How many vagrants were there in Tudor England and Wales?
5,000
30,000
60,000
What would a Clapperdudgeon do?
Pretend to be insane and follow people around to get money from people
Pretend to have violent fits and suck on soap to froth at the mouth
Cut their skin to make it bleed then wrap wounds in dirty rags
Which Protestant Bishop did Mary I burn at the stake?
Rawlins White
John Penry
Thomas Cranmer
Why did smuggling decline?
Most smugglers got caught
The Government reduced duties on imported goods
Harsh punishments deterred people from smuggling
What arms did highwaymen usually carry?
Pistols
Rifles
Knives
What is a rookery?
An area of a town or city with a high crime rate
A type of Tudor vagrant
A nickname for a pickpocket in the 19th century
Who were the famous rioters who smashed machinery in textile mills in the 19th century?
Chartists
Rebecca rioters
Luddites
Dic Penderyn was leader of which 19th century protest?
Merthyr Rising
Newport Chartists
Swing Riots
What were the investiture bombings?
IRA attacks on British army bases
Bombings on holiday homes in the 1980s in Wales
Bombs aimed to disrupt a ceremony in Caernarfon Castle in 1969
What did Meibion Glyndŵr do?
Arson attacks
Highway robbery
Smuggling