poverty legislation

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vagabonds and beggars act 1495
stocks for 3 days and sent back to parish
1 of 10
vagabonds act 1531
defined the types of poor
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Edwardian vagrancy act 1547
branding and slavery for those who begged
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poor act 1555
poor had to have a licence to beg
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the statue of artificers 1563
encouraged apprenticeships
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the vagabonds act 1572
JPs register poor in each parish and poor rate raised for taxpayers
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the act for the relief of the poor 1576
government recognised it isn't always the individual's fault that they are poor and new system in place to help them find work
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act for the relief of the poor 1597
hardening attitude to vagrants but support for the old, sick and young
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the poor law act of 1601
poverty now seen as a social ill
9 of 10
what was introduced in 1553
houses of correction
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vagabonds act 1531

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defined the types of poor

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Edwardian vagrancy act 1547

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Card 4

Front

poor act 1555

Back

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Card 5

Front

the statue of artificers 1563

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