Crime and Punishment: Medieval Enforcement Part 2

Which courts in the medieval period heard the most serious cases?

Jurors in the Royal courts would be drawn from where?

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?

Which group of law enforcement officials came into being in 1361?

What were the quarter sessions?

Which courts dealt with most crime medieval England?

Who ran the manor courts?

Why were manor courts losing influence by 1500?

What was the role of watchmen?

What name is given to courts run in the towns?

Which courts were most likely to deal with offences such as, offences concerning priests, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, failing to attend church, gambling.

Who was responsible for hearing the evidence and passing judgment in the church courts?

Why were medieval juries selected from a defendant's parish or hundred?

Except for treason, roughly how many people accused of crime in the middle ages were found not guilty?

Why might medieval juries have been reluctant to find people guilty of serious offences?