Tudor Crime
and Punishment
By Anisa Khatoon and Chloe Palmer
THE TUDORS
The Tudors ruled England from 1458 to 1603. Tudor was a family name
of kings and queens. This was called the Tudor period. The Tudor age
began when king Henry VII was crowned on August 22nd 1458. During
this exciting time people made and built many things similar to things we
have today. The battle of Bosworth was very famous.
Crime was often done by poor Tudors who had no work. They had no
police but bad punishments. Read on out on to find out about executions,
rich punishments and poor punishments.
W H AT W E R E D I F F E R E N T
TYPES OF TUDOR CRIMES?
Many Tudors were involved in crime, one reason might have been because
there was no police. Steeling was often done by poor people. Many Tudors
had to seal to survive because living conditions were harsh. Beggars were
big problem because people were afraid of them so if they became a
nuisance they would be dragged through the streets while being whipped.
Murderers punishment was cruel . Criminals always stood were lots of
people would pass and they would throw things at the criminals.
WHAT WERE DIFFERENT
EXECUTIONS?
Punishing's was normally killing people or injuring people. Hanging was a
common punishment. In 1594, seventy four people were hung in Devon.
Only noble gentlemen or the gentry were beheaded. Beheaded was when
your head was copped off while hanging was when your neck got tied to
a rope and you got strangled. Dishonest shop keeper were chained in the
to-stock. Then people would pelt him or her with rubbish. Other
punishment were cutting of noses and suiting of ears.
WHAT WAS THE
DUCKING STOOL?
The ducking stool , which was used to test if women were witch's, killed
people either way. The Tudor's thought that a evil spirit could take
body's of animals and people so they tested women .If they were a very
poor women you would be called a witch by very rich Tudors. They believed
that a witch had a spot that would not bleed even if you stuck a sharp
needle in to it. The ducking stool was a plank of wood with a seat. The
woman thought of being a witch would be tied to the seat and be dunked in
the freezing water. Unfortunately if they were innocent they sank in the
murky pool but if they floated they were burnt to death and was a witch.
CONCLUDTION
To conclude , there were many terrible punishments during the time
the Tudors ruled England, wales and a part of Ireland. Crime and
punishment made Tudor time cruel. In comparison to today most
punishments were mostly killing Tudors. Would you like to be a
criminal in Tudor time?