What did the 1601 law on poverty require each parish to do?

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What did the 1601 law on poverty require each parish to do?

Accepted Answer

Collect a compulsory rate to help those who could not work — Award 1 mark. Overseers collected a poor rate. The impotent poor received relief, the able-bodied were set to work, and idlers could be punished.

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Pay wages to anyone who chose not to work

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Build a prison for every beggar found in the parish

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Collect a compulsory rate to help those who could not work

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Send the unemployed to work in the colonies

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