lifestyles of the rich and the poor

Question 1

Rich:
-…….. used to create chimmneys
-bigger ……..
-decorated with …… and …….

Answer 1

-brick
-windows
-paintings and tapestries

Question 2

Rich
-they would wear the ….. ……. like ….. and …..
-ladies would wear …….. to show off their wealth

Answer 2

-finest materials like velvet and silk
-jewellery

Question 3

Rich:
what were sons taught and where?

Answer 3

-taught French, Latin, Greek, social ettiquette, hunting and dancing
-at home

Question 4

Rich:
what were daughters taught?

Answer 4

how to run a large house

Question 5

Gentry:
homes would be built of ….., ….. or ……. …..

Answer 5

stone, brick or half timbered

Question 6

Gentry
how many rooms did houses have?

Answer 6

8 rooms plus servants quarters

Question 7

Gentry
what was their fashion like?

Answer 7

tried to copy the rich but lacked the expensive fine threads of gold and silver or the jewellery

Question 8

Gentry:
where and what was the education of sons like?

Answer 8

-strict grammar schools
-learnt Greek, Latin and how to be the perfect gentleman.
-many attended university

Question 9

what were the homes of the poor like?

Answer 9

-one room
-shared with animals
-minimal furniture

Question 10

-what were the working hours of a poor tenant farmer
-what did they eat

Answer 10

-5am to 5pm
-they would get a break at 7&11am for bread, cheese and ale.
-dinner was veg stew at 6pm

Question 11

what was the fashion of the poor?

Answer 11

they would have few changes of clothes and their clothes were basic

Question 12

what did the poor do in their leisure time?

Answer 12

tavern, gambling, fishing, archery, bands of strolling players

Question 13

what were the education levels of the poor?

Answer 13

usually uneducated, some taught basic reading and writing

Question 14

why did rich people have to have such nice homes?

Answer 14

because of elizabeths progresses

Question 15

what was a key feature of a rich persons house?

Answer 15

the long gallery - a hallway that streched the whole length of the house. one side was windows, the other was paintings and fireplaces. designed for entertainment.

Question 16

what were the attitudes towards the poor?

Answer 16

-seen as idle and too lazy to find jobs
-wandered from place to place spreading diseases
-poor rates fueled resentment

Question 17

what were the 9 main causes of poverty?

Answer 17

-changes in farming methods (less employed methods)
-bad harvests
-closing of monasteries
-foreign wars increased taxes
-cloth industry collapse
-rising inflation
-rising population
-rural depopulation
-rack renting (farmers couldnt pay rent)

Question 18

what was a hooker/angler?

Answer 18

-carried a long wooden stick and knocked on the doors of houses seeking charity to see what they could steal
-they returned after dar and reached in windows with their hooks to get the valuables

Question 19

what was a doxy?

Answer 19

a female beggar who walks around with a large bag while knitting. people think the bag is for all the things she has knitted but really its full of things shes stolen

Question 20

what is a clapper dudgeon?

Answer 20

they tied arsenic to their skin to make it bleed hoping to attract sympathy while begging

Question 21

what is a couterfeit crank?

Answer 21

dresses in tatty clothes and pretends to suffer from epilepsy. they suck on soap to fake foaming at the mouth

Question 22

what is a dummerer?

Answer 22

pretends to be dumb in order to beg for charity from passers by

Question 23

what is an abraham man?

Answer 23

pretends to be mad hoping this would result in charity donations through pity

Question 24

what is a ruffler?

Answer 24

a former soldier who survives by robbing using threats or begging

Question 25

how many vagabonds were wandering the country?

Answer 25

10,000

Question 26

What did the 1601 Act for The Relief of the Poor mean?

Answer 26

The government had responsibility to help the poor and a legal framework was put in place to tackle poverty