Poisoning Act 1530

Poisoning Act 1530

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for Poisoning.
Citation	22 Hen. 8. c. 9
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	31 March 1531
Commencement	16 January 1531 [a]
Repealed	28 July 1863
Other legislation
Amended by	Treason Act 1547
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Relates to	Treason Act 1351 Treason Act 1547
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Poisoning Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of England. ^[1] Its long title was "An Act for Poisoning." It made it high treason to murder someone with poison, and instead of the usual punishment for treason (hanging, drawing and quartering) it imposed death by boiling. The act was rapidly introduced in and passed by Parliament in reaction to the apparent attempted poisoning of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and led to the execution of the cook Richard Roose the following year.

Repeal

The act was virtually repealed so far as related to treason by the Treason Act 1547. ^[2] The remaining provision empowered Justices of the Peace to inquire of the counterfeiting of coin of an outward realm current in the Kingdom of England by the King's assent and Justices of Assize to hear and determine such counterfeiting.

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).

See also

• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Treason Act
• Treason Act 1351

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

1. Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Poisoning Act 1530 [22 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1530 Chapter IX]. 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. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 88–89. OCLC   15609908 – via Internet Archive.
2. Blackstone, William. Commentary on the Laws of England. Vol. IV. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

External links

• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). An Act for the Repeal of Certain Statutes concerning Treasons, Felonies, &c. (1547) [1 Edw. VI. - A.D. 1547 Chapter XII]. 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. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 491–499. OCLC   15609908 – via Internet Archive.