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Subject: Year 4 History
Unit: Tudor times
Crime And Punishment In Tudor Times
Tudor punishments were severe and cruel. There was no police
force in Tudor times. It was believed in these times that if the
punishment was severe enough the criminal wouldn’t recommit
the crime.
Some people were chained to stocks for committing a crime.
They would often have things thrown at them such as rotten
eggs and smelly rubbish by the public.
People who committed robbery would be sent to the whipping
post to be whipped.
If you committed murder you might have been branded with the
letter ‘M’ using a red hot iron.
Women were often punished using a ducking stool. A ducking
stool was a chair that was dunked into the river.
The most severe punishment was execution. This became a form
of entertainment in Tudor times. There were
different methods of execution. People could be
beheaded with an axe or hung from the gallows.
Women found guilty of treason or being a witch
were burnt at the stake. Other forms of
execution included being crushed to death or
being boiled alive.
Luckily punishments nowadays have changed a lot.
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Name: Date:
Subject: Year 4 History
Unit: Tudor times
Crime And Punishment In Tudor Times Worksheet
Answer the following questions:
1) Was there a police force in Tudor times? __________
2) What did people throw at the criminals chained to the stocks?
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3) What letter did they brand people with for committing murder?
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4) What happened to someone that was put in a ducking stool?
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5) What was the worst form of punishment in Tudor times?
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6) Fill in the missing words:
a) When being executed people were hung from the _____________.
b) Beheaded with an ______.
c) Burnt at the ___________.
d) Boiled ___________ or ____________ to death.
7) Would you be scared of committing a crime in Tudor times?
Explain your answer.
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