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38 Records
1294–1701 Date range
25 Named people
4 Places
Chronological records 1294 Edward I January 1294
Paris · Government / Government of England
Sends Edmund, his brother, to Philip the Fair on charges of piracy & other greivences
1386 Pole Suffolk, 1st 1386
London · Government / Government of England
Impeached on a charge of misappropriation of funds by Thomas of Woodstock
1397 Ralph Neville Westmorland, 1st 1397
London · Government / Government of England
Rewarded with the Earldom of Westmorland. Defends Richard II before the Lords Appellant
1508 Richard Empson 1508
London · Government / Government of England
Sentenced to death for treason for plotting against Henry VIII
1509 Edmund Dudley 1509
London · Government / Government of England
Sentenced to death for for treason but acquitted
1521 Thomas Howard Norfolk, 2nd 13 May 1521
London · Government / Government of England
Stafford is found guilty & condemned to death for treason
Edward Stafford Buckingham, 3rd 13 May 1521
London · Government / Government of England
Condemned to death for treason
Thomas Howard Norfolk, 2nd May 1521
London · Government / Government of England
Presides at the trial of Buckingham
1531 Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 1531
London · Government / Government of England
Revives the Commons anticlerical grievance procedures of 1529
1534 Thomas More 1534
London · Government / Government of England
Indicted under the Acts of Supremacy & Treason
1535 Thomas Audley Walden, 1st 1535
London · Government / Government of England
Supports the King's divorce from Catherine and the marriage with Anne Boleyn and presideds at the trial of Fisher and More
Richard Rich Rich, 1st 1535
Government / Government of England
Perjures himself during the trial of Thomas More
1536 Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 15 May 1536
London · Government / Government of England
Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
Thomas Audley Walden, 1st 1536
London · Government / Government of England
Presides over the trial of Anne Boleyn
Howard Surrey 1536
London · Government / Government of England
Earl Marshal at the trial of Anne Boleyn
Thomas Howard Norfolk, 3rd 1536
London · Government / Government of England
Presides over the trial of his niece, Anne Boleyn
1537 Thomas Audley Walden, 1st 1537
Government / Government of England
Condemns to death as traitors the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace
1538 Thomas Audley Walden, 1st 1538
Government / Government of England
Presides as Lord Steward at the trials of Henry Pole, Lord Montacute, and of the Marquess of Exeter
1540 Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st 19 June 1540
London · Government / Government of England
Accused of treason in the House of Lords
Thomas Audley Walden, 1st 1540
London · Government / Government of England
Manages the attainder of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and the dissolution of Henrys marriage with Anne of Cleves
1568 Radcliffe Sussex, 3rd 1568
York · Government / Government of England
Elizabeth is represented by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Sussex & Ralph Sadler
1586 Thomas Bromley 1586
Government / Government of England
Presides over the commission which tried Mary I of Scotland
Christopher Hatton 1586
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
Christopher Hatton 1586
Government / Government of England
Member of court which tried Anthony Babington
Charles Howard Nottingham, 1st 1586
Government / Government of England
A Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
Walter Mildmay 1586
Government / Government of England
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
1587 Christopher Hatton 1587
Fotheringhay · Government / Government of England
Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay
1600 Edward Coke 1600
London · Government / Government of England
Prosecutes Essex for treason
1601 Charles Howard Nottingham, 1st 1601
London · Government / Government of England
A Commissioner at the trial of Essex
Lionel Sackville Dorset, 1st 1601
London · Government / Government of England
Presides at the trial of Essex
1603 Edward Coke 1603
London · Government / Government of England
Prosecutes Raleigh for treason
1621 Francis Bacon Verulam, 1st 3 May 1621
London · Government / Government of England
Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
Francis Bacon Verulam, 1st 1621
London · Government / Government of England
Confesses to bribery in chancery suits, fined 40,000 pounds, later remitted by the King
1624 Lionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1st 1624
Government / Government of England
Convicted by Parliament of maladministration
1626 Lionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1st 1626
Government / Government of England
Pardoned by Charles I for the conviction of maladministration by Parliament
1627 George Villiers Buckingham, 1st 1627
London · Government / Government of England
Avoids impeachment when Parliament is dissolved by Charles I
1696 John Fenwick 1696
Government / Government of England
Accusations of treason are brought against the Duke of Shrewsbury by Sir John Fenwick
1701 Somers Somers, 1st 1701
London · Government / Government of England
Impeached but later acquitted
Names involved Charles Howard Nottingham, 1st Christopher Hatton Edmund Dudley Edward Coke Edward I Edward Stafford Buckingham, 3rd Francis Bacon Verulam, 1st George Villiers Buckingham, 1st Howard Surrey John Fenwick Lionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1st Lionel Sackville Dorset, 1st Pole Suffolk, 1st Radcliffe Sussex, 3rd Ralph Neville Westmorland, 1st Richard Empson Richard Rich Rich, 1st Somers Somers, 1st Thomas Audley Walden, 1st Thomas Bromley Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st Thomas Howard Norfolk, 2nd Thomas Howard Norfolk, 3rd Thomas More Walter Mildmay
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