Medieval crime and punishment

What punishment did this crime have:

Agnes gave birth to a child when she was not married

• The whole village would be fined 2 shillings

• They would be whipped

What punishment did this crime have:

John Stubbs made copies of coins in order to buy food

• They were sentenced to fight a duel

• Their hand would be tied to a block of wood, an axe placed on their wrist and hit with a hammer until their hand was removed

What punishment did this crime have:

Maud struck Emma and Emma raised the hue and cry upon her. And the hue and cry was not carried out

• The whole village would be fined 2 shillings

• They would be fined and whipped

What punishment did this crime have:

Thomas Elderfield fought and wounded someone

• They would be hanged

• They were sentenced to fight a duel and if they were defeated their eyes would be gauged out

What punishment did this crime have:

Wakelin killed Matilda Day with a knife

• They would be hanged

• They would be fined and put in stocks

What punishment did this crime have:

Nicholas ploughed the lord's land very badly

• They would be put in the stocks

• They would be fined and then put in the stocks, or given a whipping

What punishment did this crime have:

Ann disgraced her husband, by shouting at him in public calling him a 'rouge'

• A cage was fitted over their head called a 'brank'. A metal rod would then be poked into their mouth to hold down their tongue. They were then mocked siting on a horse facing backwards and led through the market

• A metal rod would be poked into their mouth to hold down their tongue