Crimes and Punishments in Tudor Stuart Times

Investigate crimes and punishments in Tudor Stuart times, exploring the harsh laws, cruel punishments, and the role of Justice of the Peace. Compare Tudor punishments with modern methods, examining the reasons behind the severity of punishments and the use of torture. Discover how criminals were dealt with and how law enforcement operated in the absence of a centralized police force.

• Tudor Stuart
• crimes
• punishments
• law enforcement
• Justice of the Peace

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1. Lesson objective: to be copied into book as the title: I will investigate what crime was committed in Tudor Stuart times and analyse the punishments given. Starter Activity: Why do people commit crimes? Literacy Focus:

2. Lesson objective: to be copied into book as the title: I will investigate what crime was committed in Tudor Stuart times and analyse the punishments given. Aim High Work Hard Be Kind Time for task: 5 mins Lesson Activity: During Tudor Stuart times there was no organised police force. Each village had an organised militia where men from the village would protect it from outside invaders. However law were harsh and wrongdoing was severely punished. To deter people from committing crime, the punishments were very cruel. People believed if a criminal s punishment was sever and painful enough, the act would not be repeated and it would put other people off the committing crime as well. Torture was used as a way of gaining information. http://occupations.phillipmartin.info/crime_police.gif Level/Grade Level 2 Level/Grade Level 3 Level/Grade Level 4 All will be able to explain how Tudor criminals were punished. Most will be able to match Tudor crimes and punishments. Some will be able to compare Tudor punishments with modern punishments.

3. Lesson objective: to be copied into book as the title: I will investigate what crime was committed in Tudor Stuart times and analyse the punishments given. Aim High Work Hard Be Kind Time for task: 5 mins Lesson Activity: Each village had a Justice of the Peace to sort out any problems. If you were a Justice of the Peace you would have the power to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Stop riots, using the militia Look after the building of roads, bridges, jails and poor houses Decide how much local people should be paid Report people who didn t go to church Be in charge of whipping beggars Check on the local alehouses Level/Grade Level 2 Level/Grade Level 3 Level/Grade Level 4 All will be able to explain how Tudor criminals were punished. Most will be able to match Tudor crimes and punishments. Some will be able to compare Tudor punishments with modern punishments.

4. Lesson objective: to be copied into book as the title: I will investigate what crime was committed in Tudor Stuart times and analyse the punishments given. Aim High Work Hard Be Kind Time for task: 20 mins Lesson Activity: 1. Match the law with the crime on part A. 2. Match the crime with the punishment on Part B 3. Read the sheet about the three types of torture. 4. P.E.E paragraph - How do Tudor punishments compare to punishments today? P Punishments are different today because E Evidence to support this is E This means that Level/Grade Level 2 Level/Grade Level 3 Level/Grade Level 4 All will be able to explain how Tudor criminals were punished. Most will be able to match Tudor crimes and punishments. Some will be able to compare Tudor punishments with modern punishments.

5. Part A match the law with the crime Law Crime 1. Unlawful games a. More than 3 people making trouble together 2. Rescue b. Quarrelling 3. Barratry c. Playing bowls, cards or dice on a holy day 4. Inmate d. Stirring up trouble for the king or queen 5. Riot e. Refusing to go to church 6. Recusance f. Not going to regular weapons practice 7. Sedition g. Taking a person or animal by force 8. Archery h. Letting part of your house to someone without a job Part B match the crime with the punishment Crime Punishment 1. A women poisons her husband a. Burned alive 2. A man poisons another man even if the victim does not die b. Having the letter F branded on the cheek. Ears cut off, nostrils slit and hands cut off 3. Being a tramp c. Whipped and having a hole burned through the right ear 4. Lying in court perjury d. Death by hanging 5. Helping or sheltering someone who is a murderer e. To be boiled in water or lead 6. Stealing f. Branded on the forehead with the letter P using a hot iron

6. Types of torture

7. Extension task a) Describe what is happening to Father Gerard b) Why did the earth have to be dug away from under his feet? c) Looking at the provenance of the source, come up with a reason why he may have been a prisoner

8. Answers Crime Law a. More than 3 people making trouble together b. Quarrelling c. Playing bowls, cards or dice on a holy day d. Stirring up trouble for the king or queen e. Refusing to go to church f. Not going to regular weapons practice g. Taking a person or animal by force h. Letting part of your house to someone without a job 1. Unlawful games 2. Rescue 3. Barratry 4. Inmate 5. Riot 6. Recusance 7. Sedition 8. Archery

9. Answers Crime Law a. More than 3 people making trouble together b. Quarrelling c. Playing bowls, cards or dice on a holy day d. Stirring up trouble for the king or queen e. Refusing to go to church f. Not going to regular weapons practice g. Taking a person or animal by force h. Letting part of your house to someone without a job 1. Unlawful games 2. Rescue 3. Barratry 4. Inmate 5. Riot 6. Recusance 7. Sedition 8. Archery

10. Answers Crime Punishment a. Burned alive b. Having the letter F branded on the cheek. Ears cut off, nostrils slit and hands cut off c. Whipped and having a hole burned through the right ear d. Death by hanging e. To be boiled in water or lead f. Branded on the forehead with the letter P using a hot iron 1. A women poisons her husband 2. A man poisons another man even if the victim does not die 3. Being a tramp 4. Lying in court perjury 5. Helping or sheltering someone who is a murderer 6. stealing

11. Answers Crime Punishment a. Burned alive b. Having the letter F branded on the cheek. Ears cut off, nostrils slit and hands cut off c. Whipped and having a hole burned through the right ear d. Death by hanging e. To be boiled in water or lead f. Branded on the forehead with the letter P using a hot iron 1. A women poisons her husband 2. A man poisons another man even if the victim does not die 3. Being a tramp 4. Lying in court perjury 5. Helping or sheltering someone who is a murderer 6. stealing

12. Lesson objective: to be copied into book as the title: I will investigate what crime was committed in Tudor Stuart times and analyse the punishments given. Aim High Work Hard Be Kind Time for task: 20 mins Lesson Activity: Plenary Torture is now illegal in our country but it is still used throughout the world. 1) Why do you think other countries still use it? 2) Do you think it is a reliable way to get information? Level/Grade Level 2 Level/Grade Level 3 Level/Grade Level 4 All will be able to explain how Tudor criminals were punished. Most will be able to match Tudor crimes and punishments. Some will be able to compare Tudor punishments with modern punishments.