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GCSE History · key term
Money, goods or other assistance provided to people in poverty.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: The Problem of the PoorPoor-relief legislation in 1563 strengthened responsibility for contributing to poor relief. People who refused to contribute could be imprisoned, and Justices of the Peace who failed to collect contributions could be fined. Relief was becoming more than a matter of voluntary generosity.
Paper 1
Assistance provided under the Poor Law to people unable to support themselves, sometimes through admission to a workhouse.
Revise: Irish migrationWhen work disappeared, some residents depended on poor relief, including the Kensington workhouse.
Assistance provided to people in poverty, including food, accommodation, money or materials for work.
For changing policies, use dated evidence: 1563 compulsory contributions, 1572 organised poor relief alongside punishment, and 1576 materials for work and houses of correction.
Use dated examples of responses, such as the 1576 Poor Relief Act and the 1601 Poor Law, and explain how they combined assistance with control.
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