Crime And Punishment

Question 1

What was the pollution in England in 1000?

Answer 1

1.7 million to 2 million

Question 2

Where did 90% of the pollution like in 1000?

Answer 2

Small communities in the countryside

Question 3

What was the king’s peace?

Answer 3

The belief it was the king’s duty to care for law and order

Question 4

What was the hierarchal structure in Anglo-Saxon England?

Answer 4

The Kind, Nobles, Freeman, Serfs

Question 5

What is treason?

Answer 5

Betray the king by helping his enemies or plotting to kill replace him

Question 6

What did the church of responsibility to do in Anglo-Saxon England?

Answer 6

To stop mortal crimes

Question 7

Why did the fact that towns were small make a difference to law-enforcement?

Answer 7

Everyone in the town near each other so it was hard to get away from responsibility for crimes

Question 8

When did the Norman invade England?

Answer 8

1066

Question 9

What was the feudal system?

Answer 9

The King, Lords, Knights, Peasants Everyone owed money or service to the class above them

Question 10

What the murdrum fine?

Answer 10

A large sum of money paid by the hundred where Norman body was found if no one to killing them, it was used to establish control over the Anglo-Saxon population

Question 11

What were the forest laws?

Answer 11

William evicted around 40 village communities to create the Royal forests. What previously was common land was now controlled by the king and only they could afford to have hunting rights were allowed to hunt there.

Question 12

What type of crime was poaching seen as?

Answer 12

A social crime because many many people in society didn’t disapprove of it as I thought the forest laws were unfair

Question 13

What was an outlaw?

Answer 13

Any man age 14 or over he tried to avoid trial and punishment

Question 14

What was the waived woman?

Answer 14

A woman who tried to avoid trail and punishment

Question 15

What did outlaws do?

Answer 15

They formed gangs and carried out many serious crimes as we no longer protected by the law

Question 16

What is an example of an outlaw gang?

Answer 16

The folville gang

Question 17

When was the assize of Clarendon?

Answer 17

1166

Question 18

What does Henry the second do under the assure of Clarendon?

Answer 18

He re-organise the courts and ordered roll judges called Justice of eye to visit each county twice a year to hear the most serious cases This increase the role of king in legal matters and the standard written instructions for all local sheriffs

Question 19

When did Henry the second become king?

Answer 19

1154

Question 20

When did the black death hit England and how many died?

Answer 20

In 1348 and 1/3 of the population died

Question 21

Why did the Statue of Labourers come into place?

Answer 21

Peasants with demanding high wages for their work

Question 22

When did statue of labourers come into place?

Answer 22

1351

Question 23

What did the Statue of Labourers introduce?

Answer 23

A maximum wage and it made illegal to move a new area to look for better paid work

Question 24

Who were the Lollards?

Answer 24

A small number of people who followed John Wyclif and questions of belief of the Christian church

Question 25

What was heresy?

Answer 25

When people disagreed with the church and its beliefs

Question 26

What law about heresy was made in 1401?

Answer 26

Heretics be burnt at a stake which symbolised purifying a corrupt soul and acted as a deterrent

Question 27

What law was introduced in 1414 about heresy?

Answer 27

Justice of the peace had the power to arrest suspected heretics

Question 28

What was England divided into?

Answer 28

England was divided into Shires hundreds and ten tithings

Question 29

What were the role of tithings?

Answer 29

every man over the age of 12 is responsible for the behaviour of each other and one man from each hundred and tithing had to meet regularly with the Shire Reeve