Stats

Question 1

how many Norman supporters did William have

Answer 1

7,000

Question 2

Norman England A.-S. pop.

Answer 2

2 million

Question 3

how much land did William make ‘royal forest’

Answer 3

roughly 40%

Question 4

how many villages did William evict to make the New Forest

Answer 4

roughly 40

Question 5

what was the age for the outlaw rule to apply

Answer 5

14 or over

Question 6

age to belong to a tithing

Answer 6

over 12

Question 7

what proportion of people died from the Black Death

Answer 7

roughly 1/3

Question 8

how many local men on a jury (later medieval)

Answer 8

12

Question 9

London pop. 13th & 14th centuries

Answer 9

30,000

Question 10

York pop. 13th & 14th centuries

Answer 10

11,000

Question 11

num. ‘heretics’ Mary I had burned at stake

Answer 11

almost 300

Question 12

pop. in 1500

Answer 12

around 2½ million

Question 13

pop. in 1700

Answer 13

5-7 million

Question 14

London pop. by 1700

Answer 14

50,000

Question 15

how many times did Henry VII allow benefit of the clergy to be used

Answer 15

1

Question 16

years served for transportation to America

Answer 16

14 or 7

Question 17

how many smugglers hanged in 1748

Answer 17

35

Question 18

weight of tea smuggled into Britain every year (industrial)

Answer 18

3 million pounds’ weight

Question 19

how many smugglers (industrial)

Answer 19

estimated 20,000

Question 20

how many men in gangs of smugglers (industrial)

Answer 20

up to 100

Question 21

Black Act also introduced fines … & imprisonment … for blackening face in hunting area, caught with snares or owning dogs suitable

Answer 21

up to £5
up to 3 months

Question 22

land worth … to be able to hunt without restrictions

Answer 22

over £100

Question 23

what proportion of people convicted actually sentenced to death by 1800s

Answer 23

less than 10%

Question 24

how long to get to Australia (industrial)

Answer 24

18 months

Question 25

how long to serve in Australia

Answer 25

7 years

Question 26

how many people transported to Australia

Answer 26

160,000

Question 27

women in Newgate Prison

Answer 27

300 in 3 rooms

Question 28

Robert Peel reduced num. crimes punishable by death by ...

Answer 28

100

Question 29

survey on prisons in 1777 found only ... people in prison in England & Wales & ... debtors

Answer 29

4000 60%

Question 30

separate system isolation

Answer 30

up to 23 hours a day

Question 31

hard labour (because of Prisons Act)

Answer 31

up to 12 hours a day

Question 32

how many Met. police divisions

Answer 32

17

Question 33

how many inspectors in each Met. police division

Answer 33

4

Question 34

how many constables in each Met. police division

Answer 34

144

Question 35

how many Met. police officers

Answer 35

3,200

Question 36

how many officers did the detective branch have

Answer 36

16

Question 37

how many officers did the CID have when it was created

Answer 37

200

Question 38

how many detectives were added to the CID in 1883

Answer 38

600

Question 39

what age did the Sexual Offences Act decrim. homosexuality for

Answer 39

over 21

Question 40

how many women in England & Wales killed a week by current/former partner

Answer 40

2

Question 41

how many individuals' records can the Police National Computer hold

Answer 41

25 million

Question 42

how many individuals' DNA profiles does the National DNA Database hold

Answer 42

over 5.7 million

Question 43

by early 1980s num. local Neighbourhood Watches rose from ... to ...

Answer 43

1,000 29,000

Question 44

some estimates say ... households now involved in Neighbourhood Watch

Answer 44

3.8 million

Question 45

what age did the Children's Act abolish the death pen. for

Answer 45

under 16s

Question 46

how many protestors marched outside Wandsworth Prison on night of Derek Bentley's execution

Answer 46

5,000

Question 47

how many MPs suggested Bentley's sentence = too harsh

Answer 47

over 200

Question 48

'neck verse' = Psalm ... in Bible

Answer 48

51

Question 49

how many days to leave country if clergy let you when given sanctuary

Answer 49

40

Question 50

what proportion of witchcraft accusations against women

Answer 50

estimated 90%

Question 51

Hopkins oversaw investigations into ... individuals for witchcraft & roughly ... executed by hanging

Answer 51

300 112

Question 52

accusations of witchcraft against ... people in Sudbury

Answer 52

117

Question 53

up to ... people executed for witchcraft 1542 to 1736

Answer 53

1,000

Question 54

Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers wanted to protest because they got ... a week & average was ... a week

Answer 54

6 shillings 10 shillings

Question 55

Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to ... transportation to Australia

Answer 55

7 years

Question 56

Tolpuddle Martyrs: demonstration in London with ... people & petition with ... signatures

Answer 56

up to 100,000 200,000