Crime and Punishment Dates Flashcards
When did the Normans arrive in England?
1066
When were royal courts established?
1163
When was the coroners established?
1194
When were JPs established
1361 (after knights)
When was trial by ordeal and combat abolished?
1215
When was the parish Constable established?
1285
When was the early modern civil war?
1642 - 1649
When was it illegal to take food from privately owned enclosures?
1671 Game Act
When was benefit of the clergy nerfed?
1576
When was church sanctuary abolished
1623
When was Habeaus Corpus Act done?
1576
When was witchcraft illegal?
1542
What were the vagrancy acts?
1547 - 1550 - branded with V + 2 yr slavery, roffence mean death or life slavery
1597 - hole burnt in earlobe, sent to exile or executed if they didn’t change
1601 - poor laws
When were houses of correction introduced?
1576
When was witchcraft abolished?
1736
When was Highway robbery illegal?
1772
What were the important dates for the Bow Street Runners?
Established 1749
Collected fees in 1754
Government funded in 1785
When was met police established?
1829
When was transportation introduced?
1660s
When was the gaols act?
1923
When was black act?
1723 - 1823
What year were they Toldpuddle Martyrs trialed?
1834
What made it illegal to refuse jobs for race?
1968 Race Relations Act
When was hate crime stopped?
2003 Criminal Justice Act
