Law And Order

Question 1

What were people who refused to attend trial called?

Answer 1

Outlaws

Question 2

What is the name for Church law?

Answer 2

Canon Law

Question 3

Whose legal work had failed to reign in the jurisdiction of the
barons by the start of Edward’s reign?

Answer 3

Henry de Bracton

Question 4

Who did the 1278 Statute of Gloucester give greater legal
authority to?

Answer 4

General Eyres

Question 5

Which statute reintroduced the hue and cry, a form of
collective responsibility?

Answer 5

Statute of Winchester 1285

Question 6

What did Edward introduce to speed up the legal system,
especially for those awaiting trial?

Answer 6

Assizes

Question 7

What process enabled people to recover alienated land if
they had been unlawfully dispossessed?

Answer 7

Novel Disseisin

Question 8

How many meters were to be cleared either side of the King’s
highways thanks to the Statute of Winchester, 1285?

Answer 8

70 metres

Question 9

For what value of theft did Edward introduce the death
penalty by hanging?

Answer 9

12 pence

Question 10

When was the Ordinance of Trailbaston introduced?

Answer 10

1305