General Pardons
From Waalt
Henry IV | ||||||
Number | Occasion/Date | Coverage | Exceptions | Requirements | Availability | Source |
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1 | Henry IV’s first parliament, 1399 | All treasons and felonies committed before 19 Nov. 1399 | a) murder and rape of women
b) common thieves indicted before 19 Nov. 1399, approvers, those appealed of the death of a person, those captured with stolen goods, those who broke out of a royal prison before 19 Nov. 1399, those present at the murder of Thomas, duke of Gloucester |
to stand to right in the royal court if a private person wants to sue | Until 1 Nov. 1400 (PROME, Henry IV, 1399 October, item 156, Statutes ii, 119 c. 20) | First copy on the pardon roll was issued on 20 Nov. 1399 (C67/32, m. 23), last copy on 7 Apr. 1400 (C67/32, m. 22), last copy found so far on plea rolls was issued on 6 May 1400 (KB 27/544 m 15 rex [1], KB27/554 m 13d Rex [2]. For a copy of the French version of this general pardon, issued on 15 December 1399, see KB 27/557 m. 21 Rex [3] |
2a | Rising of January, 1400 | all treasons, insurrections, felonies, trespasses, rebellions, contempts, extortions and oppressions committed before the feast of the Purification of Saint Mary (2 Feb. 1400) | a) murder and rape of women
b) common thieves indicted before 2 Feb. 1400, approvers, those appealed of the death of a person, those captured with stolen goods, those who broke out of a royal prison before 2 Feb. 1400, those present at the murder of Thomas, duke of Gloucester |
to stand to right in the royal court if a private person wants to sue | All twelve copies on the pardon roll issued on 18 March 1400 (C67/32, m. 20) | |
2b | all trespasses, rebellions, contempts extortions, oppressions committed before the feast of the Purification of Saint Mary (2 Feb. 1400), and all treasons, insurrections and felonies committed before 2 Feb. 1400 | a) murder and rape of women
b) ut supra |
Eight copies of this pardon issued between 18 March and 20 March 1400 (C67/32, m. 20) | |||
2c | all treasons, insurrections, rebellions and felonies committed before 2 Feb. 1400, and all trespasses, contempts, extortions and oppressions committed before 2 Feb. 1400 | a) murder and rape of women
b) ut supra |
First copy of this version issued on 25 Mar. 1400 (C67/32, m. 20), the last copy issued on 20 Sep. 1400 (C67/32, m. 17) | |||
Henry V | ||||||
Number | Occasion/Date | Coverage | Exceptions | Requirements | Availability | Source |