- into gaol. However,
during the
reign of
Henry VIII,
Parliament p****ed the
Attaints Act 1531 (23 Hen. 8. c. 3)
reducing the
punishment to
perpetual infamy...
- and some of
these were conditional.
Henry VIII:
compelled parliament to
attaint many
nobles during his lifetime,
including magnates with
major land holdings...
- ****embled a "Parliament of Devils" at
Coventry with the sole
purpose of
attainting York, his sons, Salisbury, and Warwick, however, the
actions of this ****embly...
-
neutralising as many
magnates as possible.
Henry would make
parliament attaint undesirable nobles and magnates,
thereby stripping them of
their wealth...
- Crown. This was
achieved either by "****ng the jury" or by "writs of
attaint".
Juries were
packed by hand-selecting or by
bribing the jury so as to...
-
backing of Siward, Earl of
Northumbria and Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to
attaint and
exile Godwin.
Godwin and his sons were
exiled from
England in September...
- report,/My
noble lord of Suffolk, or for that/My
tender youth was
never yet
attaint/With any p****ion of
inflaming love, I
cannot tell" (5.6.79–83). Here, again...
-
Statute Law
Revision Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46) (
Attaints) c. 6 Nisi
prius shall be
granted in
Attaint, but no
Essoin or Protection. Days given. — repealed...
- Law (Ireland)
Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) (
Attaints in real actions) c. 38 An
Attaint shall be
granted in Plea of Land
touching Freehold. —...
-
Statutes of the Realm, vol. VI (1819);
James the Second, 1685: An Act to
Attaint James Duke of
Monmouth of High-Treason.
Chapter II. Rot. Parl. nu. 2. at...
