Later Middle Ages 🧱

• growth of towns meant there was more opportunity for crime
• when was the Statute of Labourers?


  1351
• what did the statute of labourers do?


  introduced a maximum wage and made it illegal to ask for more
• when was the black death?

  1348
• what was the effect of the black death on crime?

  so many died meaning fewer workers which meant people could demand higher wages, but statute of labourers stopped this
• who introduced the statute of labourers?

  Parliament, before it would have been the king
• When were laws against heresy introduced?


  1382, 1401, 1414
• the role of the government in law enforcement increased
• what did Henry II do in 1166?


  Assize of Clarendon
• what was the Assize of Clarendon?


  in 1166 Henry II reorganised courts and set up prisons for those awaiting trial
• What helped to increase the role of the king in legal matters?


  Justices in Eyre
• How did law enforcement systems become more uniform across the country?


  standard instructions were given to local sheriffs
• what did tithingsmen change to?

  parish constables
• How were heretics punished?

  burnt at the stake
• what was the new punishment for high treason?


  hung drawn and quartered