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Flashcards by Reece Kevan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Reece Kevan
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Import Duties | Taxes payable on imported goods |
| Nightwatch Men | Protected towns evening and night |
| Thief Takers | Paid men who hunted down thieves and turned them in to the Constable |
| Jonathan Wild | Thief Taker General - head of gang of thieves who claimed rewards for 'stolen' goods |
| Bridewell Prison | Built in 1556 - a correction house for vagabonds and orphaned homeless poor children. All inmates carried out hard labour. |
| The Bloody Code | A list of 50 harsh capital offences created by 1688 |
| Plead for Belly | Pregnant women pardoned after birth of a baby |
| Duty Boys | Orphaned homeless children sent to the colonies |
| Matthew Hopkins | Witchfinder General |
| 'Demonologie' | James I's book on hunting witches - published by 1597 |
| Oath of Supremacy | Acknowledged Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England |
| Excommunication | Ejection from the Catholic Church - refusal to be accepted into Heaven |
| Recant | Making a public statement that you have changed your beliefs |
| Vagabond and Vagrants | People who moved from town to town looking for work |
| Priggers of Prancers | Horse Thieves |
| Drunken Tinkers | Thieves using trade as a cover story |
| Drummerers | Beggars pretending to be deaf and mute |
| Kinchin Morts | Girl Beggars |
| Poor Relief | Financial assistance for the poorest members of society |
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