Poisoning Act 1530

Poisoning Act 1530
	Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for Poisoning.
Citation	22 Hen. VIII. c.9
Territorial extent	Great Britain; Medieval England;
Other legislation
Relates to	25 Edw. III. c.3 (1351); 1 Edw. VI. c.12 (1547);
Text of statute as originally enacted

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 It was repealed by the Treason Act 1547.[2]

References

Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Poisoning Act 1530 [22 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1530 Chapter IX]. Internet Archive. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 88–89. OCLC 15609908.
Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book IV chapter 14, William Blackstone (1st ed., 1869)

Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). An Act for the Repeal of Certain Statutes concerning Treasons, Felonies, &c. (1547) [1 Edw. VI. - A.D. 1547 Chapter XII]. Internet Archive. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 491–499. OCLC 15609908.

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