Elizibethan Poor Flashcards
Name the four laws that were collected under the umbrella name ‘the Elizabethan poor law’ of 1601
-the vagabonds act
-act for the relief of the poor (1576 and 1598)
-act for the punishment of vagabonds
Who was a dummerer?
Someone who pretended to be dumb to beg for money
Who was a Ruffler?
A former soldier who is now a thief
Who is a counterfeit crank?
Pretends to have epilepsy and chews soap to foam at the mouth
Who is a doxy?
Steals poultry and valuables while disguised as an old person
Who was an Abraham man?
Pretended to be mad to receive chairity
Who was a clapper dudgeon?
Try’s getting sympathy by tying arsenic to their skin to bleed
Who was a hooker/angler?
Knocks on people’s door during the day to see inside their house. They return in the night to stick hooks in their windows and steal.
