Crime and punishment 1000-1500

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  • Created on: 24-06-22 16:38
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  • Medieval England
    • Crimes
      • against property
        • Arson
        • Theft such as stealing crops or poaching
        • Counterfeiting coins
      • against the person
        • Murder
        • Assault
        • Public Disorder
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      • Against Authority
        • Treason
        • Rebellion
    • King Made the laws
    • Crime in Norman England
      • Forest Laws
        • 30% of England became royal forest
        • Had to pay for hunting rights
        • illegal to graze animals
        • Seen as social laws
        • villages and farms were kicked off
      • Murdrum fine
        • establish control
        • if a Norman was killed and the culprit wasn't caught the nearest settlement had to pay a large sum of money
    • Law Enforcement
      • Tithings
        • men above 12
        • 10 men
        • shared blame for each other
      • Hue and Cry
        • A witness or victim shouted an alert
        • everyone who heard had to chase the criminal
        • it was a crime to not chase
    • Punishment
      • Fines
      • Stocks
      • Maiming
      • Flogging
      • Hanging
      • Beheading
    • Church
      • Trail by ordeal
        • hot water or iron
          • If the wound healed they were innocent
        • Water
          • If they sank they were innocent
        • Consecrated bread (for priests)
          • If they choked on the bread they were guilty
      • Benefit of the clergy
        • Proved by saying a passage in latin
        • Could be abused
      • Sanctuary
        • protection from the law
        • 40 days to hide in the church
        • couldn't be arrested
      • Had less power after 1215

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