Elizabethan age Flashcards
When was the Vagabonds Act made?
1572
What did the Vagabonds Act involve?
Any vagabonds 14 + could be whipped and burnt through the ear, second time prison, third time execution
When was the Act for the Relief of the Poor made?
1576
What did the 1576 Act for the Relief of the Poor involve?
JPs directed able bodied poor to find work. Those who refused sent to houses of correction
When was the second Act for the Relief of the Poor made?
1598
What did the second Act for the Relief of the Poor involve?
Overseers of the poor appointed to collect poor rate and apprenticeships provided for poor children. Hospitals built for old and sick and impotent poor looked after in alms houses
When were the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy passed?
1559
When was the Rebellion of the Northern Earls?
1569
When was the Papal Bull?
1570
When was the Ridolfi Plot?
1571
When was the Babington plot?
1586
When was Mary, queen of Scots executed?
1587
What was the difference between Jesuits and Seminary priests?
Jesuits had sworn an oath of allegiance to the Pope. Both were willing to die for their cause.
When was the Spanish Armada?
1588
What did QE sign with the Netherlands people?
The treaty of Nonsuch - she would send 5000 troops and 1000 cavalry to them
