Treason Act 1540

English legislation

United Kingdom legislation

Treason Act 1540
Dates
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves.
Citation	32 Hen. 8. c. 25
Royal assent	24 July 1540
Repealed	30 July 1948
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Status: Repealed

The Treason Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 25) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was "An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves."

The Act confirmed that the marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled. They had married on 6 January 1540, but Henry had had the marriage annulled on 9 July of the same year. The Act also made it high treason for anyone "by word or deed, to accept, take, judge, or believe the said marriage to be good, or to procure or do any thing to the repeal of this act."

References

Statutes at Large, vol. IV, Danby Pickering, Cambridge University Press, 1765.

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