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1043
Edward the Confessor
Edward finds his mother Emma guilty of treason & deprives her of her lands
1043
Emma of Normandy
Edward finds his mother Emma guilty of treason & deprives her of her lands
1194
John
John appeals to Richard's mercy but is stripped of all possessions & titles
John is forbidden to hold any castles in England
The only title John keeps is Lord of Ireland
1194
Richard I the Lionheart
Nottingham Captures Nottingham Castle & demands John stand trial as a rebel, John does not appear
Nottingham John appeals to Richard but is stripped of possessions & titles
Nottingham John is forbidden to hold any castles in England
1202
John
Normandy After John's trial Philip invades Normandy
Paris John is tried in his absence
Paris John refuses to stand trial before Philip II
Paris Philip demands John's a trial in Paris for his treatment of the Lusignan brothers
Paris Sentenced to have all of his French Crown lands forfeited
1252
Montfort, Simon de
Gascony Cleared of charges by Henry III of Gascon of misrule, retires to France
1265
Henry III
London Forfeiture pronounced on those who had fought against Edward at Kenilworth & Evesham
1291
Edward I
Abergaveny Gloucester is condemned to imprisonment & forfeiture
Abergaveny Hereford is condemned to imprisonment & forfeiture
Abergaveny Presides over the trial of Gloucester
Abergaveny Presides over the trial of Hereford
1294
Edward I
Jan Paris Sends Edmund, his brother, to Philip the Fair on charges of piracy & other greivences
1296
Edward I
Berwick Demands John Balliol handover border castles, John refuses & is summonsed to Berwick
1st Mar Berwick John Balliol fails to appear at Berwick for his trial, Edward then invades Scotland
1312
Beauchamp, Guy de
Warwick Resides over Gaveston's trial who is executed on Blacklow Hill, outside Warwick
1312
Gaveston, Piers
Warwick Tried by the Earl of Warwick at Warwick castle & sentenced to death
1330
Berkeley
Edward III tries Thomas Berkeley for the assassination of Edward II, found innocent
1330
Edward III
Tries Thomas Berkeley for the assassination of Edward II but he is found innocent
1330
Mortimer, Roger
Oct London Tried before Parliament for usurping royal power & murdering Edward II
1377
Courtenay, William
London Presides over the trial of John Wycliffe for heresy
London Stirs up a mob to protest against John of Gaunt's behaviour at John Wycliffe's trial
London The trial ends without verdict after a dispute of John of Gaunt & the Bishop of London
1377
Wycliffe, John
London Ended withou verdict after an arguement between John of Gaunt & the Bishop of London
London John of Gaunt employs 4 doctors of divinity to defend Wycliffe
London Tried by the Bishop of London but general street riots put an end to the court session
1381
Ball, John
4th July St Albans Richard II presides over the tribunal at which John Ball is condemned to death
1381
Richard II
4th July St Albans Richard II presides over the tribunal at which John Ball is condemned to death
1381
Tresilian, Robert
London Tries rebels of the Peasant's revolt & sentences some of them to death
1386
Pole
London Impeached on a charge of misappropriation of funds by Thomas of Woods tock
1387
Beauchamp, Thomas de
London One of the Lords Appellant who sits on judgement of Richard II
1387
Richard II
14th Nov London Five Lords meet at Waltham Cross to appeal against Richard's tyranny
1397
Beauchamp, Thomas de
Tower of London Tried by Richard II, confesses to treachery
1397
Neville
London Defends Richard II before the Lords Appellant
London Rewarded with the Earldom of Westmorland
1431
Beauchamp, Roger de
Rouen Joan of Arc trial is headed by Richard de Beauchamp
1450
Henry VI
17th Mar London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
17th Mar London Tries Suffolk with consulting Parliament
1450
Pole
17th Mar London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
1450
Pole, William
17th Mar London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
1469
Woodville, Richard
12th Aug Kenilworth After a hasty trial Woodville and his 2nd son are beheaded at Kenilworth
1470
Edward IV
31st Mar The Earl of Warwick & the Duke of Clarence are declared traitors by Edward IV
1477
George of Clarence
London Tried for treason & attainted by Parliament
1478
George of Clarence
7th Feb London Convicted by Parliament for High Treason
1497
Touchet, James
June London Audley is taken prisoner, brought before the King and council on 19 Jun and condemned
1508
Empson, Richard
London Sentenced to death for treason for plotting against Henry VIII
1509
Dudley, Edmund
London Sentenced to death for for treason but acquitted
1521
Howard, Thomas
May London Presides at the trial of Buckingham
13th May London Stafford is found guilty & condemned to death for treason
1521
Stafford, Edward
13th May London Condemned to death for treason
1531
Cromwell
London Revives the Commons' anticlerical grievance procedures of World for the year 1529">1529
1531
Cromwell, Thomas
London Revives the Commons' anticlerical grievance procedures of World for the year 1529">1529
1534
More, Thomas
London Indicted under the Acts of Supremacy & Treason
1535
Fisher, John
17th June Tower of London Found guilty of treason & sentenced to death
1535
More, Thomas
London More had not expressly denied the royal supremacy but refuses to assent to it
1st July London Indicted of High Treason at Westminster Hall & condemned to death
1535
Rich
Perjures himself during the trial of Thomas More
1535
Walden
London Supports Henry's divorce from Catherine & presides over the trial Thomas More
1536
Boleyn, Anne
15th May London Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
15th May London Ane Boleyn is found guilty & will burned or beheaded according to Henry VIII's wishes
15th May London Anne believes Henry will not allow her execution & will send her to a nunnery
15th May London Found guilty of treason
1536
Cromwell
15th May London Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
1536
Cromwell, Thomas
15th May London Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
