Changes in punishment including the introduction of the ‘Bloody Code’ (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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When was the Vagabond Act?
When was the Vagabond Act?
1495
When were Poor Laws enacted?
When were Poor Laws enacted?
1598 and 1601
Last public execution in England year
Last public execution in England year
1868
Most notorious execution site in London
Most notorious execution site in London
Tyburn
Mary, Queen of Scots execution year & crime
Mary, Queen of Scots execution year & crime
1587 for treason
Last woman burned at stake in England
Last woman burned at stake in England
Catherine Murphy (counterfeiting)
Last person punished with pillory & year
Last person punished with pillory & year
Peter James Bossy in 1830
Pillory abolished in England & Wales year
Pillory abolished in England & Wales year
1837
Bloody Code period
Bloody Code period
1688-1815
Crimes carrying death penalty by 1750
Crimes carrying death penalty by 1750
160
Crimes carrying death penalty by 1815
Crimes carrying death penalty by 1815
225
Theft value punishable by hanging (Bloody Code)
Theft value punishable by hanging (Bloody Code)
5 shillings
What is vagrancy?
What is vagrancy?
Homeless/unemployed person travelling for work
What was the Bloody Code?
What was the Bloody Code?
Large number of crimes punishable by death
Stocks vs pillory difference
Stocks vs pillory difference
Stocks: ankles; Pillory: head/wrists, standing