In English criminal law, attainder was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime...

A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder, writ of attainder, or bill of penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group...

Following the trial of King Charles I in January 1649, 59 commissioners (judges) signed his death warrant. They, along with several key associates and...

James II, and in 1685 was one of the principal supporters of the act of attainder against the Duke of Monmouth; but he remained in England when William...

Jack Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months...

Parliament Parliament of England Long title An Act for reversing the Attainder of Jacob Leister and others. Citation 6 & 7 Will. & Mar. c. 30 Dates Royal...

his execution, all of Seymour's property was seized by the Crown. His attainder was reversed by Parliament in 1550, although the property was not returned...

return to England on taking an oath of abjuration. In 1662 the bill of attainder against his father was reversed by Parliament, and he regained the title...

while taking aim on his neck. Russell was exonerated by reversal of his attainder under William III. Russell did not confess; in fact, he pleaded that he...

original text related to this article: Lord Digby's speech against the attainder of Strafford However tyrannical Strafford's earlier conduct may have been...