Tudor crime and punishment
Introduction
Our enquiry project is on Tudor crime and punishment. we
(Oscar and Edwin) have worked hard and learnt a lot that
we didn’t know before.
Did you know
That if you spoke too freely you would be put a metal brank? It is a helmet
with no metal bits apart from some strips to keep it on and a razor bit by the
mouth so if you spoke your tongue would be cut off.
Did you know
One of the most painful tortures was for the foot? It would be put in a metal
shoe and stuffed around your foot would be wood. Then water and oil would
be added and then the whole thing would be put over a fire. The metal shoe
would start to shrink and cause lots of pain. Maybe your foot would drop off
and cause an infection.
Tudor crime
• There was lots of murder for wealth and money.
• There was lots of robbing for food in the Tudor times.
• In the Tudor times people would take children from the rich people
and they would only give them back if they gave them lots of wealth.
• In the Tudor times some people would hire assassins to get rid of
someone they hated.
• When they were at war with the Spanish if you were a Catholic you
would be forced to give up your religion and if you refused you
would be kept in your house and never to come out. If you were
caught out of your home you would be hanged.
Tudor punishments
1, hanged
2, head chopped
off
3, hand chopped
off
4, crucified
5, burnt alive
6, poked with a
hot spear
7, executed
8, boiled in a pot
until death
9, stretched
10, beaten
11, whipped
Law and court
In Tudor school if you made a mistake you
would be beaten with a stick.
The law in Tudor times it was very strict. If
you did the slightest thing wrong you
would get into trouble.
The law was only for royal people like King
Henry or a judge to choose what their
punishment was.
Prisons
Tudor prisoners would usually say stuff like “It
wasn’t my fault,” or “It was for my family,” but it
never really worked. All they would do was kill
them. That’s why the Tudors were brutal.
Tudor prisons were different to today the ones we
have are more up to date and much cleaner
than the Tudor ones. Also Tudor prisons were
very dirty and dusty.
Punishments
• If you committed treason against the king you would
be hanged or quartered.
• If you were caught for stealing your hands would be
cut off.
• Your head would be cut off if you murdered
someone.
• If you had been thought of as a witch you would be
put in a chair. If you floated back up it would mean
you were a witch so you would have to be put on
fire. If you didn’t float you would have drowned.
Finished
By Oscar
MatthewsWright
By Edwin
Kavanagh