Elizabethan actions for poverty

Question 1

What were the existing measures in the response to poverty?

Answer 1

• charity was available for the poor. Wealthy people would donate gifts and money that would go towards the poor
• poor relief

Question 2

what was poor relief

Answer 2

paid weekly through a poor rate. collected by Justices of the peace (jp’s). Money was spent on helping the poor improve themselves.

Question 3

When was the Statute of Artificers implemented?

Answer 3

1563

Question 4

what was the Statute of Artificers ?

Answer 4

ensured that the poor rate was paid and collected by JP’s. imprisonment was enforced for not paying and JP’s would be fined £20 for not collecting.

Question 5

when was the poor relief act introduced

Answer 5

1576

Question 6

What was the poor relief act?

Answer 6

JP’s had to provide the poor in their local area with wool and raw materials so they could make and sell items. This would prevent vagabondage and vagrants. If people refused they would be forced to move new “houses of correction”

Question 7

When was the vagabonds act founded?

Answer 7

1572

Question 8

what was the vagabond act?

Answer 8

targeted at vagrancy, outlined punishments for offenders.

attempted to tackle unemployment by creating a register of people who needed assistance in each local area. Local JP’s were responsible for finding work for them

Question 9

what was the punishment for the first offence in the vagabond act?

Answer 9

drilling a hole in the ear

Question 10

what was the punishment for the 2nd offence in the vagabond act?

Answer 10

imprisonment

Question 11

what was the punishment for the 3rd offence in the vagabond act?

Answer 11

death penalty