2. Tithings - a group of 10 men responsible for each other's behaviour
3. If one broke the law, the others had to bring him to court or pay a fine
4. If a crime was committed, the entire village had to search for the criminal or face a fine
Trials
1. Trial by local jury - a group of local men who knew the accuser and accused
2. Trial by ordeal - if the jury could not agree, trial by ordeal would let God decide
All trials took place in the church with a priest present
Punishments
Fines
Wergild - compensation paid to the victims of crime or their families
Capital and corporal punishments
Execution for treason
Mutilation for re-offenders
1000 1500
Time period
Battle of Hastings
1066
Normans defeated Anglo-Saxon army
William the Conqueror became king of England
Continuities
Hue on a cag
Tithings
Punishment
Changes
Ended wergild
Trial by combat
Accused fight the accuser until one was killed
The loser was judged guilty
Separate lenient courts for the church
Execution for serious crimes
Normans were highly religious and believed God called them to judgecases
New laws included Forest Laws where trees could no longer be cut down for buildings/fuel and anyone caught hunting had a finger chopped off
Murdrum Fine - whole community had to pay a fine if a Norman was killed to deter rebellion as William had to control 2 million Anglo-Saxons with 7000Normansoldiers
