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Flashcards by Michael Sessions, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Michael Sessions
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| Question | Answer |
| 1. In medieval times who was overall in charge of Keeping the 'King's Peace'? | The King |
| 2. In which year did Edward I pass the Statute of Winchester that shaped law enforcement for hundreds of years? | 1285 |
| 3. In the medieval period who was the King's enforcement agent in each county? | The Sheriff |
| 4. What could the sheriff call if he needed to search the county for criminals? | A posse |
| 5. How many chief constables of the hundred were appointed to supervise law and order in their area? | 2 |
| 6. Whose duty was it to ensure that every free man between the ages of 15 and 16 was equipped and ready to take up arms and serve the king? | chief constable |
| 7. How long was the parish constable appointed for? | One year |
| 8. Supplying armed men and making sure men practiced archery on Sundays(after 1363) was whose job? | Parish constable |
| 9. Adult men in medieval times were put into groups of ten and if one of the ten broke the law the others were to bring him to court. What do we call these groups of ten? | Tithings |
| 10. A victim of crime would call for help and all within earshot had to stop what they were doing and join the hunt for the criminal. What is this? | The hue and cry? |
| 11. Which courts in the medieval time heard the most serious cases? | Royal Courts |
| 12. Jurors in the Royal courts would be drawn from where? | The criminal's own area |
| 13. In 1293 Edward I ordered that royal judges from London visit each county to try cases of serious crime. What do we call the courts they held? | The county assizes |
| 14. Which group of law enforcement officials came into being in 1361? | JPs (Justices of the peace) |
| 15. What do we call the four times a year that the JPS met in the counties to enforce royal law? | The quarter sessions |
| 16. Which courts dealt with most crime medieval England? | The Manor Courts |
| 17. Who ran the manor courts? | The lord or his steward |
| 18. Why were manor courts losing influence by 1500? | JPs heard more and more cases |
| 19. Whose job was it to patrol the gates and walls of medieval towns at night? | Watchmen |
| 20. What name is given to courts run in the towns? | Borough courts |
| 21. Which courts were most likely to deal with offences such as, offences concerning priests, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, failing to attend church, gambling? | Church Courts |
| 22. Who was responsible for hearing the evidence and passing judgment in the church courts? | Priests |
| 23. Why were medieval juries selected from a defendants parish or hundred? | They were expected to use their knowledge of a person's character, background and past offences to reach a verdict. |
| 24. Except for treason, roughly how many people accused of crime in the middle ages were found not guilty? | over 50% |
| 25. Why might medieval juries have been reluctant to find people guilty of serious offences? | Punishments for serious offences were exceptionally harsh. |
| 26. Who did Jurors have to swear an oath before? | God |
| 27. In which court were there no Juries? | Church Courts |
| 28. Few medieval court cases took longer than? | 20 Mins |
| 29. What are the dates of the Medieval period? | 1250-1500 |
| 30. Members of which group who were convicted of heresy were sent by the church to the sheriff, on the orders of the king, so they could be burned alive? | Lollards |
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