Treason Act 1423

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of England}}

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{{Infobox UK legislation

| short_title = Treason Act 1423

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of England

| long_title = Persons indicted of high treason escaping out of prison shall be adjudged traitors.

| year = 1423

| citation = 2 Hen. 6. c. 21

| territorial_extent = {{ubli|England and Wales|Ireland}}

| royal_assent = 1423 by Henry VI

| commencement = 20 October 1423{{efn|Section 1.}}

| repeal_date = 10 August 1872

| amendments = {{ubli|Treason Act 1547|[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]}}}

| repealing_legislation = Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872

| related_legislation = {{ubli|Treason Act 1351|Escape of Traitors Act 1572}}

| status = Repealed

| original_text = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915526&seq=248

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The Treason Act 1423 (2 Hen. 6. c. 21), also known as the Escape Act 1423, was an act of the Parliament of England that made it high treason for a person who had been indicted for treason to escape from prison (whether they were guilty of the original allegation of treason or not).

The Act is chapter 17 in Ruffhead's edition.The Statutes at Large. 1763. vol 1. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tKZFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA531#v=onepage&q&f=false p 531]