Treason Act 1397

Chapter 3 21 Ric. 2. c. 3 created four kinds of treason: • "[to] compass[] or purpose[] the Death of the King" • "or to depose him" • "or to render up his Homage or Liege" • "or [to] ... raise[] People and ride[] against the King to make War within his Realm" The act declared that the procedure for prosecuting someone for any of these was by attainder in Parliament. Chapter 12 21 Ric. 2 c. 12 repealed everything done by the parliament of 1387 (11 Ric. 2) and declared that the people who had been responsible for it were traitors. Moreover, it was declared to be treason for Parliament to impeach any of the king's officers without his consent, or for Parliament to continue to deliberate after the king dissolved it. == Subsequent developments ==

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)). The whole act was repealed by 1 Hen. 4. c. 3, which repealed all acts passed in the whole parliament of 21 Ric. 2. The whole of 21 Ric. 2., including this act which was already was repealed, was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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), which came into force on 28 July 1863. The whole of 21 Ric. 2., including this act which was already was repealed, was repealed for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98), which came into force on 10 August 1872. == See also ==