Thomas WolseyApril 1521
Execution of Edward Stafford for high treason
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Execution of Edward Stafford for high treason
Found guilty of treason & sentenced to death
A special commission for Fishers trial is issued, he is arraigned in Westminster Hall on a charge of treason, in that he denied the king to be supreme head of the Church
Charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession, More believes he cannot be convicted as long as he did not explicitly deny that the king was the head of the Church, and he therefore refuses to answer all questions
Indicted of High Treason at Westminster Hall & condemned to death
More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534
For 2 days Fawkes is the only suspect & his name becomes synonymous with the Powder Treason, the Gunpowder Plot
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