Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.

I'm your host Heather Tuscoe and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because

I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the

universe, and being more deeply in touch with our own humanity. This is episode 125, and it's a look

at what it was like to be poor in Tudor England and how the conversation began to shift around

how to care for the poor, leading right up to the 1601 Poor Law that became the standard

for 250 years.

But first, I need to thank my patrons.

It's been a while since I've done a full patron thank you, and I need to give you the love

that you so richly deserve.

Thank you so much to Al, Andrea, Babette, Berta, Salain, Shar, Christine, Cynthia, Delia, Donna, Elizabeth, Empresa, Helen, Ian, Janine, Jim,

Joanne, John, another John, Yergan, that's my dad, Candice, Kara, Catherine, Kathy, and then another Kathy. One Kathy has an I,

the other has a Y. Katie, another Katie, Kendra, Kimberly, Lady Anne, aka Jessica, Mara, Melissa,

Michael, hey Michael, I can't wait to meet you at TudorCon. Michael's bringing his musical,

the King's Legacy, to TudorCon. You can learn more about it. Philip, Ryan, Shandor, Sarah,

Stephanie, Susan, Rebecca from Tudor's Dynasty, who is amazing, Twyla, Vicky, and Wendy. Thank you so much to all of you. You are all

awesome. I am so incredibly grateful to all of you, to each of you, for being supporters and for

keeping this show independent and allowing me to do this work. So thank you. If you would like to

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