Changes in punishment including the introduction of the ‘Bloody Code’ (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Flashcards
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Year of the Vagabond Act
Year of the Vagabond Act
1495
Years Poor Laws were enacted
Years Poor Laws were enacted
1598 and 1601
1530 Vagabonds Act punishment
1530 Vagabonds Act punishment
Whipped and returned to place of birth
1547 Vagabonds Act consequence
1547 Vagabonds Act consequence
Beggars could be forced to become slaves, branded and chained
1593 vagrancy law punishment
1593 vagrancy law punishment
Transportation overseas to North America
Year of last public capital punishment
Year of last public capital punishment
1868
Notorious execution site in London
Notorious execution site in London
Tyburn
Year Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded
Year Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded
1587
Definition of stocks
Definition of stocks
Heavy wooden frames with holes to hold a person's ankles
Definition of pillory
Definition of pillory
Wooden frame confining person standing with head/wrists in holes
Year pillory was abolished
Year pillory was abolished
1837
Years the Bloody Code existed
Years the Bloody Code existed
1688 to 1815
Death penalty crimes by 1815
Death penalty crimes by 1815
225
Bloody Code: hanging for stealing goods worth
Bloody Code: hanging for stealing goods worth
5 shillings
Definition of vagrancy
Definition of vagrancy
Homeless, unemployed person travelling town to town looking for work