Vagrancy

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  • Created by: lily
  • Created on: 03-01-13 12:34

Why it increased in the 16th century:

POLITICAL:

  • End of war left soldiers out of work
  • No National help system.

ECONOMIC:

  • Inflation caused prices to rise faster than wages
  • Problems with the cloth industary
  • Land owners kept more sheep which needed less workers.

SOCIAL:

  • Population increases significantly

RELIGIOUS:

  • Closure of monestries by Henry the eigth in the 1530's took away the poor rate.

What did people think of vagrants?:

  • Villages and towns did try to help the genuinely poor of their own parish
  • The aged, sick and

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