Year 6 · History · A theme through time · Lesson 2

Normans to Tudors

Crime and punishment from the Normans to the Tudors: Forest Laws, trial by combat, Church courts, the rise of juries after 1215, vagrancy, stocks and pillory, and JPs.

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Describe Norman justice
Explain the rise of trial by jury
Describe Tudor punishments
Identify change and continuity

The method

Crime.
Punishment.
Why harsh?
Compare.

Key words: Forest Laws, trial by jury, vagrancy, stocks, pillory, deterrence.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Who brought the Forest Laws?

Step 1: William...

Answer: William I (the Conqueror)

Question 2

What was banned in royal forests?

Step 1: Hunting

Answer: hunting deer (by ordinary people)

Question 3

Why were the Forest Laws unpopular?

Step 1: Harsh

Answer: they were harsh and stopped people getting food