Describe the ways in which the socioeconomic class to which a person living in Elizabethan England belonged could be determined.

The structure had four main classes: the Nobility, the Gentry, the Yeomanry, and the poor.

-Nobility:

Who belonged?:

Noblemen and Woman.

There were few nobles, for they acted as a threat to the monarch's power. If you were to be a part of the nobility class you were either born into it or given a grant by a king or queen. It takes high crime and treason to lose their title.

-The Gentry:

Who belonged?:

Knights, squires, gentlemen and gentlewomen whose fortunes were great enough were they did not have to work very hard for a living.

Many of them could start off as a knight, yet through marriages and generations they could build their wealth and class

-The Yeomanry

Who belonged?:

These people made up the middle class

All of them could live in a comfortable position of life, yet if famine struck they could lose everything. While the Gentry used all of their wealth on homes and such things as finary, the Yeomanry prefered to spend it more modestly.

-The Poor

Who belonged?:

These people made up the poor class of england.

They were left with no money, food, or shelter. Their numbers always increased gradually so there were laws set to assist  them.

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