almsperson

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used, historical) A person who receives charitable assistance, especially at an almshouse.

   • Whiles we not only relieve them, but instruct them, as Bishop Hooper did his board of beggars, as Dʳ Tailour the Martyr did the Alms-people of Hadley, and other poor of his Parish. — 1647