Talk:Buggery Act 1533

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We have one person who was charged with buggery & treason & hanged, and one person who was charged solely with buggery, but the sentence was commuted. Is it known who or when the first person was hanged solely for violation of this Act? Who was the last, prior to 1861? -FZ 18:54, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"sufficient and condigne punyshment"

Was a quote - so spelling error intentional?

16th century spelling was much more variable than today. It wouldn't've been a misspelling at the time Nik42 06:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

1 Oscar Wilde
2 Edward ii
3 Knights Templar
4 Unusual anatomy
5 Chronology?

[edit] Oscar Wilde

Wasn't Buggery the charge against Oscar Wilde, for which he was sentenced to the then maximum penalty of 2 years hard labour?--PeadarMaguidhir 18:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edward ii

How about the punishment for Buggery in Elizabethan times: the insertion of a red-hot poker into the area in question, or is this merely legend? In any event, legend has it that Edward ii, known for his gay preferences, suffered death in this manner.--PeadarMaguidhir 18:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Knights Templar

Wasn't the "medieval Bulgarian sect of the Bogomils," as well as the practice to which they gave their name, associated with the Knights Templar? In any event several of them confessed to this "crime," at least under torture!--PeadarMaguidhir 18:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unusual anatomy

"the first to be charged for violation of the Act alone " Edison 20:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I completely missed that and strongly suspect it was accedental. 68.39.174.238 01:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chronology?

The Buggery Act was passed in 1533. The breach with Rome, according to the entries "Church of England" and "Henry VIII", was in 1534. So how exactly did the 1533 act *follow* the 1534 breach?134.58.253.113

Well spotted, that reader. Paragraph chopped around a bit. Shimgray | talk | 20:59, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

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