Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536

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Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Acte concernyng the Attaynder of Thomas Fittzgaralde and of his v. Uncles.
Citation 28 Hen. 8. c. 18
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 18 July 1536
Commencement 8 June 1536 [a]
Repealed16 June 1977
Other legislation
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 18) was an act of the Parliament of England. The act was a bill of attainder to authorise the execution of the 10th Earl of Kildare, his uncles and Archdeacon Charles Reynolds, for treason. [1]

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Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part IV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977.

See also

Notes

  1. Start of session.

References

  1. Leinster, Charles William FitzGerald (1858). The Earls of Kildare, and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773. Hodges, Smith & Company. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 7 November 2024.