Treason Act 1399

Treason Act 1399

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
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
Royal assent	1399
Commencement	6 October 1399 [a]
Repealed	10 August 1872
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Treason Act 1381
Amended by	Treason Act 1553 Treason Act 1547 Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Repealed by	Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872
Relates to	Treason Act 1351 Treason Act 1397
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Treason Act 1399 (1 Hen. 4 c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of England that repealed all acts relating to treason except for the Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3.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]

Subsequent developments

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The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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

• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Treason Act

Notes

1. 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

1. The Statutes of the Realm. Vol. 2. p. 114.