Permanent historical factsheet

Treason

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

19Records
1388–1696Date range
13Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1388

Robert Tresilian1388

London · Government / Government of England

Accused of treason by the Lords Appellant, opponents of Richard II, & hanged at Tyburn

1495

William Stanley10 February 1495

Government / Government of England

Death of William Stanley, executed for treason for his support of the Warbeck conspiracy

1508

Richard Empson1508

London · Government / Government of England

Sentenced to death for treason for plotting against Henry VIII

1509

Edmund Dudley1509

London · Government / Government of England

Sentenced to death for for treason but acquitted

1510

Richard Empson17 August 1510

London · Government / Government of England

Executed for "constructive treason" & preventing the King removing him from power

1521

Thomas Howard Norfolk, 2nd13 May 1521

London · Government / Government of England

Stafford is found guilty & condemned to death for treason

Edward Stafford Buckingham, 3rd13 May 1521

London · Government / Government of England

Condemned to death for treason

1530

Henry VIII4 November 1530

Government / Government of England

Has Thomas Wolsey arrested for high treason

Henry VIII29 November 1530

Leicester · Government / Government of England

Death of Thomas Wolsey, en route to London to be executed for high treason

1534

Henry VIII1534

Government / Government of England

The Treason Act is passed. It becomes treason to rebel against royalty by words. It becomes treason to deny royal titles or call the King a heretic or usurper

Henry VIII1534

London · Government / Government of England

The Treason Act is passed

Thomas More1534

London · Government / Government of England

Indicted under the Acts of Supremacy & Treason

1535

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st1 February 1535

London · Government / Government of England

The Treason Act comes into force

1540

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st19 June 1540

London · Government / Government of England

Accused of treason in the House of Lords

1586

Christopher Hatton1586

Government / Government of England

Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason

1600

Edward Coke1600

London · Government / Government of England

Prosecutes Essex for treason

1603

Edward Coke1603

London · Government / Government of England

Prosecutes Raleigh for treason

1652

Oliver CromwellFebruary 1652

Government / Government of England

The Act of Indemnity, for acts of treason before the Battle of Worcester

1696

John Fenwick1696

Government / Government of England

Accusations of treason are brought against the Duke of Shrewsbury by Sir John Fenwick

Names involved

Christopher HattonEdmund DudleyEdward CokeEdward Stafford Buckingham, 3rdHenry VIIIJohn FenwickOliver CromwellRichard EmpsonRobert TresilianThomas Cromwell Essex, 1stThomas Howard Norfolk, 2ndThomas MoreWilliam Stanley

Provenance

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