Re: Too mild in both cases
"I think the third offense was generally a hangman's noose"
If you couldn't afford to pay a fine nobody was counting. From Wakefield Court Rolls, 1315:
"John de Blakhoumore, taken at the suit of Roger Walgar of Almanbury, for breaking into his house at Almanbury, and stealing goods and chattels, value 10s., which goods were found in his possession and are brought into court, is asked what defence he can make for the said burglary and theft; he pleads not guilty. An inquisition...finds him guilty. He is ordered to be hanged. He has no goods."