What were yeomen?
Farmers who rented land
Skilled craftsmen
Farmers who owned small areas of land
Why had more land become available in the 16th century?
Some of the larger landowners became bankrupt
Henry VIII had dissolved the monasteries and sold off the land
The Church gave land away to the poor
Which one of these is an example of an Elizabethan stately home?
Bodrhyddan Hall
Longleat House
Hatfield House
Which of the following built Burghley House?
William Cecil
Robert Devereux
Francis Walsingham
What laws were passed concerning the clothes that different social classes could wear?
Sumptuary Laws
Attire Laws
Status Laws
Who built and owned Plas Mawr townhouse, Conwy?
John Gibbon
Robert Wynn
Nicholas Herbert
What term was used to describe a wandering beggar?
Pauper
Deserving poor
Vagabond
Which of the following pretended to be epileptic in the hope of receiving charity?
Clapperdudgeon
Counterfeit crank
Tom O’Bedlam
Who was responsible for administering poor relief at a local level?
Overseers of the Poor
Lord Lieutenants
Sheriffs
Where were able-bodied beggars who refused to work supposed to be sent, according to the 1576 Act for the Relief of the Poor?
Back to their own parish
Town hall
House of Correction