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Flashcards by Michael Sessions, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Michael Sessions
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Which courts in the medieval period heard the most serious cases? | Royal Courts |
| Jurors in the Royal courts would be drawn from where? | The criminal's own area |
| In 1293 Edward I ordered that royal judges from London to visit each county to try cases of serious crime. What do we call the courts they held? | The county assizes |
| Which group of law enforcement officials came into being in 1361? | JPs (Justices of the peace) |
| What were the quarter sessions? | They were the four times a year that the JPS met in the counties to enforce royal law. |
| Which courts dealt with most crime medieval England? | The Manor Courts |
| Who ran the manor courts? | The lord or his steward |
| Why were manor courts losing influence by 1500? | JPs heard more and more cases |
| What was the role of watchmen? | To patrol the gates and walls of medieval towns at night |
| What name is given to courts run in the towns? | Borough courts |
| Which courts were most likely to deal with offences such as, offences concerning priests, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, failing to attend church, gambling. | Church courts |
| Who was responsible for hearing the evidence and passing judgment in the church courts? | Priests |
| Why were medieval juries selected from a defendant's parish or hundred? | They were expected to use their knowledge of a person's character, background and past offences to reach a verdict. |
| Except for treason, roughly how many people accused of crime in the middle ages were found not guilty? | over 50% |
| Why might medieval juries have been reluctant to find people guilty of serious offences? | Punishments for serious offences were exceptionally harsh. |
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