Key dates Flashcards
Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII
1536
Gunpowder Plot.
1605
English Civil War.
1642-49
Witchcraft Act
1542
Vagrancy Act
1547
Act for Relief of the Poor (deserving and undeserving poor).
1597
Matthew Hopkins becomes Witch-Finder General.
1645
When did transportation to America begin and how many people were transported.
1603- (50 to 80 thousand transported)
Guy Fawkes hung, drawn and quartered.
1606
When did the Bloody Code begin and how many capital offences were there
1688, there were 50 capital offences
Churches could no longer try criminal cases under Benefit of Clergy.
1576
Sanctuary abolished.
1623
Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister.
1834-35
Waltham Black Act makes poaching illegal.
1723
Hawkhurst Gang control smuggling along the South East coast of England
1739-45