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DeutschSafe Conducts Act 1414
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for punishing Breakers of Truces and Safe Conducts: and for appointing Conservators in every Port. |
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| Citation | 2 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6 |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Repealed | 1442 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | 29 Hen. 6. c. 2 (1450) |
| Repealed by | 20 Hen. 6. c. 11 (1442) |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Safe Conducts Act 1414 (2 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of England.[1] It made it high treason to break a truce or promise of safe conduct by killing, robbing or "spoiling" the victim. Unusually, the "voluntary receipt" or "concealing" of people who had violated this Act was also stated to be treason.
| Safe Conducts Act 1435 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | The statute of 2. Hen. V. stat. 1. cap. 6. touching breakers of truce, suspended. |
| Citation | 14 Hen. 6. c. 8 |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 23 December 1435 |
| Commencement | 10 October 1435 |
| Repealed | 10 August 1872 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Safe Conducts Act 1414 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act (Ireland) 1872 |
The Act was suspended for seven years in 1435,[2] and permanently repealed in 1442.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Safe Conducts Act 1414 [2 Hen. V. - A.D. 1414 Statute I, Chapter VI]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 320–326. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Suspension of Safe Conducts Act 1414 [14 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1435 Chapter VIII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. p. 476. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Repeal of Safe Conducts Act 1414 [20 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1442 Chapter XI]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 517–518. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
Related Acts of 15th Century England
[edit]- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Form of Safe Conduct Act 1436 [15 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1436 Chapter III]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 480–481. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Safe Conducts Act 1439 [18 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1439 Chapter VIII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 496–499. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Letters of Safe Conduct Act 1441 [20 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1441 Chapter I]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 511–513. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Breakers of Truces and Safe Conducts Amendment 1450 [29 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1450 Chapter II]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 552–554. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Breach of Truce or Safe Conduct Act 1452 [31 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1452 Chapter IV]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 561–563. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Breaking of Truce and Safe Conducts Confirmation 1475 [14 Edw. IV. - A.D. 1475 Chapter IV]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 657–658. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
External links
[edit]- Bellamy, John G. (2 September 1970). The Law of Treason in England in the Later Middle Ages. London, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 102–137. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511522369. ISBN 978-0511522369. OCLC 726825360.
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