Which of the following were legally the property of the lord during the medieval period?
Villeins
Yeomen
Sheriffs
England was divided into counties. What were counties divided into?
Parishes
Hundreds
Shires
Which of the following was considered to be a serious crime in medieval Britain?
Robbery
Debt
Gambling
What was the name given to groups of criminals who lived in the forests and ambushed travellers?
Posses
Retainers
Outlaw gangs
Which of the following crimes increased as a result of the Black Death?
Vagrancy
Petty treason
Heresy
Who was the king’s agent and chief law enforcer in each county?
The coroner
The sheriff
The lord of the manor
What was the name of the method used to raise the alarm when a crime had been committed?
The watch
The hue and cry
The tithing
Which courts most tried medieval crimes and dealt mainly with petty crimes?
The assizes
Manor courts
Church courts
Who ran the quarter sessions after 1361?
Justices of the Peace (JPs)
Royal judges
Which punishment was used for those found guilty of heresy?
Hanging
Hanging, drawing and quartering
Burning