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Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536

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Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte concernyng the Attaynder of Thomas Fittzgaralde and of his v. Uncles.
Citation28 Hen. 8. c. 18
Dates
Royal assent18 July 1536
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Status: Repealed

The Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 18) was a bill of attainder passed by the Parliament of England to authorise the execution of the 10th Earl of Kildare, his uncles and Archdeacon Charles Reynolds, for treason.[1]

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  1. ^ Leinster, Charles William FitzGerald (1858). The Earls of Kildare, and Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773. Hodges, Smith & Company. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 7 November 2024.