Elizabethan Society

themes: poverty, Unemployment, agricultural problems, depopulation/growth of London

percentage of families classified as the working poor

50%

rural households in absolute poverty

10%

urban households in absolute poverty

20%

Percentage of poor’s income spent on food + drink

80%

how many of richest towns are in the south?

23/25

How much did the population grow under Elizabeth?

35%

Name of 1563 act against enclosure

Act for Maintaining Tillage

what act set a threshold price for corn and placed limits on its export?

1592 Price Limit on Corn

Name of the 1598 act against enclosure

Act against conversion to pasture (1598)

punishment for vagrants under the 1572 Vagabonds Act

• whipped

• bored through the ear

• put to death

when was the responsibility for the poor transferred from church to JPs?

1572 Vagabonds Act

Percentage of income henrician monasteries gave to charity

3%

Av life expectancy

35

When were houses of correction introduced?

1598 Act for Punishment of Rogues

When was the right to work recognised

1563 Act of Artificiers

When was a maximum wage brought in?

1563 Act of Artificers w

the Oxfordshire rising (___) only had _ rebels, despite being during a subsistance crisis, showing the overall control of Elizabeth

• 4

• 1596

When were JPs given the duty to secure apprenticeships?

1598 Act for Relief of the Poor

When were food riots in hampshire

1586

When was Tyrone’s rebellion in Ireland?

1594-1603

When was the Northern Rebellion?

1569

Leaders of the northern rebellion

• Percy, Lord of Northumberland

• Howard, Duke of Norfolk

• Earl of Westmorland

14th Nov 1569

Mass held in Durham cathedral

number of rebels executed by Elizabeth

700

size of london in comparison to next largest city

x4 bigger

Failed harvests

1594-98

The price of most goods rose by ___% under Elizabeth

400