Elizabethan Topic 2 - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Poor

Question 1

What percent of the population lived on the edge of starvation

Answer 1

20 to 30%

Question 2

How had landowners increase their wealth during the 1530s

Answer 2

Through gaining land during the dissolution of the monasteries

Question 3

What were the components of the homes of the rich

Answer 3

Homes were remodelled containing furniture and paintings

Question 4

What are the features of the homes of lords

Answer 4

They had defence structures with great halls

Question 5

What are examples of Elizabethan mansion homes

Answer 5

Hardwick Hall
Burghley House

Question 6

What year was Hardwick Hall completed

Answer 6

1597

Question 7

What are the features of hardwick hall 

Answer 7

It contained landscaped gardens and multiple large glass windows

Question 8

What was the fashion of the rich

Answer 8

Men were the latest fashion material such as silk Lennon and velvet
They wore do doublet, jerkin, stockings and leather shoes

Question 9

What was the education like of the rich

Answer 9

Sons were Tutored at home and taught French Latin Greek and social etiquette.
Daughters were taught by a governess and learnt the practicalities of running a large house

Question 10

What were the homes like of the gentry

Answer 10

They copied the trends of the rich when new home is built of stone and brick and consisting of at least eight rooms including oak staircases connected to the hall

Question 11

What was the education like of the gentry

Answer 11

Sons attended grammar school and the tall Greek and Latin. Education was purpose to reduce perfect gentleman school started from 7 am and lasted till 5 pm with a break for lunch

Question 12

What are the qualities of the homes of the lower classes

Answer 12

They were small homes with typically one room consisting of an earth floor with some furniture

Question 13

What was the working day of lower classes

Answer 13

Work started at 5 am and lasted till 5 pm workers were served with bread ale and cheese

Question 14

What leisure did the lower classes have

Answer 14

They had in and having visits playing games of cards and doing gambling

Question 15

What was the education of the lower classes

Answer 15

The poor generally couldn’t afford to educate their children but some were luckily enough to attend the local parish school where they were taught basic reading and writing in English

Question 16

What was an Abraham man

Answer 16

They pretended to be mad to receive donations through pity

Question 17

What was a ruffler

Answer 17

Former soldiers who became vagabonds and would survive through robbing

Question 18

What was a Dummerers

Answer 18

They pretended to be dumb to beg for charity

Question 19

What was a counterfeit crank

Answer 19

They faked epilepsy by foaming mouth with soap.

Question 20

Who was a known counterfeit crank

Answer 20

Nicholas Blunt

Question 21

How did Henry VIII treat vagabonds

Answer 21

In 1536, he ordered vagabonds to be whipped

Question 22

How did Edward VI treat vagabonds

Answer 22

In 1547, Vagabonds were branded with a V and sentenced to 2 years hard labour

Question 23

How did Elizabeth try to stop poverty

Answer 23

Elizabeth’s legislation was the first time the government accepted responsibility for dealing with the poor by putting support in place for the idle

Question 24

What year was the Statue of Artificers

Answer 24

1536

Question 25

What was the statue of artificers

Answer 25

Legislation that made it compulsory for boys to serve a 7 year apprenticeship in a craft or trade

Question 26

What year was the vagabonds act?

Answer 26

1572

Question 27

What was the vagabonds act

Answer 27

It allocated overseers of the poor to help justices of the peace to carry out their work in collecting the poor rate

Question 28

What year was the act for the punishments of Rogues

Answer 28

1598

Question 29

What was the act for the punishment of Rogues

Answer 29

Begging was forbidden and punished with whipping

Question 30

What was the 1598 Act for the relief of the poor

Answer 30

Allocated 4 overseers of the poor for each parish. Also, work was to be found for able-bodied men and women

Question 31

What are the two categories the Tudor government classified the poor into

Answer 31

Impotent poor
Able-bodied poor

Question 32

Who were the impotent poor

Answer 32

Those genuinely unable to work due to age, hardship or infirmary

Question 33

Who were the able-bodied poor

Answer 33

Those capable of work but unwilling to find employment

Question 34

What did population rise to in 1601

Answer 34

4.1 million

Question 35

What’s a vagabond

Answer 35

A person unwilling to find a job and wonders from place to place

Question 36

What is a hooker/Angler vagrant 

Answer 36

They carry a wooden stick and knock on doors to see what could be stolen then they return later to reach through windows and take valuables

Question 37

What is a doxy

Answer 37

The female beggar who picked up anything valuable and put it in her bag then would run away with it