Elizabeth KQ2

Question 1

Rich homes

Answer 1

Labelled the “great rebuilding”
E or H shape
Divide between nobles and servants
Long gallery over the great hall for recreation with large windows
Burghley house, hardwick hall

Question 2

Gentry homes

Answer 2

Rented out land to make several hundred pounds a year
Copied the trends of the rich
Ceilings, wider windows, great hall converted to private dining hall

Question 3

Poor homes

Answer 3

They had only one room which was shared with animals
Earth frame, thatched roof, bed, table and stools
If they got richer they would have glazed windows, separate bedrooms, chimneys a parlour and a kitchen

Question 4

Noblemen and women clothes

Answer 4

Men: doublet, ruff, jarbin, trunk hose, stockings, leather shoes
Women: ruffs, petticoat, jewellery, gown, stockings, leather shoes

Question 5

Gentry chlothes

Answer 5

Tried to copy the rich with main differences in nice threads

Question 6

Poor males clothes

Answer 6

One outfit: leather shoes, knitted stockings, leather breaches, doublet and a jacket

Question 7

Rich and gentry education

Answer 7

Sons were taught at home, including French, Latin and Greek
Things like table etiquette were equally important
Daughters learned how to run a house
Gentry were taught similarly but went to grammar schools

Question 8

Poor education

Answer 8

They hardly had one and only few could attend parish schools but would have to leave to work

Question 9

Impotent poor

Answer 9

Those who were unable to work due to age or health

Question 10

Able-bodied poor

Answer 10

Those who are able to work but can’t or won’t

Question 11

Clapper dudgeon

Answer 11

Made themselves bleed by tying arsenic to their skin and tried to attract sympathy

Question 12

Hooker/angler

Answer 12

Knocked on doors in the day to see what they could steal and used their hook at night to steal valuables

Question 13

Doxy

Answer 13

A woman who would pretend to be knitting when they were actually scavenging
A common trick was to tie chickens on a lead that had break on in

Question 14

Abraham men

Answer 14

People who would try and scare people into giving them money by behaving threateningly

Question 15

Raffler

Answer 15

Former soldiers who couldn’t find a job and would steal, threaten and beg

Question 16

Dummerers

Answer 16

They would pretend to be dumb to try and get donations

Question 17

Rising inflation

Answer 17

Spanish exploration of central and South America decreased the value of all currency
The value was significantly decreased in the 1540s by Henry viii to pay for the war against France

Question 18

Bad harvests

Answer 18

1556, 96 and 97 were all bad harvest

The latter two coincided with the outbreak of the plague

Question 19

Changes in farming methods

Answer 19

Sheep farming was more profitable than food
Labourers would lose their jobs
Families lost their food

Question 20

Rack-renting

Answer 20

Rent prices increased significantly which was a problem for tenant farmers who rented from the rich
They had to be evicted, losing them a place to live and the gentry income

Question 21

Rural depopulation

Answer 21

Most lived in rural areas at the start and had to leave to work in towns
London had 50k-60k in 1520
It increased to 200k in 1600
Norwich was the next biggest with 12k

Question 22

Dissolution of the monasteries

Answer 22

They had provided food, shelter and medical care to the poor but in 1530 Henry viii removed them and didn’t replace them

Question 23

Costly foreign laws and demobbed soldiers

Answer 23

Wars against France, Scotland and Spain causes a rise in taxes
Soldiers who returned had no jobs after the war
1562-98 french wars of religion
1585-1604 Anglo-Spanish wars
1594-1603 nine years war

Question 24

Rising population

Answer 24

1550-1601 43% increase
2.7m in 1540s to 4.1m in 1601
Wages stayed the same, prices rose

Question 25

Changes in the cloth industry

Answer 25

Traded cloth with Antwerp until it collapsed in 1550
Ban on trade with Spain’s Holland in 60s, 70s and 80s
She gave one business control of each trade/route

Question 26

1563- statute of artificiers

Answer 26

All boys had to serve a 7 year apprenticeship to promote employment

Question 27

1572- vagabonds act

Answer 27

The death penalty was reintroduced for vagabonds. People had to pay a poor rate, overseers of the poor introduced

Question 28

1576- act for the relief of the poor

Answer 28

Houses of correction were built and those who didn’t pay the poor rate were punished

Question 29

1598- act for the relief of the poor

Answer 29

Four overseers per parish
Compulsory poor rate
Work was found for the able-bodied

Question 30

1598- act for the punishment of rogues

Answer 30

Death penalty was abolished, instead they were whipped and sent to their parish. House of correction if unknown

Question 31

1601 poor law

Answer 31

Effectively combined all other poor laws
Nationwide poor rate, jailed for failing
Begging was banned
Private donations created almshouses for the impotent poor

Question 32

What made boys do apprenticeships?

Answer 32

1563- statute of artificiers

Question 33

What reintroduced the death penalty and brought it a poor tax

Answer 33

1572- vagabonds act

Question 34

Where were houses of correction built?

Answer 34

1576- act for the relief of the poor

Question 35

4 overseers per parish
Compulsory poor rate
Work found for able-bodied

Answer 35

1598- act for the relief of the poor

Question 36

Where was the death penalty abolished and whipping used?

Answer 36

1598- act for the punishment of rogues

Question 37

What effective,t combined every poor law, brought in a national poor rate, jailing you for failure to pay, banned begging and created almshouses through private donations

Answer 37

1601 poor law