nature of punishment 1500-1700

• how were heretics punished?

  burned at the stake
• how many executions for heresy were there during Mary I's reign?

  283
• in this period, prisons were not considered punishments but rather a...

  holding area where people waited for trials
• who did inmates have to pay for food and basics?

  prison wardens
• why did people often die of typhus in prisons?

  there was no proper sanitation
• when did the first 'house of correction ' open, and what was it called?

  1556, and it was called Bridewell prison.
• what was Bridewell prison used for?

  to punish people who had broken the law, and house poor children. inmates were to do hard labour
• what was the harsh attitude to law making called during the 17th century?

  the bloody code
• in 1688 how many crimes were there that could be punished with the death penalty?

  50
• what does 'plead for belly' mean?


  pregnant women can escape punishment until the baby is born
• when was transportation to north america introduced?

  during the reign of james I
• what would prisoners do in the east coast of america?

  tough manual labour
• how long were the sentences in north america?

  either 7 years or 14 years.
• how many people is their estimated to to have been transported to america?

  50000-80000
• what were the transported children called, and how many of them were girls?

  they were called 'duty boys', and a quarter of them were girls.
• why was transportation introduced as a punishment?

  • it was seen as an effective deterrent
  • it was seen as a potential route to rehabilitation
  • england did not have an effective prison system
  • convicts could be used to provide mapower for the permanent colonies the government wanted to establush in north america