Crime and Punishment 1000-1500

This fine was used in Anglo-Saxon England

• Murdrum

• Wergild

• Tithe

• Wergilt

Two punishments for breaking the Forest Law (pick two!)

• Beheading

• Murdrum fine

• Castration

• Blinding

Women had fewer rights

• Anglo-Saxons

• Normans

The Statute of Labourers made it illegal to...

• Hunt in a Royal Forest

• Kill a Norman

• Ask for a higher wage

• Ask for better working conditions

The Trial by Ordeal reserved for the clergy (priests, etc)

• Trail by Blessed Bread

• Trial by Water

• Trial by Combat

• Trial by Hot Iron

The outcome of Trial by Ordeal was decided by...

• The jury

• The tithing

• The coroner

• God

Royal Judges would visit each county ??? times a year to hear serious cases

• Once

• Twice

• Three times

• Monthly

Heresy means...

• Disagreeing with the King

• Disagreeing with the Christian Church

Every man over the age of ??? had to join a tithing?

• 10

• 12

• 18

• 21

What would be raised if a crime was committed?

• A Hew and Cry

• A Hugh and Cry

• A Hue and Cry

• A Heuw and Cry