Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542

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The Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 were a series of statutes passed by the English Parliament that annexed Wales to the Kingdom of England, abolished its separate legal system, and integrated it administratively and legally under English rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional legislation ⓘ
series of Acts of Parliament ⓘ
abolished separate legal system of Wales ⓘ
aim to abolish legal autonomy of marcher lordships ⓘ
to bring Wales under direct English royal control ⓘ
to unify laws of England and Wales ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Acts of Union (Wales) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Courts of Great Sessions in Wales ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Wales ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource historical constitutional scholarship on Wales ⓘ
effect annexation of Wales to the Kingdom of England ⓘ
creation of new counties in Wales ⓘ
extension of English law to Wales ⓘ
imposition of English as language of administration in Wales ⓘ
integration of Welsh administration into English system ⓘ
representation of Wales in the English Parliament ⓘ
standardisation of local government in Wales ⓘ
endTime 1542 ⓘ
hasEffectOn Welsh legal institutions ⓘ
Welsh local government structure ⓘ
Welsh political representation ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance foundation of the modern legal jurisdiction of England and Wales ⓘ
key step in the incorporation of Wales into the English state ⓘ
hasPart Laws in Wales Act 1535 ⓘ
Laws in Wales Act 1542 ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
legalStatus in force in modified form ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
mainSubject administrative integration of Wales ⓘ
legal integration of Wales ⓘ
union of England and Wales ⓘ
partOf Tudor state-building in England and Wales ⓘ
linked to: Tudor government
pointInTime Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
replaces medieval marcher lordships in Wales ⓘ
sponsor Henry VIII of England ⓘ
startTime 1535 ⓘ

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England–Wales border → significantEvent → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
England–Wales border → legalBasis → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → componentAct → Laws in Wales Act 1536 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → componentAct → Laws in Wales Act 1543 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → alsoKnownAs → Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Marcher lordships → reformedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Marcher lordships → abolishedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Norman Marcher lords → limitedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Caernarvon Boroughs → createdUnder → Laws in Wales Acts ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
County of Glamorgan → establishedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 → hasPart → Laws in Wales Act 1535 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 → hasPart → Laws in Wales Act 1542 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 → alsoKnownAs → Acts of Union (Wales) ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Statute of Rhuddlan → followedBy → Laws in Wales Acts ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Tudor England → unionEvent → Laws in Wales Acts ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Council of the Marches of Wales → relatedTo → Laws in Wales Acts ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Lordship of Glamorgan → dissolvedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
South Wales Marches → dissolvedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Courts of Great Sessions in Wales → establishedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Courts of Great Sessions in Wales → establishedBy → Laws in Wales Act 1542 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Historic counties of Wales → legalFramework → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Principality of Wales → dissolvedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Statutum Walliae → relatedTo → Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Anglo-Welsh relations → involvesEvent → Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 ⓘ
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
English Marches → legalReform → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Radnorshire → historicCountyCreatedBy → Laws in Wales Acts ⓘ
subject linked to: historic county of Radnorshire
linked to: Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
East March → disestablishedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