🏛️🧑🏻‍⚖️Medieval Crime and Punishment🧑🏻‍⚖️🏛️

Question 1

List some common medieval crimes

Answer 1

theft
assault

Question 2

list some medieval crimes against the person

Answer 2

murder
witchcraft
assault
raoe

Question 3

list some medieval crimes against property

Answer 3

theft
arson
poaching

Question 4

list some medieval crimes against authority

Answer 4

public disorder
treason
rebellion
heresy

Question 5

what was an early example of law against poaching?

Answer 5

william Is forest laws

Question 6

what percentage of land did William I make royal forest?

Answer 6

30%

Question 7

what were royal forests used for?

Answer 7

for nobles to hunt

Question 8

what did the forest laws do to existing poaching laws?

Answer 8

made them harsher

Question 9

what was the punishment for breaking forest laws?

Answer 9

removal of two fingers

Question 10

how were forest laws perceived by the public?

Answer 10

they were a social crime

Question 11

what is a social crime?

Answer 11

a crime that is perceived as socially acceptable

Question 12

how did william I treat rebellion?

Answer 12

very harshly

Question 13

what was the punishment for rebelling under William I

Answer 13

those involved in rebellion were killed, as well as those not even in the rebellion

Question 14

give one example of William I punishing rebellion

Answer 14

harrying of the north

Question 15

what would happen if a saxon killed a norman and no criminal was found?

Answer 15

the closest village would be hit with a murdrum fine - an extremely heavy fine

Question 16

what was a tithing

Answer 16

a group ten boys age 12+ who were made responsible for each others behaviour

Question 17

what would happen if a person in a tithing commited a crime and it wasn’t reported?

Answer 17

the whole tithing would be fined

Question 18

what is the hue and cry?

Answer 18

an alarm raised, which tells the entire village to stop what they are doing and chase a criminal

Question 19

what happens if a villager does not respond to the hue and cry?

Answer 19

the entire village will be fined

Question 20

did the hue and cry work in small villages?

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

did the hue and cry work in large towns

Answer 21

no

Question 22

was there a police force in medieval england?

Answer 22

no

Question 23

when was trial by jury introduced?

Answer 23

in the anglo saxon period

Question 24

in the medieval period, what was the name of the oath sworn by the jury

Answer 24

an oath of compugation

Question 25

in the medieval period, where were the jury selected from?

Answer 25

people from the accused village - they had to know the accused

Question 26

what is trial by ordeal

Answer 26

trials done by the church, which included getting judgement from god

Question 27

list the different types of trial by ordeal

Answer 27

trial by :
hot water
cold water
blessed bread
hot iron

Question 28

did the normans keep the hue and cry?

Answer 28

yes - it was effective

Question 29

did the normans keep tithings?

Answer 29

yes - it was effective

Question 30

did the normans keep trial by jury?

Answer 30

yes - it was effective at using communities

Question 31

did the normans keep trial by ordeal?

Answer 31

yes - they were very religious

Question 32

what new trial by ordeal did the normans add?

Answer 32

trial by combat

Question 33

what did edward I introduce for law enforcement?

Answer 33

parish constables

Question 34

what did edward I introduce for law enforcement?

Answer 34

parish constables

Question 35

what is a parish constable?

Answer 35

they led further searches if the hue and cry failed

Question 36

what was the medieval name for fines?

Answer 36

wergild

Question 37

what was the wergild?

Answer 37

a system of compensation paid to the victim based on a set of rules

Question 38

how much did you have to pay to kill a nobleman under wergild?

Answer 38

300 shillings

Question 39

how much did you have to pay to kill a welshman under wergild?

Answer 39

nothing

Question 40

what could you be put in stocks for?

Answer 40

drunked behavoir

Question 41

what is corporal punishment?

Answer 41

hurting someone as punishment (e.g whipping)

Question 42

what is capital punishment?

Answer 42

death as a punishment

Question 43

list punishments used in the meadival period

Answer 43

wergild
stocks
corporal
capital

Question 44

what happened to corporal punishments under the normans?

Answer 44

its use increased

Question 45

what hapened to capital punishments under the normans

Answer 45

its use increeased

Question 46

what happened to wergild under the normans

Answer 46

it was paid directly to the king