Global Information Lookup Global Information

Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 information


Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
Act of Parliament
Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act to make some Offences Petty Treason.
Citation12 Hen. 7. c.7
Territorial extent 
  • Great Britain
  • Medieval England
Other legislation
Relates to23 Hen. 8. c. 1 (1531)
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496, formally referred to as the Act 12 Hen. 7 c. 7, was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry VII of England.[1] Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason." It abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason.

  1. ^ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 [12 Hen. VII. - A.D. 1496 Chapter VII]. 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. 790–791. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.

and 25 Related for: Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 information

Request time (Page generated in 1.0894 seconds.)

Benefit of Clergy Act 1496

Last Update:

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496, formally referred to as the Act 12 Hen. 7 c. 7, was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry...

Word Count : 207

Benefit of clergy

Last Update:

habita Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 (abolished compurgation for high treason and theft) Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (abolished benefit of clergy for petty...

Word Count : 2258

Petty treason

Last Update:

Commentaries on the Laws of England, William Blackstone, Book 4 chapter 14 Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7 c. 7) Hale's History of Pleas of the Crown (1800...

Word Count : 721

Treason Act

Last Update:

Act of Accord (1460) (39 Hen. 6. c. 1) The Treason Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 18) The Treason Act 1495 (11 Hen. 7. c. 1) The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12...

Word Count : 1335

John Fineux

Last Update:

orders of benefit of clergy. This act, though its duration was limited to a single year, was vehemently denounced by Richard Kidderminster, abbot of Winchcombe...

Word Count : 1296

Dissolution of the monasteries

Last Update:

acceptance throughout his realm. In April 1533, an Act in Restraint of Appeals eliminated the right of clergy to appeal to "foreign tribunals" (Rome) over the...

Word Count : 14409

James IV of Scotland

Last Update:

of Holyroodhouse and Falkland Palace. The education act passed by the Parliament of Scotland in 1496 introduced compulsory schooling. During James's 25-year...

Word Count : 10932

John I Albert

Last Update:

authority at the expense of the Catholic Church and the clergy. In 1487, he led a force against the Ottoman Empire and defeated the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate...

Word Count : 5825

Resettlement of the Jews in England

Last Update:

which expelled Jews from Spain in 1492, and similar measures in Portugal in 1496, some converso traders (Jewish converts to Christianity, who often practised...

Word Count : 5070

Conquest of the Canary Islands

Last Update:

The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castile took place between 1402 and 1496 and described as the first instance of European settler colonialism...

Word Count : 7575

History of Christianity in Ireland

Last Update:

Parliament of the Pale it had been so often used for factious purposes that in 1496 Poynings' Law was passed, providing that henceforth no Irish Parliament could...

Word Count : 7190

Scottish Enlightenment

Last Update:

improvement of roads and trade. The humanist-inspired emphasis on education in Scotland culminated in the passing of the Education Act 1496, which decreed...

Word Count : 8759

Kingdom of Scotland

Last Update:

cumulated with the passing of the Education Act 1496, which decreed that all sons of barons and freeholders of substance should attend grammar schools to learn...

Word Count : 13288

Zen

Last Update:

jiànxìng, Jp. kenshō), and the personal expression of this insight in daily life for the benefit of others. Some Zen sources de-emphasize doctrinal study...

Word Count : 22455

History of schools in Scotland

Last Update:

passing of the Education Act 1496, thought to have been steered through parliament by the Keeper of the Privy Seal William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen...

Word Count : 6083

Preference falsification

Last Update:

Preference falsification is the act of misrepresenting a preference under perceived public pressures. It involves the selection of a publicly expressed preference...

Word Count : 7795

Timeline of Oxford

Last Update:

Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act removes most restrictions limiting fellowships in colleges of the universities to clergy of the Church of England...

Word Count : 25690

History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty

Last Update:

Piotrków Privilege of 1496, granted by King John I Albert, banned rural land purchases by townspeople and severely limited the ability of peasant farmers...

Word Count : 10206

Lincoln Cathedral

Last Update:

Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England, and Bishop of Lincoln (1480–94) William Smyth, Bishop of Lincoln (1496–1514) Sir Edward Lake, 1st Baronet...

Word Count : 6094

Reformation

Last Update:

"centered on the care of souls ..., episcopal residence, the renewal of the clergy, together with the charitable and educational roles of the new religious...

Word Count : 28613

Public health

Last Update:

an emerging infectious disease: syphilis in Zurich at the dawn of the modern era (1496-1585)". GMS Hygiene and Infection Control. 11: Doc13. doi:10.3205/dgkh000273...

Word Count : 14115

List of organisations with a British royal charter

Last Update:

for the Benefit of Sons and Daughters of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland 30 October 1794 Christian Faith Society 6 June 1796 Royal Faculty of Procurators...

Word Count : 5716

Nobel Prize controversies

Last Update:

полинуклеотидов" [Principle of marginotomy in template synthesis of polynucleotides]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (in Russian). 201 (6): 1496–9. PMID 5158754. Olovnikov...

Word Count : 18668

History of Palestine

Last Update:

received many pilgrims. In 1496, Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi wrote his history of Palestine known as The Glorious History of Jerusalem and Hebron.[citation...

Word Count : 44861

Catholic Church and slavery

Last Update:

process lasted until the defeat of resistance in Tenerife in 1496, which was accompanied by the enslavement of large parts of the Guanche population. Distinct...

Word Count : 15242

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net