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Norman Law
- Forest Laws
- Forest Laws
made it illegal
for firewood to
be collected as
well as hunting.
Dogs and bows
were banned
and Deer could
not be killed
- Poachers
would be
castrated,
branded,
mutilated or
hung.
Offenders
would have
two fingers
cut off and
re-offenders
would be
blinded
- William I
declared all
forests as
Royal
property
and 40
communities
were
evicted
due
to
this
- Rebellion
- Saxons in the
North who
refused
Normal were
hunted
down in the
'Harrying of
the North.'
Trial by
Ordeal was
replaced
with Trial by
combat
- Keeping the
Peace
- Old Saxon laws
were still used.
Juries and
evidence became
more common
and Hue and Cry
continued
- The 'Posse' were
similar to a
tithing. They were
a group of men
who helped
Reeve's/Sheriff's
hunt down
outlaws
- Normans still
used
'Tithings' and
'Shire Reeves'
- Each village
annually
elected a
constable who
enforced Law &
Order
- Outlaws
- The most
notable
outlaws were
Robin Hood
and 'The
Folville Gang'
- An outlaw was a
person over 14 who
escaped capture and
was wanted for a
crime. If caught, they
could have been
executed