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Westminster Hall Banquet
Holds his 1st banquest & court in Westminster Hall, the largest hall in the country
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Westminster Hall in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Holds his 1st banquest & court in Westminster Hall, the largest hall in the country
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
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
Deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, treated as a commoner, and tried by jury, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. 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
Thomas More is sentenced to the traitor's death of hanging, drawing and quartering.
Richard Rich gives evidence that Thomas More denied Parliament's power to make Henry VIII head of the Church.
Thomas More argues that his silence should not be treated as treason against Henry VIII.
Thomas More is tried for high treason before a commission including Thomas Audley and the Duke of Norfolk.
The jury finds Thomas More guilty of high treason after a brief deliberation.
Maynard assisted the Commons managers in presenting the legal and factual charges against Strafford.
Strafford was brought from the Tower for the opening of his state trial in Westminster Hall.
Strafford's public trial for high treason begins before the Lords.
Vane the Younger helped Parliament obtain notes from his father's record of the royal council meeting.
Notes from Vane's council papers were used to support the allegation that Strafford proposed using the Irish army in England.
Strafford delivers a forceful defence against the parliamentary accusations.
Bradshaw pronounced sentence against Charles I before the regicide.
Cromwell underwent a second inauguration with ceremonial features resembling monarchy.
Captured standards from Blenheim are ceremonially displayed in Westminster Hall as public recognition of Marlborough's victory.
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