Penal laws against the Welsh

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	Englishmen shall not be convicted by Welshmen in Wales.
Citation	4 Hen. 4. c. 26
Territorial extent	Wales
Dates
Commencement	30 September 1402[a]
Other legislation
Repealed by	Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	There shall be no wasters, vagabonds, &c. in Wales.
Citation	4 Hen. 4. c. 27
Territorial extent	Wales
Dates
Commencement	30 September 1402[b]
Repealed	21 July 1856
Other legislation
Repealed by	Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	There shall be no congregations in Wales.
Citation	4 Hen. 4. c. 28
Territorial extent	Wales
Dates
Commencement	30 September 1402[c]
Other legislation
Repealed by	Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The penal laws against the Welsh (Welsh: Deddfau Penyd) were a set of laws passed by the Parliament of England in 1401 and 1402 that discriminated against the Welsh people as a response to the Glyndŵr rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, which began in 1400.

Cumulatively, the laws prohibited the Welsh from obtaining senior public office, bearing arms or purchase property in English boroughs. Public assembly was forbidden, and Englishmen who married Welsh women were also prevented from holding office in Wales.

They were reaffirmed in 1431, 1433 and 1471 although were inconsistently applied in practice. The laws became obsolete with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 under Henry VIII and were finally repealed in 1624.
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