So this is a somewhat unusual episode, I am not an expert but I have a few thoughts on why the King (Henry VIII) is trying to punish Welshmen. In the main I suggest that this law is more towards the supremacy of English law over Welsh law.<...

So your in court in England in 1362 and the lawyers aren't speaking English and you don't speak French.  Why is this happening?This law is seen by some as the supremacy of English over French in the nobility in England, that is not...

So I finally got to the Sumptuary Laws, or at least the first 4.Sumptuary Laws were pretty common in Europe and tended to enforce  appearance or reduce overt spending. This is the first 4 in England which cover clothing that could ...

The year is 1650, the King is dead so it is time for the Rump Parliament to ban swearing. Due to the sheer detail of this law I cannot include the text here because there is too much, so I will include some of reading it out but not the...

What do you do when a terrorist cell nearly kills approximately 30,000 people in 1605? Well if your James the 1st you pass a law to remember it annually of course.ReferencesThe Law -