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SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES - Coggle Diagram
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES
POOR LAWS/MEASURES
1563 - if people refused to contribute to impotent poor relief they could be taken to court - FINES FOR BEGGING
1572 - compulsory poor relief - some people defined as deserving poor for the first time, local govt made responsible for poor relief rather than parishes
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1597 - Poor Law amalgamated previous ones; children to be apprenticed to a trade - national scheme of parish rates of relief for aged and dependent poor
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1560-61 - withdrew debased coinage, maintained those levels of silver until end of reign
MAIN ISSUES
POPULATION GROWTH
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fall in real wages, increased food demand
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CORRUPTION
due to Crown financial difficulties, people were paid in monopolies rather than money
private sub-contracting needed for govt to run with workload - Exchequer had 94 men officially but 200 unofficially
monopolies led to 2x rise in steel prices, 3x rise in starch prices by 1598
Parliament officially complained about monopolies in 1601 - William Hakewill 'is not bread there?' after list of monopolies
PAYING FOR WAR
war with Spain in 1590s led to soaring war costs but widespread tax evasion and failure to maintain tax yields in line with inflation (unlike Wolsey) meant that the socio-economic situation deteriorated rapidly
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