The Treason Act 1535 or Forging the Sign-manual, etc. Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 2) was an Act passed by the English Parliament during the reign of King...
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Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the...
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Hanged, drawn and quartered (section Treason Act 1351)
drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377),...
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The Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England. (It should not be confused with another Act about treason passed in...
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Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30). "Statute of Uses Act 1535". vLex. "Customs Act 1535". vLex. "Enrolment of Bargains of Lands, etc. Act 1535". vLex. This...
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The Treason Act 1381 (5 Ric. 2 Stat. 1. c. 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It stipulated that "none from henceforth make nor begin any manner...
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charge of treason. The Act was later altered by the Second Succession Act, which made Elizabeth illegitimate, and the Third Succession Act, which returned...
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The Treason Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which harmonised the law of high treason between the former kingdoms...
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The Treason Act 1702 (1 Ann. St. 2. c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne (today...
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The Treason Act 1814 (54 Geo. 3. c. 146) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which modified the penalty for...
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The Treason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is mainly notable for being the first instance of the rule that two...
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The Treason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is not to be confused with two other Acts about treason passed...
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The Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain which abolished burning at the stake as the penalty...
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refusing to take the oath was guilty of treason. The Oath of Succession itself went further than the original Act in several ways. It demanded that persons...
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continue to survive today in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Felony Act 1848. One clause which was included in the Treason Act 1695 was later adapted for...
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The Treason Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 51) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was passed early in the reign...
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The Treason Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 24) was an English act of Parliament passed by Parliament during the reign of Henry VIII. Two clauses of the Attainder...
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Robert Aske (political leader) (category People executed under the Tudors for treason against England)
uprising against the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 in 1536. He was executed for treason against King Henry VIII on 12 July 1537. Aske was a...
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The Treason Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 3) is an Act of the Parliament of England which laid down rules of evidence and procedure in high treason trials...
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The Treason Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 30) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title is "An Act for allowing Persons impeached of High...
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The Treason Act 1423 or the Escape Act 1423 (2 Hen. 6. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person who had been...
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The Treason Act 1495, formally referred as the Act 11 Hen. 7. c. 1 and informally as the Rex de facto statute, is an Act of the Parliament of England which...
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The Treason Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act was described as "purely procedural" by the House of Lords...
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Forty Martyrs of England and Wales (category 1535 deaths)
Catholic, lay and religious, men and women, executed between 1535 and 1679 for treason and related offences under various laws enacted by Parliament...
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The Treason Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6. c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person to threaten to burn someone's house...
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The Treason Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 39) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to correspond with any of the sons of...
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Corpus Suspension Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 9) also known as the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1777 or the Treason Act 1777 was an Act of the Parliament...
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The Treason Act 1543 (35 Hen. 8. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of King Henry VIII of England, which stated that...
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an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1488. It made it high treason to counterfeit coinage from other countries. (It was already treason to counterfeit...
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The Treason Act 1415 (4 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. (It...
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