1What is the definition of Vagabond or Vagrant?
Beggers, Tramps & Others Who Wandered the country Without a Settled Home or Job
2why were there more Vagabonds in England after 1500?
1) Closing of Monasteries in the 1530s Due to Reformation Took Away Help For Poor & made Monks Homeless.
2) By the 1500s the Restrictions had been Removed & People Allowed to Travel Around Country Unlike Middle Ages.
3) Population Increase which Put Pressure On Jobs & Food.
4) Landowners Started to Keep Sheep Instead Of Crops. So Didn't Need So Many Workers, Increasing Unemployment.
5) A series Bad Harvests Meant Less Food.
3why were people worried about Vagabonds?
1) Christians believed Unemployed People were Likely to Commit Crimes as the Bible taught- the DEVIL MAKES WORK FOR IDLE HANDs.
2) People believed that Vagrants Stole, Assaulted & Murdered get Money.
3) People were Suspicious of Strangers or Outsiders Looking For Work.
4) People Didn't want to Pay More 'poor rates' (money collected for the poor) to Help Outsideers.
5) Plays & Books Presented Vagrants Badly- as criminals.
4how did law and punishment towards vagabonds change between 1531 and 1598?
Deter Others From Committing Same Offence
5What was Vagabond Act of what date & what did it mainly focus on
Vagabond Act of 1572
• Found Guilt of Vagabond Over Age 14 Publicly Whipped or Burned Ear
• 2nd Time Sent Prison
• 3rd Time Executed
• Children Beggers Forced into Serevents
• Local JP's Ordered Keep Register of Poor in Parish
Focused on Providing Punishment for Beggers Rather than Support.
6What is the general trend for laws regarding vagamonds between 1500 and 1600?
Laws regarding Vagabond Punishments are Confusing because the laws and Punishments are Constantly Changing a long with the Severity.
7Reasons why vagabonds weren't a problem & give exampke?
• Only Became a Problem when Bad Harvest, for example in 1598 Vagabonds Increased in London, Oxford and Salisbury.
• Looking for Work (servants & labour) That's Why They Left their home.
8Reasons why vagabonds were a problem?
SOME WERE SCAMMERS
• Prancers: someone who Stole Horses
• Anglers : Used Sticks Steel Clothes from Washing Lines
• Ruffler: usually ex-military men who beat people up for money
• Counterfit Crank: beggars who Pretended to be Ill to Gain Sympathy and Get Money
9What was Undeserving Poor?