Lifestyle of the rich and poor

Question 1

What was the Elizabethan era also called (In terms of houses)?

Answer 1

The great rebuilding

Question 2

Give 2 examples of fine houses built in the Elizabethan era.

Answer 2

1) Burghley house

2) Hardwick hall

Question 3

Who was famous to have lived in Hardwick hall?

Answer 3

Bess of Hardwick

Question 4

How did the gentry secure a steady income?

Answer 4

Rented or sold land to farmers (because they owned a lot and did not have a lot to do with it unlike the rich)

Question 5

What was the rich wife’s role?

Answer 5

To run the household

Question 6

What activities did the rich participate in?

Answer 6

Deer hunting, Hawking and dancing

Question 7

What sport did all the classes do?

Answer 7

Bowls

Question 8

What sport did the poor play?

Answer 8

Football

Question 9

What years were there bad harvests?

Answer 9

1556, 1596 and 1597

Question 10

What was the population in 1564?

Answer 10

2.7 million

Question 11

What was the population in 1601?

Answer 11

4.1 million

Question 12

What wars was England engaged in?

Answer 12

Wars against France, Scotland and Spain

Question 13

What are the 5 types of Vagabond?

Answer 13

1) Hooker = Hooked stuff out of homes
2) Clapper Dungeon = Put arsenic on their skin
3) Doxy = Carried a sack of ‘supposedly’ wool
4) Abraham man = Acted insain
5) Ruffler = Ex soldiers

Question 14

What is Rack rent?

Answer 14

When farmers increase the rent on their land

Question 15

When was the Statute of artificers passed?

Answer 15

1568

Question 16

What did the statute of artificers do to help the poor?

Answer 16

Allowed the poor to do apprenticeships for 7 years.

Question 17

When was the Vagabonds act passed?

Answer 17

1572

Question 18

What did the vagabonds act do to help the poor?

Answer 18

Fines issued to vagabonds as well as cruel punishments like whipping.

Question 19

When was the Elizabeth poor law passed?

Answer 19

1601

Question 20

What did the statute of artificers do to help the poor?

Answer 20

Made the government responsible for the poor. Lasted for 200 years.

Question 21

When was the act for the relief of the poor passed?

Answer 21

First in 1576 and adapted and improved in 1598

Question 22

What did the act for the relief of the poor do to help the poor?

Answer 22

Begging was forbidden, this meant that poverty and civil unrest were greatly reduced.

Question 23

What are 2 other acts that were important in helping the poor?

Answer 23

1) Vagabonds act 1572

2) Act for punishment of rouges 1598

Question 24

Were the poor laws successful?

Answer 24

It did mean that peasants were less likely to revolt, but generally poverty got worse.