Lifestyles Of Rich And Poor Topic 2

Question 1

What was the poor laws of 1601?

Answer 1

Gov recognised begging was a problem
9 causes of poverty
Deserving and undeserving
1563- compulsory apprenticeships for boys
1572- jps keep a register of poor and enforce poor rates
1601-act for relief or poor, work found for able bodied and children learn trade.

Question 2

Causes of poverty

Answer 2

Rack renting- rent too high to pay
Rise in population
Changes in farming - crops to livestock mean less workers needed

Question 3

Clapper dudgeon

Answer 3

Tied arsenic to their skin to attract sympathy

Question 4

Doxy

Answer 4

Female beggar who would use tricks to steal anything with value, commonly trick chickens

Question 5

Counterfeit crank

Answer 5

Dressed in tatty clothes and pretended to be sick

Question 6

Hooker

Answer 6

Used a stick to reach into windows and steal

Question 7

Abraham man

Answer 7

Pretended to be mad

Question 8

Ruffler

Answer 8

Ex soldier who stole and threatened

Question 9

Drumerer

Answer 9

Pretended to be dumb

Question 10

Rich housing

Answer 10

Landowners remodelled their homes to promote their wealth, fuelled by Elizabeth’s progresses
Hardwick hall- houses celebrated symmetry with E or H. Large windows
The long gallery was introduced, framed with windows and portraits, used for entertainment

Question 11

Rich fashion

Answer 11

Noblemen wire shirts, ruffs, leather shoes, stockings
Jewellery and satin and velvet cloaks and hats
Ladies wore petticoats, gown, stockings, wide sleeves, bracelets, pearls

Question 12

Rich education

Answer 12

Men tutored at home in french Latin and Greek. Social etiquette was important as well as hawking fencing and dancing
Ladies learned how to supervise the running of the house

Question 13

Gentry housing

Answer 13

Modernised and re-fashioned their homes
At least 5 rooms
Houses had fireplaces, chimneys, panelled walls and large windows.

Question 14

Gentry fashion

Answer 14

Modern stylish outfits but without the expense of the rich clothes
No fine threads and jewels

Question 15

Gentry education

Answer 15

Young men went to grammar school, hunting, fencing dancing
Some went to Oxford or Cambridge and began careers as lawyers or entered royal services.

Question 16

Poor houses

Answer 16

Typical cottages, one room, earth floor, thatched roof, no glass windows
Lack of possessions and furniture

Question 17

Poor fashion

Answer 17

Basic shoes jacket, waistcoat, most people had one outfit.

Question 18

Poor education

Answer 18

Little to none
Some attended parish school to read and write
Leisure- gambling, cards, fishing

Question 19

9 causes of poverty

Answer 19

Rising population
Bad harvest
Rising inflation
Changes in farming
Rack renting
Rural depopulation
Foreign war cost
Changes in cloth industry
Dissolution of monasteries

Question 20

How successful were the poor laws?

Answer 20

Laws helped provide many people with support
Helped reduce threat of rebellion
Gov began to take action to look after the poor
Poor relief remained for 200 years
Poverty continues to rise