ELIZABETH SOCAIL

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Lauren Ewington

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What are some examples of local charities?
- A form of voluntary aid
- Demonstrated how Elizabeth's social policies relied heavily on local people being dedicated to the cause
- Lady Cecil's Bequest for Poor Tradesmen in Romanford
- Wygeston's Hospital in Leicester
- Christs hospital
- However, these small scale projects did become more insufficient as the problem of poverty became more acute
Were the Overseers of the Poor a Success?
- Yes
- 1598
- legitimised payments to the poor, putting the accountability on local wealthy individuals in their local parish and distributing the yield received to whom they viewed as the "deserving poor".
- The success of the Overseers is expressed through their having to keep regular accounts of what they collected decreases corruption, guided by Justices of Peace, adding a layer of bureaucracy to the system
- the overseers were internally selected in the Parish, they were much more experienced with Poverty than the Elite, enhancing the success with what they could do with the funds they collected as they knew how to implement them in a way that would be the most effect as the cultural distance between the rich and poor was growing, something Elizabeth's larger pieces of legislation, like the 1563 Act on Poverty relief failed to do
What is the significance of Hadleigh?
- An example of a town were Elizabeth's polices mixed with local initiatives worked
- "The principal inhabitants" constructed the town's response to poverty.
- The role of Almshouses in Hadleigh housed 32 elderly people, having an allowance of 6d to 12d a week. By the 1590s, Hadleigh was spending as much as 180 pounds annually on 130 poor people, with 13% receiving this aid for upwards of 10 years illustrating a sheer commitment to decreasing poverty internally.
How did Elizabeth improve Law and Order?
- In 1559, the Star Chamber dealt with 67 crimes and over 700 in 1603
- 600 people were hung in 1600
- This exemplified a crackdown on petty crime
- An attempt to fix the root cause of poverty (Bottom down approach)
Ultimately what were the 1598 and 1601 Poor Law Acts? 
- solely extensions of patterns that had originated in local communities, displaying how Elizabeth was able to acknowledge what was working in local towns and legitimise it through legislation. These acts set precedence for Poor law legislation for years to come, illustrating their success.
The emergence of what class demonstrated a slowly closing gap between the rich and the poor?
- The Gentry class
- They built big houses in the countryside (Theobalds)
- This to a bolstering in employment in the countryside
What were Elizabeth's Aims in her legislation?
- Elizabeth's policies were not designed to completely eradicate Poverty, but alleviated it where possible, which she did achieve by 1601
Why were some of Elizabeth's polices a failure?
- benefits were restricted to those who were considered the "deserving poor" with the "undeserving" and "idle" poor being harshly treated. Due to the harshness of Elizabeth's policies, there was a loss in public faith and therefore a reluctance to follow the legislation, reducing success in dealing with poverty
- Many of the Acts she produced, like the 1598 and 1601 Poor Law Acts were in response to patterns local communities had been taking to tackle poverty.
- Therefore, when they were implemented, they were already out of date
Why did the Statue of Artificers have a limited impact on society?
-1563
- It more was focused on driving the economy forward rather than addressing the direct issues found in poverty.
- symbolised the delay in response Elizabeth had in reacting to the problems with poverty. Creating disparity between the local people and parliamentary legislation.
Why was the Vagabonds Act a failure?
- 1572
- only good for the deserving poor as John Guy stipulates
- Have harsh, beggars were punished by being hanged
- a knee-jerk reaction to the issues poverty created rather than an attempt to fix the root cause.
What did the riots in Oxfordshire represent?
- 1597
- Inherent issues in Elizabeth Poverty Acts
- confirmed Cecil's fear of how persistent poverty could lead to wider-scale rebellions.
- Demonstarted how Elizabeths failed to focus on alleivating subsistnace crisis's
- 1594 to 1597, there were 4 subsistence crises
Why was the impact of Almshouses becoming Obsolete?
- They were Catholic institutions
- Increasing poverty meant they could not support
- as they relied entirely on benevolence, the shift to the Protestantism faith meant purgatory was no longer a guarantee to ensure a path to heaven. As a result, there was ⅔ drop in donations, although this varied from parish to parish.
Was enclosure dealt with?
- No
- Rent was not fixed (Rack renting)
- This was a driving factor behind the Oxfordshire riot
- At Enslow Hill, 7 local landlords were murdered who had enclosed local land
- However, it failed to grow into a bigger rebellion
- The ringleaders were easily caught are local Lord were alerted
- Two were hanged in June in London
What were the results of the enclosure uprising?
- It highlighted an area of discontent that had contributed to the growing cause of poverty that Elizabeth had failed to address
- This led to a change in legislation
- In 1597, land that was previously arable and had been enclosed in the last 12 years was restored to arable land
- This eased discontent and represented how Elizabeth proactively changed an element of society that was not functioning
What were the causes of poverty in the Elizabethan era?
- 40% increase in population
- Subsistence crisis (Newcastle in 1597)
- Not addressing enclosure until 1597
- Economic development in London, like the Royal Exchange in London opened in 1571, led to urban decay in cities such as Norwich and Ipswich
- The 1572 Vagrancy Act could be argued to of worsened poverty
- By 1596 the wage had collapsed to half the level ti had been 9 years before
- Almshouses a reduction in benevolence
What was the Riot on Tower Hill? 
- June 1595
- Largest uprising in London in 80 years
- 1000 apprentices
- Grievances about the corruption of the Major
- 5 rioters were convicted of treason and hung
What are some examples of local charities?
