Haxey's case

Haxey's case (1397) Rotuli Parliamentorum (iii) 434, is a UK constitutional law case that established the right to free speech within Parliament.

Facts

In January 1397, Sir Thomas Haxey presented a petition to Parliament, criticising the costs of King Richard II of England's household. The king was affronted and, with the collusion of Thomas Arundel, insisted that Haxey be punished for treason. Haxey was deprived of his title and his possessions.

Judgment

On deposing Richard in 1399, Henry IV of England successfully petitioned Parliament to reverse its judgment against Haxey as "…against the law and custom which had been before in Parliament."

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References

Adams and Stephens (1930). Select Documents of English Constitutional History.
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1811). Cobbett's complete collection of state trials and proceedings for high treason and other crimes and misdemeanors from the earliest period to the present time. IX. R. Bagshaw. p. 782.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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