Treason Act 1351
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1351 c. 2 |
| Year | 1351 |
(25 Edw. 3 St. 5) C A P. II.
‘I T E M, Whereas divers Opinions have been before this Time in what Case Treason shall be said, and in what not;’ (2) the King, at the Request 'of the Lords and of the Commons, hath made a declaration in the Manner as hereafter followeth; that is to say, When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen, or of their eldest Son and Heir; (3) or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife of the King's eldest Son and Heir; (4) or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort, in the Realm, or elsewhere, and thereof be probably attainted of open Deed by the People of their Condition. (5) And if a Man counterfeit the King's Great or Privy Seal, or his Money; (6) and if a Man bring false Money into this Realm, conterfeit to the Money ofEngland , as the Money called Lushburgh , or other like to the said Money of England , knowing the Money to be false, to merchandize or make Payment in Deceit of our said Lord the King and of his People; (7) and if a Man slea the Chancellor, Treasurer, or the King's Justices of the one Bench or the other, Justices in Eyre, or Justices of Assise, and all other Justices assigned to hear and determine, being in their Places, doing their Offices. (8) And it is to be understood, that in the Cases above rehearsed, that ought to be judged Treasonwhich extends to our Lord the King, and his Royal Majesty: (9) And of such Treason the Forfeiture of the Escheats pertaineth to our Soveleign Lord, as well of the Lands and Tenements holden of other, as of himself. (10) Andmoreover there is another Manner of Treason, that is to say, when a Servant slayeth his Master, or a Wife her Husband, or when a Man Secular or Religious slayeth his Prelate, to whom he oweth Faithand Obedience; (11) and of such Treasonthe Escheats ought to pertain to every Lord of his own Fee. (12) And because that many other like Cases of Treason may happen in Time to come, which a Man cannot think nor declare at this present Time; it...
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