Elizabethan Poor Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Poor_Relief_Act_1601
gptkbp:appliesTo England and Wales
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:English_Poor_Laws
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1601
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established system of local responsibility for poor
gptkbp:historicalSignificance foundation of British welfare system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elizabethan Poor Law
gptkbp:influenced later British welfare legislation
gptkbp:influencedBy earlier Tudor legislation
gptkbp:provides relief for impotent poor
gptkbp:providesFor indoor relief
outdoor relief
gptkbp:purpose provide relief for the poor
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Tudor_Poor_Laws
gptkbp:requires overseers of the poor
parishes to collect poor rates
work for able-bodied poor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Poor_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5