Treason Act 1399
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | Nothing shall be accounted treason but what was made treason in the time of King Edward the Third. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 1 Hen. 4. c. 10 |
| Territorial extent | {{England and Wales|Ireland}} |
| Dates | |
| Commencement | 6 October 1399[a] |
| Repealed | 10 August 1872 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Treason Act 1381 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Treason Act 1399 (1 Hen. 4 c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of England that repealed all acts relating to treason except for the Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3. Stat. 5. c. 3).[1]
Legacy
The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).
The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125) and for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98).
See also
Notes
- ^ Start of session.
References
- J W Willis-Bund. A Selection of Cases from the State Trials. Cambridge. 1879. vol 1. pp 20 & 21.
- Homersham Cox. The Institutions of the English Government. Sweet. 1863. p 470.
- William Richard Stacy. The Bill of Attainder in English History. University of Wisconsin--Madison. 1986. vol 2. pp 321, 325, 330 & 400.
- Allen Boyer and Mark Nicholls. The Rise and Fall of Treason in English History. Routledge. 2024. Google
- ^ The Statutes of the Realm. Vol. 2. p. 114.