Vagabonds Flashcards
When were vagrants branded with a ‘v’ on the forehead or sent into slavery for life?
1547
When were vagrants dragged behind a cart and whipped until their ‘backs be bloody’?
1531
When was the 1547 act seen to harsh? What did they do?
1550 and the authorities returned it back to the 1531 act
When were houses of correction established? Who by?
1553 by Edward VI
When were JPs allowed to raise funds for the deserving poor?
1563
What offences applied to the 1572 act?
1st offence: whipped and have hole burnt in right ear
2nd offence: they were to be executed
When were JPs enabled to collect a weekly poor rate to provide for the genuinely ill, disabled or too old to work?
1572
When were houses of correction built? What did they do?
1576 and to punish persistent beggars. There they could be whipped, shackled and made to work.
When was the 1572 act repealed to the 1531 act?
1593
When did vagrants have to return back to their parish of birth or last known place of residence, imprisoned for a year and there sentence was reduced if they took any job offered?
1572
When was the Great Law Poor Act?
1601-1834
What did the Great Law Poor Act entail?
It brought all previous measures together. Parishes bad to collect poor rate to provide for hospitals and workhouses where deserving poor and children and idle poor were separated
