Poisoning Act 1530 Explained

Short Title:	Poisoning Act 1530
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of England
Long Title:	An Act for Poisoning.
Year:	1530
Statute Book Chapter:	22 Hen. 8. c. 9
Royal Assent:	31 March 1531
Repealing Legislation:	Treason Act 1547
Status:	repealed
Original Text:	https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge00raitgoog/page/n132/

The Poisoning Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 9) was an Act of the Parliament of England.^[1] Its long title was "An Act for Poisoning." It made it high treason to murder someone with poison, and instead of the usual punishment for treason (hanging, drawing and quartering) it imposed death by boiling. It was repealed by the Treason Act 1547.^[2]

See also

• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Treason Act
• Treason Act 1351

External links

• Book: An Act for the Repeal of Certain Statutes concerning Treasons, Felonies, &c. (1547) . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 1 Edw. VI. - A.D. 1547 Chapter XII . 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 . 491–499 . 15609908.

Notes and References

1. Book: Poisoning Act 1530 . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 22 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1530 Chapter IX . 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 . 88–89 . 15609908.
2. http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/blackstone/bla-414.htm Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book IV chapter 14