Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536

Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte concernyng the Attaynder of Thomas Fittzgaralde and of his v. Uncles.
Citation	28 Hen. 8. c. 18
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	18 July 1536
Commencement	8 June 1536[a]
Repealed	16 June 1977
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Relates to	Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1534 Treason Act 1536
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 18) was a act passed by the Parliament of England. The act was a bill of attainder to authorise the execution of the 10th Earl of Kildare, his uncles and Archdeacon Charles Reynolds, for treason.^[1]

See also

• Treason Act 1536
• High treason in the United Kingdom

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Leinster, Charles William FitzGerald (1858). The Earls of Kildare, and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773. Hodges, Smith & Company. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 7 November 2024.