Poor under Edward

Question 1

Edward’s Legislation to combat poverty- Poor Laws

Answer 1

1547 Vagrancy Act (Repealed 1550)

1552 Poor Law Act

Question 2

For 1547 LOOK AT HENERY!

Answer 2

<3 DON’T YOU DARE

Question 3

What did the 1552 do to able bodied?

Answer 3

Parish priests and bishops given role to place pressure on community contributions to alms (help, money, goods) for the poor.
Enslavement and branding relaxed -but use of whipping and stocks remained.

Question 4

What did the 1552 do to impotent?

Answer 4

Deserving poor formally registered and data collected for 1st time – why would they do this? Local control? Traceability? To get a handle on the numbers?

Question 5

What did the 1552 impact the poor?

Answer 5

Worst excesses of 1547 vagrancy act removed but still harsh attitude towards poverty/vagrancy. Wanted to monitor numbers of important poor-officially record them.