Society Flashcards
Act in 1563 (3)
Maintaining tillage
Statue of artificers
Apmaintance of the navy
Act of maintains tillage what (2+)
Ploughed land since 1528 cannot be converted into pasture - must be used for crops
Sustains food production and limits enclosures = poor benefit
Atutue of artificers what (4)
Max but not minimum wage rates
Employers had to provide traing
7 year apprenticeships = compulsory
Wage rate decline = NEGATIVE
1570s acts what and when (2;
1572 - vagabonds act
1576 - act for the relief of the poor
Vagabonds act what (2+)
Tax/benefits sytem = people pay at local level for the FIRST TIME for poor relief
Penalties against vagrants = whipping + death if it’s 3rd offence
Act for the relief of poor what (2)
Impotent poor looked after
Able bodied directed to find work - if not would be sent to correction house
90s acts what and when (3)
1592 - statue regarding the export of corn
1598 - statue against conversions to pasture and engrossing
1598 - act for the relief of poor
What 1592 act (3)
Price limit set on corn
Export of corn permitted when price fell below it = when sufficient supply
Price fell = increased supply = export surplus
Statue against conversions to pasture and engrossing what (2)
Came after increase in enclosures - 1591-1597
Response to poor harvest = help people feed themselves
Second poor relief act what (4)
4 overseers appointed to supervise admin of poor relief
Included securing apprenticeships, building hospitals and providing employment
Paid through the ‘poor rate’ = paid by people each parish
Structured sytem to support poor
What in 1601 (2)
Reiterated 1598 act of poor relief with another act
Created language = under serving and deserving poor
How long did poor law act last
1834
What + why maintained of the navy (3)
Raised the price limit on the amount of grain that could be exported
Increases supply at home = feed pop.
Increase life expectancy
