Early Modern 1500-1700 Key Words

Frage	Antworten
Import Duties	Taxes payable on imported goods
Nightwatch Men	Protected towns evening and night
Thief Takers	Paid men who hunted down thieves and turned them in to the Constable
Jonathan Wild	Thief Taker General - head of gang of thieves who claimed rewards for 'stolen' goods
Bridewell Prison	Built in 1556 - a correction house for vagabonds and orphaned homeless poor children. All inmates carried out hard labour.
The Bloody Code	A list of 50 harsh capital offences created by 1688
Plead for Belly	Pregnant women pardoned after birth of a baby
Duty Boys	Orphaned homeless children sent to the colonies
Matthew Hopkins	Witchfinder General
'Demonologie'	James I's book on hunting witches - published by 1597
Oath of Supremacy	Acknowledged Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England
Excommunication	Ejection from the Catholic Church - refusal to be accepted into Heaven
Recant	Making a public statement that you have changed your beliefs
Vagabond and Vagrants	People who moved from town to town looking for work
Priggers of Prancers	Horse Thieves
Drunken Tinkers	Thieves using trade as a cover story
Drummerers	Beggars pretending to be deaf and mute
Kinchin Morts	Girl Beggars
Poor Relief	Financial assistance for the poorest members of society

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