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The year the Battle of Hastings took place and William I is crowned King of England.

1066

The Forest Laws were introduced.

1067

The Harrying of the North began and in 1070 it ended.

1069

Murdrum fine introduced for killing Normans.

1070

The Domesday book is created.

1086

Richard I introduces coroners to investigate suspicious deaths.

1194

Henry II reorganizes courts and tries to limit church's power over crime and punishment.

1150-60

Trial by Ordeal ends.

1215

Justices of the Peace appointed for all areas.

1327

The Statute of Labourers was made.

1351

Justices of the Peace could arrest suspected heretics.

1414

Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.

1485

Vagabonds and Beggars Act was introduced.

1494

Witchcraft Act makes witchcraft punishable by death.

1542

The Vagrancy Act, an able-bodied vagabond, who was without work for more than three days, was to be branded with the letter V, was made.

1547

The introduction of the Bridewell, used to punish vagabonds and reform them as well as house orphans.

1556

Demonologie was published.

1597

Poor law introduced and houses of correction set up in each county.

1601

Transportation to America begins.

1603

The year of the Gunpowder Plot.

1605

Matthew Hopkins witch hunts.

1645-47

The Game Act was passed which meant that individuals who were poor were not allowed to own equipment or dogs that could be used for poaching.

1671

Law lists 50 crimes punishable by death.

1688

Black Acts make poaching game punishable by death.

1723

Witchcraft was decriminalized.

1736

Fielding brothers set up Bow Street Runners.

1748

The State of Prisons was published.

1777

The law lists 222 crimes punishable by death.

1810

The Metropolitan Police Force was introduced.

1829

Tolpuddle martyrs.

1833

The detective branch in Scotland Yard was set up.

1842

Pentonville prison was opened and the separate system introduced.

1842

Transportation is abolished.

1857

The first National Crime Records were set up.

1869

All prisons brought under government authority.

1877

Jack the Ripper murders.

1888

Borstals introduced for young offenders.

1900

The Fingerprint branch was set up in the Metropolitan Police Force.

1901

The Military Service Act introduces conscription.

1916

Driving whilst drunk becomes a crime.

1925

Execution of under-18s ends.

1933

The Derek Bentley case occurred.

1953

Death penalty abolished.

1965

The Misuse of Drug Act, making many drugs illegal for the first time, was passed.

1971

Domestic Violence Act makes domestic violence a crime.

1976

Racial and Religious Hatred Act makes racial abuse a crime.

2006

metropolitan police force was founded by robert peel with 3200 new officers

1829

dr barnado opened the first of his orphanages for boys

1870

there were 82 government laws describing what the metropolitan police should do when dealing with a wide range of issues, including: vagrancy, lunatics, pubs, street traffic, sewage and litter, coinage, children, runaway horses, fires and accidents

1870

the great depression brought widespread unemployment and poverty in london

1873

arisans’ dwellings act - this made the house owners responsible for keeping their properties in a good order and gave local authorities the right to buy and demolish slums if they were not improved

1875

criminal investigation department - was set up with 216 officers by howard vincent. these were plain clothed detectivess who investigated major crimes, like murder or sexual assault

1878

the peabody estate was opened. this provided 283 new flats to the people of whitechapel. some flats were offered at a reasonable price of three shillings for one room

1881

the founding of the social democratic federation

1881

the met was made up of 13319 men among a population of just over 5 million, but only 1838 of those officers were available for duty

1885

charles warren became the commissioner of the met police, warren was a former army general. warren was disliked by many in whitechapel for his heavy-handed approach

1886

the high unemployment and housing shortages in east london led to two parliamentary reports on the area, these suggested more integration for the jewish community and an investigation in sweatshops

1888

the five ripper murders occured between aug-nov, many of the victims were severally mutilated, the double murder on the 30th sep also caused serious divisions between the met and city police

1888

some parts in the west of whitechapel now had jewish communities that made up 95% of the area

1889

the houses of the working classes act opened the way for the new london county counsel to begin housing development schemes to replace slums with mass low-cost housing

1890

the public health amendment act gave more powers to local councils to improve toilets, paving, rubbish collection and other sanitary services

1890