Safe Conducts Act 1414

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Safe Conducts Act 1414
Act of Parliament
Coat of Arms of Henry IV & V of England (1399-1413-1422).svg
Long title An Act for punishing Breakers of Truces and Safe Conducts: and for appointing Conservators in every Port.
Citation 2 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6
Territorial extent 
Dates
Repealed1442
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Repealed by 20 Hen. 6.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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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.

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Safe Conducts Act 1435
Act of Parliament
Coat of Arms of Henry VI of England (1422-1471).svg
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
Repealed10 August 1872
Other legislation
AmendsSafe 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Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act (Ireland) 1872

The Act was suspended for seven years in 1435, [2] and permanently repealed in 1442.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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.