Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 explained

Short Title:	Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of England
Long Title:	An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason.
Year:	1496
Statute Book Chapter:	12 Hen. 7. c.7
Related Legislation:	23 Hen. 8. c. 1 (1531)
Repeal Date:	1828
Status:	Repealed
Original Text:	https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge01raitgoog/page/n830/

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496, formally referred to as the Act 12 Hen. 7 c. 7, was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry VII of England.^[1] Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason." It abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason.

See also

• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Benefit of clergy

External links

• Book: An Act that no Person committing Petty Treason, Murder, or Felony, shall be admitted to his Clergy, under Sub-deacon. (1531) . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 23 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1531 Chapter I . The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland . London, Great Britain . Internet Archive . George Eyre and Andrew Strahan . III . 94–97 . 15609908.

Notes and References

1. Book: Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 12 Hen. VII. - A.D. 1496 Chapter VII . The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland . II . London, Great Britain . Internet Archive . George Eyre and Andrew Strahan . 1110419501 . 790–791.