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TREASON 1 – The Merciless Parliament 1388
Alexander Neville Archbishop of York, Bellamy, Bishop of Chichester, Black Death, Chrimes, Chris Givern-Wilson, Dafydd ap Gryffudd, Edward II, Edward III, executions, Frederic Maitland, Glorious Revolution, Henry de Bracton, Henry IV, Hugh le Despenser, John Blake, John Carey, John Holt, Lords Appellant, Magna Carta, Mark Ormrod, Merciless Parliament, Michael de la Pole, Nicholas Brembre, Nigel Saul, Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II, Richard of arundel, Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland, Robert Tresilian, Roger Mortimer, Sir James Berners, Sir John Beauchamp, Sir John Salisbury, Sir Simon Burley, Sir William wallace, Thomas Arundel, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, Thomas of Warwick, Thomas of woodstock, Thomas Usk, treason, Treason Acts, William Burgh, William de la Pole, Wonderful ParliamentIntroduction Treason is a terrible crime. It denotes a betrayal so wicked as to be unforgivable. In medieval England a traitor was executed with the maximum of corporeal pain and all his goods and chattels were forfeited to the crown, thus disinheriting his heirs and successors forever. Henry de Bracton a thirteenth century English jurist,…
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