C&P dates Flashcards
Murdrum fine
1070
Norman
Forest laws
1072
Norman
Coroners
1194
Norman
Trial by ordeal abolished
1215
Later Middle Ages
Justices of the peace
1327
Later Middle Ages
Printing press
Later Middle Ages
Vagabonds and beggars act
1494
Later Middle Ages
Witchcraft act made it punishable by death
1542
Early modern
Henry 8th is head of the church
1534
Early modern
Elizabeth’s act of uniformity
1559
Early modern
Houses of correction set up
1601
Early modern
Gunpowder plot
1605
Early modern
Transportation to America begins
1615
Early modern
Matthew Hopkins
1645-47
Early modern
Enlightenment means more science and reason
1685-1815
Black act
1723
18th and 19th century
Fielding brothers made bow street runners
1748
18th and 19th century
John Howard publishes ‘the state of prisons’
1777
18th and 19th century
Transportation to Australia begins
1778
Elizabeth Fry investigates Newgate
1813
Robert Peel sets up met police
1829
Tolpuddle martyrs
1833
Pentonville opens
1842
Transportation abholished
1857