A History of the Criminal Law of England (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... the pope. In the same year the lesser monasteries were dissolved. In 1537 occurred the pilgrimage of grace. In 1539 was passed the Art of the Six Articles. In 1543 Cromwell, who had been at the head of iiti'airs for nearly ten years, was attainted and executed. Between 1543 and 1547 (when Henry VIII. died), occurred first a motion towards Catholicism, marked by the execution of Ann Askew, and then a motion in the opposite direction, marked by the execution of Lord Surrey. Henry's later marriages were dated as follows: --Anne Boleyn, 1533; Jane Sevmour, 1536; Anne of Cleves, 1540; Catherine Howard, 1540; Catherine Pnrr,"l543. Ch. XXIII. "attempt any bodily harm to the king, queen, or their " "heirs apparent; or" (2) "To deprive them, or any of them, of their dignity, "title, name, or of their royal estates; or" (3) "Slanderously or maliciously to publish and pronounce, "by express writing or words, that the king our sovereign "lord is an heretic, schismatic, tyrant, infidel, or usurper; or" (4) "Rebelliously detain or keep any of his ships, am"munition, or artillery," and not to deliver them up when demanded. The 28 Hen. 8, c. 10 (1536), described by Hale as "the "great concluding act against the papal authority," subjected to the penalties of prcemunire the asserting and maintaining of the papal authority; and obstinate refusal to take the oath of abjuration therein provided was made high treason. By 31 Hen. 8, c. 8 (1539), which was passed in the same year as the Act of the Six Articles, proclamations concerning religion were put on the same footing as acts of parliament, and those who went beyond sea in order to avoid the penalties enacted by the...