Elizabethan England: Poverty crisis. Flashcards
types of poor people.
imponent poor, able-bodied poor, vagabonds( underserving poor.)
who were the imponent poor?
those who couldn’t physically work due to illness.
who were the able-bodied poor?
those who wanted to work but could not find it.
who were the vagabonds?
people who chose to avoid working. beg or steal to get money and were considered dangerous.
subtypes of the poor.
settled, deserving, vagrant, undeserving.
who were the settled poor?
remained in their home town or city and did not move.
who were the deserving poor?
those who the government felt deserves support.
who were the vagrant poor?
those who travelled around looking for food or work. sometimes they became dangerous.
who were the undeserving poor?
punished because they moved around the country looking for work which the government was worried about or they stole or begged for money when they could actually work.
when was the poor law?
1601.
what was the poor law?
JP’s appointed overseers of the poor to collect the poor rate. this money was used to support the poor.
begging was forbidden.
vagrants were whipped and sent back to the parish local area they were born in.
the impotent poor where put looked after in alms-houses.
work was provided for the able-bodied poor.
anyone refused to do work was forced into doing hard labour.
