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Crime and Punishment: Medieval and Early Modern
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- 11. Who passed the Statute of Winchester (1285) which tightened up law and order?Edward I
- 22. What do we call a group of men organised by the sheriff to go and catch a criminal that has escaped the hue and cry?Posse
- 33. Whose job was it to make sure that men practised archery on a SundayParish constable
- 44. Which official was in charge of law and order in a county?Sheriff
- 55. Which medieval courts heard the most serious cases?Royal Courts
- 66. Men between which ages were expected to be armed and ready to serve in the king’s army if necessary?16-60
- 77. Who gradually took over the role of the Sheriff after they were created in 1361?JPs
- 88. In medieval times which courts dealt with petty crimes that affected the community?Manor courts
- 99. What was the name given to serious crimes?Felonies
- 1010. What was the punishment for a capital offence?death
- 1111. Give an example of a new crime from the medieval period.Vagrancy, scolding, petty treason
- 1212. What is the name of the civil war fought between 1455 and 1485 that caused a rise in violent crime caused by nobles fighting each other?Wars of the Roses
- 1313. What happened in 1315-16 that caused a rise in thefts particularly from poor peasants?Failed harvest, famine
- 1414. How did the definition of the crime of treason change after 1351?Now treason is a crime against anyone in authority not just King (i.e. husband, employer etc)
- 1515. What were prisons used for in medieval times?People in debt, people waiting trial or refusing to plead
- 1616. How did gaolers get their money?Prisoners had to pay for food, bedding etc
- 1717. How would claiming the ‘benefit of the clergy’ help if you were arrested for a crime?Tried in the church courts rather than the kings – lighter sentences, no death penalty
- 1818. What does to ‘abjure the realm mean?Leave the country for ever.
- 1919. Name two crimes that were a particular concern in the Early Modern period.19. Name two crimes that were a particular concern in the Early Modern period.
- 2020. What courts dealt with serious crimes in the early modern period?The Assizes
- 2121. By the early modern period how much did you have to steal before you would before the punishment became death?1 shilling
- 2222. What was the name for the courts that met four times a year and were run by JPs?Quarter Sessions
- 2323. Give an example of further powers that JPs were given in the time of Elizabeth I.Road mending, fixing wages, licensing alehouses, arresting vagrants and regulating games such as football
- 2424. Vagabonds over the age of 14 should have a hole the size of a penny burned through their ear with a red hot bar. What is this punishment called?Branding.
- 2525. What type of punishments are the stocks, the pillory and cucking stools?Public humiliation
- 2626. What were the huge buildings that vagrants were forced to work in called?Bridewells
- 2727. What happened to noblemen who committed treason in the early modern period?Beheaded with an axe.
- 2828. What legal system introduced in 1688 massively increased the number of crimes that were punishable by death?The Bloody Code
- 2929. How many crimes became punishable by death as a result of this system?200 (up from 50)
- 3030. What happened to the number of people actually put to death for their crimes after this system was introduced.Went down
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- GCSE Crime and Punishment (Flashcards) Flashcards on Crime and Punishment: Medieval and Early Modern, created by Michael Sessions on 16/12/2018.
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