1536
Henry VIII
Tower of London Found guilty of adultery with Anne Boleyn & condemned to die by beheading
10th May London Anne Boleyn is indicted for high treason
15th May London Found guilty & will be burned or beheaded according to Henry VIII's wishes
1536
Howard
London Earl Marshal at the trial of Anne Boleyn
1536
Howard, Thomas
London Presides over the trial of his niece, Anne Boleyn
1536
Rochford
London Found guilty of adultery with Anne Boleyn
1536
Walden
London Presides over the trial of Anne Boleyn
1540
Cromwell
19th June London Accused of treason in the House of Lords
1540
Cromwell, Thomas
19th June London Accused of treason in the House of Lords
1542
Henry VIII
11th Feb Tower of London Catherine is found guilty & informed she will be executed the following day
1542
Howard
London Confesses to prenuptial unchastity with Dereham & Culpepper
1546
Bonner, Edmund
Winchester Placed on a committee of enquiry by Henry VIII to examine Sacramentaianism
1546
Cheke, John
Winchester Placed on a committee of enquiry by Henry VIII to examine Sacramentaianism
1546
Cox, Richard
Winchester Placed on a committee of enquiry by Henry VIII to examine Sacramentaianism
1546
Gardiner, Stephen
Winchester Placed on a committee of enquiry by Henry VIII to examine Sacramentaianism
1546
Henry VIII
London Catherine submits to her husband's will & the inquiry ends
London Suspects sacramentarianism & launches an investigation
1546
Howard
12th Dec London Sentenced to death for treason
1546
Parr
London Catherine is questioned but she submits to her husband's will & the inquiry ends
London Henry suspects sacramentarianism
1552
Seymour, Edward
Convicted on a trumped-up charge of high treason and felon
1558
Pole, Reginald
Canterbury Charged with heresy by Pope Paul IV
1567
Elizabeth I
Nov London Summons six Earls to London to listen to Murray's charges against Queen Mary
16th Dec Hampton Court Mary is tried at a tribunal as the Queen of Scotland
16th Dec Hampton Court Mary's trial is moved to Hampton Court
1568
Elizabeth I
Oct York Norfolk plans to marry Mary & secure a Scottish alliance, the trial is moved to London
4th Oct York Elizabeth is represented by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Sussex & Ralph Sadler
4th Oct York Elizabeth's representitives try cases forwarded by Moray's & Mary's representitives
3rd Nov Westminster Orders that Mary's trial be moved to Westminster
1568
Howard
Elizabeth is represented by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Sussex & Ralph Sadler
April London Elizabeth moves the trial to London
April Norfolk plans to marry Mary & secure a Scottish alliance
1568
Howard, Thomas
Elizabeth is represented by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Sussex & Ralph Sadler
April London Elizabeth moves the trial to London
April Norfolk plans to marry Mary & secure a Scottish alliance
1568
Radcliffe
York Elizabeth is represented by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Sussex & Ralph Sadler
1568
Sadler, Ralph
4th Oct York Elizabeth is represented by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Sussex & Ralph Sadler
1569
Elizabeth I
10th Jan London Announces she cannot find guilt with either Mary or her accuser Murray
11th Jan Moray returns to Scotland, Elizabeth says nothing has been proven
Nov "the Queen of England should (not) conceive an evil opinion of her good sister"
1571
Neville
London Attained & deprived of all lands
1586
Hatton, Christopher
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
1586
Howard, Charles
A Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
1586
Mildmay, Walter
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots
1593
Frizer, Ingram
Deptford Acquitted of the murder of Chistopher Marlowe after pleading self defence
1600
Coke, Edward
London Prosecutes Essex for treason
1600
Devereux, Robert
June Deprived of his offices & held under house arrest
1601
Bacon, Francis
London Convicts Essex of treason, his main rival for the favors of Queen Elizabeth
1601
Devereux, Robert
London Tried by Bacon
1601
Howard, Charles
London A Commissioner at the trial of Essex
1601
Sackville, Lionel
London Presides at the trial of Essex
1603
Coke, Edward
London Prosecutes Raleigh for treason
1603
Raliegh, Walter
Sep London Sentenced to death at his trial in Winchester
1606
Fawkes, Guy
27th Jan London The trial begins for the plotters involved in the gunpowder plot
1621
Bacon, Francis
London Confesses to bribery in chancery suits, fined œ40,000, later remitted by the King
3rd May London Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
1624
Cranfield, Lionel
Convicted by Parliament of maladministration
1626
Charles I
23rd Feb London Begins the impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham
1626
Cranfield, Lionel
Pardoned by Charles I for the conviction of maladministration by Parliament
1627
Villiers, George
London Avoids impeachment when Parliament is dissolved by Charles I
1641
Charles I
22nd Mar London Attends the trial of Strafford, his ablest Minister
8th May London Assents to the bill of attainder against Strafford
1641
Wentworth, Thomas
22nd Mar London Beginning of Strafford's trial
22nd Mar London The King's ablest Minister is impeached for treason by the Long Parliament
8th May London The Lords pass a bill of attainder against Strafford
1648
Charles I
13th Dec London The "Rump Parliament" of 60 members votes that Charles be brought to trial
1649
Bradshaw, John
London Presides over the Trial of Charles I & pronounces the death sentence
1649
Charles I
20th Jan London Charles I goes on trial for treason
21st Jan London Charles I goes on trial, he refuses to plead
26th Jan London Sentenced to death as a "tyrant, traitor & murderer"
1649
Fairfax, Thomas
1st Jan London Parliament passes an Ordinance setting up a High Court of Justice to try Charles I
1680
Ashley-Cooper, Anthony
London Attempts to have the Duke of York tried as a Catholic
London Campaigns for the exclusionist lobby to exclude the future James III from the throne
1681
Ashley-Cooper, Anthony