1000-1500 c

• tithing was a group of 10 men that had to be 12+ , who were responsible for everyone elses behaviour , if one of them broke the law the other members had to pay a fine
• trial by local jury was the first form of trial
• trial by hot iron / water the accused has hand burned & then dandaged , a few days later they check up on the wound , if it has healed well god has judged them to be innocent . if it hasnt god says they are guilty
• trial by cold water the accused has hands tied , thrown into water (which has been blessed by a priest), if they sink they are innocent because water has accepted them as "pure" , if they float they are guilty and "rejected" by water
• the murderum fine is a fine for murder , if a norman was murdered all the people in that region had to pay a expensive fine
• in trial by combatt accused fought with accuser until one was killed or unable to fight on , the looser was then hanged as god judged them to be guilty
• william ended the weirgild system , all fines for crimes were paid to the king and no longer the victims family
• the normans introduced church courts , which dealt with moral crimes
• forrest laws created new crimes , such as trees could no longer be cut down and anyone caught hunting had their first two fingers cut off ( repeat offenders were blinded)
• the kings peace was the upkeeping of law & order so people can go about their daily buisness
• benefit of the clergy was when people involved with the church were accused of a crime , they were allowed to ask to be tried in a church court (where punishments were less severe)
• you had to prove you worked for the church by reading out a passage from the bible , the idea was that you had to prove you worked for the church by reading out a passage from the bible , however some memorised the whole verse
• sanctuary was when a crinimall was on the run , they could go to a church to claim sanctuary , once inside the church they were safe from arrest , the crinimalls could spent up to 40 days there deciding either to leave the the church and be arrested or leave the country
• the church ended trial by ordeal in 1215 , it was seen as unrealiable as it was possible that guilty people could escape punishment
• the harrying of the north was William the I responding to anglo saxon uprisings by killing hundred anglo saxon people , burning crops and homes
• William I kept many existing anglo - saxon laws & replaced many people that were responsible
• people had to prepare for trial by ordeal by 3 days of fasting and prayer
• in 1382 heretics could be arrested , in 1401 a law was passed that heretics that refused to give up their beliefs could be burned at stake
• the church courts could give fines , humiliation and exclude people from the church , and decide what is a moral crime and their punishemnts
• people wanted to get tried in church courts as they could not punish death , and their punishments were less harsh