C&P Key Dates and Stats

Key dates for the crime and punishment module of EDEXCEL History GCSE

What was the approximate population of England in 1000?

2 million

What percentage of the population in 1000 lived in villages?

90

In the Early Modern period what was the approx population of London?

30,000

When was the 14 week training programme introduced for the police?

1947

When did the pope end trial by ordeal?

1215

When were coroners introduced?

1194

How many village men ran the tithing system?

10

when did Henry 8 break with the catholic church?

1534

When was the gunpowder plot?

1605

When did the English civil war start?

1642

When did Heresy become a crime?

1382

When was the Black Death?

1348

When was the Statute of Laborours passed?

1351

When were the forest laws passed around?

1070

When did Henry 2 become king?

1154

How many people were killed during the reign of Mary 1 for heresy? (almost)

300

When was the Act of Uniformity (Everyone has to go to church) passed by Elizabeth 1?

1559

When did Oliver Cromwell take power?

1653

When was the Vagrancy act passed?

1547

When were the poor laws established?

1601

When did witchcraft become punishable by death?

1542

When did the Hopkins witch hunts start?

1645

When was “Demonologie” published by James 1?

1597

What percentage of people accused of witchcraft were women?

90

How many people lost their lives in the civil war?

200,000

How many people were prosecuted for witchcraft during the civil war?

175

When was Highway Robbery made punishable by death?

1772

When were import duties reduced to help stop smuggling?

1780

When was the Black Act (poaching punishable by death) passed?

1723

When were the Tolpuddle Martyrs arrested?

1834

When did drunk driving become illegal?

1925

When was abortion legalised?

1967

WHEN WAS HOMOSEXUALITY DECRIMINALISED?

1967

When did the Misuse of drugs act get passed?

1971