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6. When did Henry 11 set up prisons, reorganised courts 'Assize of Clarendon'?

  • 1172
  • 1164
  • 1167
  • 1159

7. When does Bridewell prison open?

  • 1557
  • 1556
  • 1549
  • 1564

8. What year was the Poor law passed?

  • 1611
  • 1601
  • 1599
  • 1605

9. What year was the Gunpowder plot?

  • 1603
  • 1605
  • 1607
  • 1620

10. What year did James 1 begin ruling England?

  • 1605
  • 1603
  • 1602
  • 1601

11. When were Forest Laws introduced?

  • 1069
  • 1073
  • 1072
  • 1097

12. What year did the Black Death kill 1 in 3 people?

  • 1348
  • 1351
  • 1297
  • 1300

13. When did Martin Luther begin protests against catholic church?

  • 1510
  • 1515
  • 1517
  • 1520

14. What years did the witchcraze occur?

  • 1645-7
  • 1650-5
  • 1653-7
  • 1646-8

15. When was Demonologie published?

  • 1597
  • 1602
  • 1599
  • 1603

16. When did Trial by Ordeal end?

  • 1200
  • 1215
  • 1265
  • 1212

17. When was the Domesday book introduced?

  • 1086
  • 1089
  • 1083
  • 1082

18. What year does witchcraft become a capital offence?

  • 1532
  • 1550
  • 1542
  • 1545

19. When is the vagrancy act passed?

  • 1545
  • 1563
  • 1547
  • 1538

20. What year was the Act for the Relief of poor?

  • 1599
  • 1594
  • 1597
  • 1600