Important Things to Know

Question 1

What was the 1351 Statute of Labourers

Answer 1

• Set a maximum wage, illegal to ask for more
• Illegal to move somewhere else for better work
• Introduced after Black Death, labourers kept asking for more money as they realised their value

Question 2

What was the Assize of Clarendon?

Answer 2

Organised a prison system for accused to stay as they awaited trial

Question 3

Give 3 reasons how the Church hindered justice

Answer 3

1) Sanctuary
2) Church Courts
3) Benefit of the Clergy

Question 4

What was the 1856 Police Act?

Answer 4

• Established police force in every county
• Monetary support given by government

Question 5

Who were Justices of Eyre?

Answer 5

Royal judges that travelled around to courts to hear the most major cases and enforce the king’s authority

Question 6

Why were coroners introduced in 1194?

Answer 6

To investigate suspicious deaths

Question 7

Give two features of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee

Answer 7

1) Monetary rewards for info about the Ripper (police didn’t do this
2) Made of businessmen, tradesmen and merchants

Question 8

Who were Night Watchmen and give 3 key features about them

Answer 8

Volunteers who patrolled the streets at night:
- All men had to do it
- They had no power to arrest
- They would ring a bell warning people to go inside or be suspected as a criminal

Question 9

Give 1 way the Church helped justice

Answer 9

Trial by Ordeal

Question 10

What was the 1671 Game Act?

Answer 10

Made it illegal for the poor to hunt rabbits and catch fish in rivers or streams.