1000-1500

• What are examples of crime against a person

  Public disorder

  Assault

  Murder
• What are examples of crime against property?

  Theft

  Poaching

  Counterfeit coins

  Arson
• What are examples of crimes against authority?

  Treason

  Rebellion
• Why was public punishment used?

  To deter people from commiting the crimes by embarrassment
• How were communities split?

  Hundreds:a group of 100 men

  Tithings:a group of 12 men
• What is the hue and cry?


  When someone spots a crime, he is obligated to shout for help to hunt down the criminal.
• Who appointed sherifs?


  The local community
• What was the wergild fine?

  This was an Anglo saxon punishment. A person who had committed a crime against another person would pay the reparations of that crime.
• What was the murdrum fine?

  It was a Norman punishment,replacing the wergild fine. If a crime happened, reparations would be paid to the king instead of the person.
• What did minor crimes result in?

  Public punishments like stocks and pillory.
• What were the forest laws?

  The king managed what happened in forests. This mainly made it illegal to cut tree and hunt for food.
• Did the use or corporal punishment rise or fall during the reign of the Norman's?

  It rose as the king wanted control over the Anglo saxons.
• What did church courts offer to members of the clergy?

  They offered benefit of the clergy,which offered less harsh punishments for members of the church.
• What can church offer to people accused of crimes?

  The church offered sanctuary, a way for people accused of crimes to evade punishment. However they would either have to turn themselves in or sign an oath stating they would leave the country in 48 hours
• What are some trial by ordeals?

  Cold water

  Hot iron

  Hot water
• How was most of the policing done in medieval England?

  It was done by the community.