- A form of voluntary aid
- Demonstrated how Elizabeth's social policies relied heavily on local people being dedicated to the cause
- Lady Cecil's Bequest for Poor Tradesmen in Romanford
- Wygeston's Hospital in Leicester
- Christs hospital
- However, these small scale projects did become more insufficient as the problem of poverty became more acute
Were the Overseers of the Poor a Success?
- Yes
- 1598
- legitimised payments to the poor, putting the accountability on local wealthy individuals in their local parish and distributing the yield received to whom they viewed as the "deserving poor".
- The success of the Overseers is expressed through their having to keep regular accounts of what they collected decreases corruption, guided by Justices of Peace, adding a layer of bureaucracy to the system
- the overseers were internally selected in the Parish, they were much more experienced with Poverty than the Elite, enhancing the success with what they could do with the funds they collected as they knew how to implement them in a way that would be the most effect as the cultural distance between the rich and poor was growing, something Elizabeth's larger pieces of legislation, like the 1563 Act on Poverty relief failed to do
What is the significance of Hadleigh?
- An example of a town were Elizabeth's polices mixed with local initiatives worked
- "The principal inhabitants" constructed the town's response to poverty.
- The role of Almshouses in Hadleigh housed 32 elderly people, having an allowance of 6d to 12d a week. By the 1590s, Hadleigh was spending as much as 180 pounds annually on 130 poor people, with 13% receiving this aid for upwards of 10 years illustrating a sheer commitment to decreasing poverty internally.
How did Elizabeth improve Law and Order?
- In 1559, the Star Chamber dealt with 67 crimes and over 700 in 1603
- 600 people were hung in 1600
- This exemplified a crackdown on petty crime
- An attempt to fix the root cause of poverty (Bottom down approach)
Ultimately what were the 1598 and 1601 Poor Law Acts? 
- solely extensions of patterns that had originated in local communities, displaying how Elizabeth was able to acknowledge what was working in local towns and legitimise it through legislation. These acts set precedence for Poor law legislation for years to come, illustrating their success.
The emergence of what class demonstrated a slowly closing gap between the rich and the poor?
- The Gentry class
- They built big houses in the countryside (Theobalds)
- This to a bolstering in employment in the countryside
What were Elizabeth's Aims in her legislation?
- Elizabeth's policies were not designed to completely eradicate Poverty, but alleviated it where possible, which she did achieve by 1601
Why were some of Elizabeth's polices a failure?
- benefits were restricted to those who were considered the "deserving poor" with the "undeserving" and "idle" poor being harshly treated. Due to the harshness of Elizabeth's policies, there was a loss in public faith and therefore a reluctance to follow the legislation, reducing success in dealing with poverty
- Many of the Acts she produced, like the 1598 and 1601 Poor Law Acts were in response to patterns local communities had been taking to tackle poverty.
- Therefore, when they were implemented, they were already out of date
Why did the Statue of Artificers have a limited impact on society?
-1563
- It more was focused on driving the economy forward rather than addressing the direct issues found in poverty.
- symbolised the delay in response Elizabeth had in reacting to the problems with poverty. Creating disparity between the local people and parliamentary legislation.
Why was the Vagabonds Act a failure?
- 1572
- only good for the deserving poor as John Guy stipulates
- Have harsh, beggars were punished by being hanged
- a knee-jerk reaction to the issues poverty created rather than an attempt to fix the root cause.
What did the riots in Oxfordshire represent?
- 1597
- Inherent issues in Elizabeth Poverty Acts
- confirmed Cecil's fear of how persistent poverty could lead to wider-scale rebellions.
- Demonstarted how Elizabeths failed to focus on alleivating subsistnace crisis's
- 1594 to 1597, there were 4 subsistence crises
Why was the impact of Almshouses becoming Obsolete?
- They were Catholic institutions
- Increasing poverty meant they could not support
- as they relied entirely on benevolence, the shift to the Protestantism faith meant purgatory was no longer a guarantee to ensure a path to heaven. As a result, there was ⅔ drop in donations, although this varied from parish to parish.
Was enclosure dealt with?
- No
- Rent was not fixed (Rack renting)
- This was a driving factor behind the Oxfordshire riot
- At Enslow Hill, 7 local landlords were murdered who had enclosed local land
- However, it failed to grow into a bigger rebellion
- The ringleaders were easily caught are local Lord were alerted
- Two were hanged in June in London
What were the results of the enclosure uprising?
- It highlighted an area of discontent that had contributed to the growing cause of poverty that Elizabeth had failed to address
- This led to a change in legislation
- In 1597, land that was previously arable and had been enclosed in the last 12 years was restored to arable land
- This eased discontent and represented how Elizabeth proactively changed an element of society that was not functioning
What were the causes of poverty in the Elizabethan era?
- 40% increase in population
- Subsistence crisis (Newcastle in 1597)
- Not addressing enclosure until 1597
- Economic development in London, like the Royal Exchange in London opened in 1571, led to urban decay in cities such as Norwich and Ipswich
- The 1572 Vagrancy Act could be argued to of worsened poverty
- By 1596 the wage had collapsed to half the level ti had been 9 years before
- Almshouses a reduction in benevolence
What was the Riot on Tower Hill? 
- June 1595
- Largest uprising in London in 80 years
- 1000 apprentices
- Grievances about the corruption of the Major
- 5 rioters were convicted of treason and hung