the Poor?

Answer 24

Houses of Correction - two per county, disciplined to labour

Question 25

What two acts were passed in 1598?

Answer 25

• Act for the Relief of the Poor
• Act for the Punishment of Rogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars

Question 26

What was set in the 1598 Act for the Relief of the Poor?

Answer 26

A maximum amount was laid down for the compulsory Poor Rate

Question 27

What was forbidden under the 1598 Act for the Relief of the Poor?

Answer 27

Begging

Question 28

Who was supposed to administer the 1598 Act for the Punishment of Rogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy beggars?

Answer 28

Justices of the Peace (JPs)

Question 29

What Act was passed in 1601?

Answer 29

Act for the Relief of the Poor

Question 30

What was made permanent under the 1601 Act for the Relief of the Poor?

Answer 30

The 1598 Poor Law, became known as the Elizabethan Poor Law