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Poor Act 1575

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for the setting of Poor on Work, and for the avoiding of Idleness.
Citation	18 Eliz. 1. c. 3
Dates
Royal assent	15 March 1576
Repealed	28 July 1863
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed

The Poor Act 1575 (18 Eliz. 1. c. 3) was a law passed in England under Queen Elizabeth I It is a part of the Tudor Poor Laws and a predecessor to the Elizabethan Poor Laws.

The 1575 act required parishes to create “a competent stock of wool, hemp, flax, iron and other stuff” for the poor to work on. It also created houses of correction where recalcitrant or careless workers could be forced to work and punished accordingly.

The 1575 act built substantially on the Vagabonds Act 1572, and combined, they formed the basis for the subsequent Elizabethan Poor Laws.

References

1. Sidney & Beatrice Webb, English Local Government: English Poor Law History Part 1, pg. 53
2. Sidney & Beatrice Webb, English Local Government: English Poor Law History Part 1, pg. 52
3. Paul Slack, The English Poor Law 1531-1782 18--19

v t e Poor laws of the British Isles
Poor laws by territory	England and Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man	Nantwich workhouse
Old Poor Law	Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 Tudor poor laws Poor Relief Act 1597 Poor Relief Act 1601 Poor Relief Act 1662 Relief of the Poor Act 1696 Poor Relief Act 1722 Relief of the Poor Act 1782 House of correction Overseer of the poor Poor rate Poor relief Buttock mail
Relief systems	Outdoor relief Speenhamland Labour Rate Roundsman Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
New Poor Law	Royal commission (1832) Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Less eligibility Workhouse Workhouse test Board of guardians Outdoor Labour Test Order Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouse
Changes after 1834	Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act
Decline and abolition	Liberal welfare reforms Royal Commission (1905–09) Majority Report Minority Report Interwar poverty National Assistance Act 1948
Other	Christmas Day in the Workhouse Historiography of the Poor Laws Timeline of the English poor law system Poor Relief Act List of poor law unions in England List of poor law unions in Wales List of Irish poor law unions

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