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What (who) is treason$84777$ - definition
OFFENCE UNDER THE COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND WHICH INVOLVED THE BETRAYAL (INCLUDING MURDER) OF A SUPERIOR BY A SUBORDINATE
Petit treason; Low treason
petty treason
¦ noun see treason.
Petty treason
Petty treason or petit treason was an offence under the common law of England in which a person killed or otherwise violated the authority of a social superior, other than the king. In England and Wales, petty treason ceased to be a distinct offence from murder by virtue of the Offences against the Person Act 1828.
Gunpowder Plot
![[[Bonfire]]s are lit in Britain every 5 November to commemorate the failure of the plot.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/6 november bonfire from flickr user sjnikon.jpg?width=200 "[[Bonfire]]s are lit in Britain every 5 November to commemorate the failure of the plot.")
![torture rack]] in the Tower of London](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A Torture Rack.jpg?width=200 "torture rack]] in the Tower of London")
![William Capon's map of Parliament clearly labels the [[undercroft]] used by "Guy Vaux" to store the gunpowder.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Capon map of parliament.jpg?width=200 "William Capon's map of Parliament clearly labels the [[undercroft]] used by \"Guy Vaux\" to store the gunpowder.")
![[[Edward Coke]] conducted the interrogations of those thought to be involved with the conspiracy.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward coke.jpg?width=200 "[[Edward Coke]] conducted the interrogations of those thought to be involved with the conspiracy.")
![Elizabeth]], whom the conspirators planned to install on the throne as a Catholic queen. Portrait by [[Robert Peake the Elder]], [[National Maritime Museum]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eliz bohemia 2.jpg?width=200 "Elizabeth]], whom the conspirators planned to install on the throne as a Catholic queen. Portrait by [[Robert Peake the Elder]], [[National Maritime Museum]].")
![[[Elizabeth I]], queen from 1558 to 1603](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth I George Gower.jpg?width=200 "[[Elizabeth I]], queen from 1558 to 1603")
![''The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot and the Taking of Guy Fawkes'' (c. 1823) by [[Henry Perronet Briggs]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guy fawkes henry perronet briggs.jpg?width=200 "''The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot and the Taking of Guy Fawkes'' (c. 1823) by [[Henry Perronet Briggs]].")
![[[Hindlip Hall]] in [[Worcestershire]]. The building was destroyed by fire in 1820.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hindlip hall.jpg?width=200 "[[Hindlip Hall]] in [[Worcestershire]]. The building was destroyed by fire in 1820.")
![Old Palace of Westminster]]. The River Thames is to the right.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John rocque house of lords gunpowder plot cropped.jpg?width=200 "Old Palace of Westminster]]. The River Thames is to the right.")
![Robert Cecil, <br /> 1st Earl of Salisbury. <br /> Painting by [[John de Critz]] the Elder, 1602.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury by John De Critz the Elder (2).jpg?width=200 "Robert Cecil, <br /> 1st Earl of Salisbury. <br /> Painting by [[John de Critz]] the Elder, 1602.")
![A contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by [[Crispijn van de Passe]]. Missing are Digby, Keyes, Rookwood, Grant, and Tresham.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605 from NPG.jpg?width=200 "A contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by [[Crispijn van de Passe]]. Missing are Digby, Keyes, Rookwood, Grant, and Tresham.")
![Engraving of conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot being [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in London.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The execution of Guy Fawkes' (Guy Fawkes) by Claes (Nicolaes) Jansz Visscher.jpg?width=200 "Engraving of conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot being [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in London.")
FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST KING JAMES I OF ENGLAND AND VI OF SCOTLAND
Gunpowder plot; The Gunpowder Plot; The Gunpowder Plot of 1605; Gunpowder treason; Gunpowder Plot of 1605; Powder treason; Jesuit Treason; Gun Powder Plot; Gunpowder Treason; 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Gunpowder Treason Plot; Attempted assassination of James VI and I
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who sought to restore the Catholic monarchy to England after decades of persecution against Catholics.
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Petty treason
Petty treason or petit treason was an offence under the common law of England in which a person killed or otherwise violated the authority of a social superior, other than the king. In England and Wales, petty treason ceased to be a distinct offence from murder by virtue of the Offences against the Person Act 1828. It was abolished in Ireland in 1829. It never existed in Scotland. It has also been abolished in other common-law countries.
