Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750.
A harsh 1723 law that introduced the death penalty for over 50 poaching offences, specifically targeting men who blackened their faces in royal forests.
Waltham Black Act (1723) appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Crime and Punishment (c.1250–Present), especially Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750 and Changes in punishment.
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