Under the terms of the Elizabethan Poor Law 1601 poor relief was help given to the poor. The Poor Law Act 1601 was also known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, 43rd Elizabeth Old Poor Law after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor people receiving poor relief were known as paupers. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and Poor relief could be in several forms:
Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 such forms of outdoor relief were discouraged in an attempt to make people accept indoor relief inside a workhouse. Money is anything that is generally accepted as Payment for Goods and services and repayment of Debts. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the Human body from extreme Weather The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 sometimes abbreviated to PLAA was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig This article refers to Britain's welfare provision after the 1601 Poor Law After the passing of the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law, indoor relief was poor relief that took place within a Workhouse or almshouse A workhouse, colloquially known as a spike was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work