Poor Laws Flashcards
Who did the laws provide relief for?
Oaps, sickly people, infant poor and people who were able-bodied in workhouses
What is a vagabond?
Homeless without a job
Who were itinerants?
They were people who moved from their home to parishes looking for work
What provided allowances to workers who received wages below subsequent levels?
Speenhamland system
What is a vagabond?
People who were homeless and went around the country looking for money
What law was passed in 1563?
Statute of Artificers
What law was passed in 1572?
Vagabonds Act
What law was passed in 1576?
Poor Relief Act
What was the aim of the Statue of Artificers law?
To ensure that people who owned land would pay poor relief
1 feature of the Statue of Artificers act
- Anyone who refused to pay could be imprisoned
2. Officials that failed to organise poor relief could be fined £20
What was the aim of the Poor Relief Act?
To help poor people who could work (able-bodied) find work
1 feature of the Statue of Artificers act
1.Anyone who refused to pay could be inprisoned
1 feature of the Vagabonds act
- Vagrants to be whipped and holes drilled through ears
2. Vagrants were imprisoned 2nd time and death penalty 3rd time around
1 feature of the poor relief act
- JPs gave raw materials to able-bodied poor so they could sell them
- Those who refused to work were sent to the house of Correction ( Special Prison)
