Safe Conducts Act 1414

Safe Conducts Act 1414

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for punishing Breakers of Truces and Safe Conducts: and for appointing Conservators in every Port.
Citation	2 Hen. V. c.VI
Territorial extent	Kingdom of England Medieval England
Dates
Repealed	1442
Other legislation
Amended by	29 Hen. VI. c.II (1450)
Repealed by	20 Hen. VI. c.XI (1442)
Relates to	4 Hen. V. c.VII (1416) 14 Hen. VI. c.VIII (1435) 15 Hen. VI. c.III (1436) 18 Hen. VI. c.VIII (1439) 20 Hen. VI. c.I (1441) 29 Hen. VI. c.II (1450) 31 Hen. VI. c.IV (1452) 14 Edw. IV. c.IV (1475)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Safe Conducts Act 1414 (2 Hen. 5 c.6) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason to break a truce or promise of safe conduct by killing, robbing or "spoiling" the victim. Unusually, the "voluntary receipt" or "concealing" of people who had violated this Act was also stated to be treason.

The Act was suspended for 7 years in 1435, and permanently repealed in 1442.

See also

• Misprision of treason

Related Acts of 15th Century England

• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Form of Safe Conduct Act 1436 [15 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1436 Chapter III]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 480–481. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Safe Conducts Act 1439 [18 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1439 Chapter VIII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 496–499. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Letters of Safe Conduct Act 1441 [20 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1441 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. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 511–513. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Breakers of Truces and Safe Conducts Amendment 1450 [29 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1450 Chapter II]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 552–554. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Breach of Truce or Safe Conduct Act 1452 [31 Hen. VI. - A.D. 1452 Chapter IV]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 561–563. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Breaking of Truce and Safe Conducts Confirmation 1475 [14 Edw. IV. - A.D. 1475 Chapter IV]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 657–658. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

External Links

• Bellamy, John G. (September 2, 1970). The Law of Treason in England in the Later Middle Ages. London, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 102–137. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511522369. ISBN 978-0511522369. OCLC 726825360.