punishments

• corporal punishments

  beatings - carried by shire reeve or tithingmen in courts

  mutilation - physical harm to the body resulting in permanent damage

  branding - a heated poker pressed onto the skin until it burns

  maiming- removing a body part such as the tongue,ear,hand
• wereguild

  wereguild translates to 'man price' - a compensation would be made by the guilty individual to the family of the victim for the loss of a life. This acted as a deterrent to simply stop more deaths that would lead to more violence in the villages
• wereguild prices

  1. a noble - 1500 shillings
  2. a freeman - 100 shillings
  3. a serf - 40 shillings
• capital punishment

  the uses of capital punishment -

  • retribution ( MATCHES SEVERITY OF THE CRIME )
  • deterrent ( TO FRIGHTEN AND WARN OTHERS )
• Treason and arson were seen as the two most serious crimes

  They were punished by hanging

  Arson was viewed as a crime against authority since land belonged to nobility and the king
• public punishments - stocks and pillory


  least harsh but acted as a deterrent due to public humiliaton

  • those with this punishment were placed in the middle of the village or town square and would often be given several days in the poor weather
  • public would throw rubbish and waste at them but also verbally abuse them
  • a common crime that resulted in this is public disorder - drunkenness
• stocks and pillory

  • the stocks secured at the feet while they sat down

  
• stocks and pillory

  • pillory secured person with the arms and the head as they stood