As time evolves into the Elizabethan Poor Laws time, based upon the Poor Laws established in England, created in correlation and connection to a series of acts that were the driving principles for the future legislature. These foundational driving principles were: “…the belief that the primary responsibility for provision lay with one’s family, that poor relief should be handled at the local level…that individuals should not be allowed to move to a new community if they were unable to provide for themselves financially.” (Martin 2018, 17) Charity was described on multiple levels, from food delivers and medicines to providing locations, names, and references as to where to find more assistance. Again, there is a pattern of negativity towards
