Poverty Flashcards
(12 cards)
0
Q
Monasteries contributed this amount of their income to poor relief
A
2% or 3%
1
Q
Statute of Artificers 1563
A
Placed upper limit on wages of skilled labourers
2
Q
Savage legislation against idle poor
A
1547
3
Q
Movement to compulsory poor rate starts with alms placed in common box
A
1536
4
Q
Poor Rate Compulsory
A
1572
5
Q
Great urban poverty and dissolution of the monasteries
A
1530s
6
Q
Poor harvests and fear of unrest following 1549
A
1547 and 1552
7
Q
Concern over security of succession after Elizabeth’s illness
A
1563
8
Q
Followed rising of the northern earls, fear of further disorder
A
1572
9
Q
Poor laws remained in effect for over
A
200 years
10
Q
London have up reliance on voluntary charity
A
1547
11
Q
Founding of the five London hospitals
A
1547-1553
