c: later middle ages

by the later middle ages towns had grown , london’s population was estimated ………. and yorks …………..

30,000 people, 11,000 peopl

this growth of towns meant there were ……….. leading to ……..

more opportunities for crime, a more centralised approach for dealing with crime

the ……….. hit england in ……….. which meant lots of people died and there was …………….. and consequently ………..

black death, 1348, fewer workers available, meant the surviving peasants could demand higher wages

in the late middle ages the …………… introduced a ……………… in …….. and made it a crime to ………………., it also became a crime to ………………..

statute of labourers, maximum wage, ask for more money, move to a new area to look for a better paid job

a small number of people began to …………………….., for example they wanted …………………., they became known as ………

question the practices of the church, the bible to be translated into English, Lollards

to combat Lollards, laws against ………… were introduced in ………

heresy (holding a different set of beliefs to the established religion) , 1382,1401,1414

the role of government controlling ………. increased

crime

in ……….., Henry …… reorganised courts and set up …………………, this was known as the ………………..

1166, II prisons for those who were accused and waiting for trial, Assize of Clarendon

Henry II ordered royal justices, called …………. to visit ……………..

Justices in Eyre, each county twice a year to hear the most serious criminal cases

in the late middle ages ………………. instructions were issued to ………….. so that systems could be ………………

standard written, local sheriffs, more uniform across the country

despite the increased uniformity in the late middle ages, there were some ………………, for example townspeople were still …………… and towns were ………….

continuities, expected to help catch offenders, divided into areas called wards to help with this

local officials who had been called ………….. during ………….. now were known as ……………

thythingmen, saxon times, parish constables

in …………, ………….. introduced …………. to investigate situations where there was a …………

1194, richard 1, coroners, suspicious death

in ……………, ……………….. appointed some knights as ……………. in areas that …………

1195, richard I, keepers of the ‘kings peace’', were seen as unruly

in …………….., ………… extended this system to ………… and by …………. these had become known as ………….. who ………….

1327, Edward I, all areas, 1361, Justices of the Peace (JPs), met four times a year to carry out duties

the ………………. gave the JPs power to ……….

Heresy Law of 1414, arrest suspect heretics

in ……., a law was introduced to say heretics could be ………..

1401, burned at the stake

in the middle ages, a new punishment was introduced for the crime of ………………, the traitor would be ……………

high treason, hung, drawn and quartered, afterwards his limbs would be severed and transported to different areas of the country for display