History Crime and Punishment

• What percentage of crime was theft based on court records between 1300 and 1348?

  73.5%
• What percentage of crime was murder based on court records between 1300 and 1348?


  18.2%
• When was the Great Famine?


  1315-1317
• In what decade during the 14th Century did the Black Death occur?


  1340s
• Name a trigger that caused the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381.


  Statute of Labourers, 1351
• Name a war that was ongoing during the medieval period.

  100 Years' War, 1337-1453
• Name a rebellion or revolt during the medieval period.

  Peasants’ Revolt, 1381
• What were John Wycliffe's followers known as?


  Lollards
• What percentage of crime was theft in the Tudor period?

  Around 75%
• What percentage of crime was violent crime in the Tudor period?


  Around 15%
• What was the population of England and Wales in 1500?


  1. 9 million
• What was the population of England and Wales in 1600?


  1. 5 million
• In what two decades of the 16th century were the harvests particularly bad?


  1550s, 1590s
• Why was the enclosure of land in the Tudor period an issue for labourers?


  Farmers kept sheep instead of growing crops, reducing the need for labourers
• In what decade was Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries?


  1530s
• Name four types of vagrants from the Tudor period.

  • Angler
  • Counterfeit Crank
  • Abraham Man
  • Clapper Dungeon
  • Hooker
  • Doxy
  • Ruffler
• When was the 1598 Poor Law made permanent?


  1601
• Who was the German monk that resulted in the emergence of the Protestant branch of Christianity?

  Martin Luther
• How many people did Mary execute for heresy during her reign?


  283
• Provide an example of a treasonable incident from the Tudor period.


  Pilgrimage of Grace (1536)
• Provide an example of a treasonable incident from the Stuart period.


  Gunpowder Plot (1605)
• What was the population of England in 1700?


  9 million
• Name two new or increasing crimes that began post-1700.

  Smuggling, highway robbery
• Name a smuggling hotspot in the eighteenth century.

  Brandy Cove in Swansea
• Which leading politician was involved in smuggling in the eighteenth century?

  Robert Walpole
• In 1784, the tax on tea changed from what to what percentage?


  119% to 12%
• Why did highway robbery increase?


  Trade led to increased travel and money was carried around
• Name a famous highwayman in the eighteenth century.

  Dick Turpin
• What was a reason for the decline in highway robbery in the eighteenth century?


  Fewer isolated travellers and horse patrols were set up
• What did the population of the UK rise to from 16 million between 1800 and 1900?


  42 million
• What war finished at the beginning of the 19th century that added to unemployment figures?


  The Napoleonic Wars (1815)
• What were places notorious for criminal activities called in the 19th Century?

  Rookeries
• Give an example of a nickname for a type of robbery in the 19th century.

  Thimble-screwers
• What law attempted to prevent trade union protests between 1799 and 1800?

  The Combination Acts
• Name a 19th Century group that attacked machinery due to unemployment.

  The Luddites (1812-13)
• Provide an example of social and political protest during the industrial revolution.

  Peterloo Massacre (1819)
• What book did Charles Dickens publish influenced by theft and the lives of criminals?


  Oliver Twist
• How many orphans were estimated to live in London by 1876?

  30,000
• What percentage of crime was from theft during the Industrial Revolution?

  90%
• What was the name of the anonymous serial killer in 1880s London?

  Jack the Ripper