Poor Act 1575

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
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	15 March 1576
Commencement	8 February 1576
Repealed	28 July 1863
Other legislation
Amends	Vagabonds Act 1572
Amended by	Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1584; Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1586; Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1588; Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1592; Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1597; Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1601; Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623;
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Relates to	Vagabonds Act 1572; Vagabonds Act 1597;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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

The 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 act built substantially on the Vagabonds Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1. c. 5), and combined, they formed the basis for the subsequent Elizabethan Poor Laws.