Talk:Stuart period

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Indemnity and Oblivion Act

The description of the Indemnity and Oblivion Act as only excluding Regicides seems to be a mistake. The relevant article lists categories of criminals who were specifically excluded from the Act.:

• Those convicted of murder. People who killed without specific license from either King or Parliament were refused pardon.
• Those convicted of piracy. People who engaged in robbery by ship were refused pardon.
• Those convicted of buggery. People who engaged in anal sex, oral sex, and bestiality were refused pardon. This was the law typically used against homosexuals.
• Those convicted or rape. People who engaged in vaginal sex with a woman against her will were refused pardon.
• Those convicted of witchcraft. People who were supposedly witches were refused pardon. The witch hunts were still ongoing.

To quote from the law: "Except and always foreprized out of this free and general pardon, all murders done or committed by any person or persons other than such which are pardoned and discharged in the first clause of pardon above-mentioned; (2) and also excepted and always foreprized out of this general and free pardon, a and every offences of piracy and robbery upon the seas, not done in relation to the differences and wars aforesaid, and every procuring or abetting of any such offenders, and the comforting and receiving of them or any of them, or any goods taken by way of such piracy or robbery upon the seas as aforesaid: (3)and also excepted the detestable and abominable vice of buggery committed with mankind or beast: (4) and also excepted all rapes and carnal ravishments of women: (5) and also excepted all ravishments and wilful taking away or marrying of any maid, widow or damsel against her will, or without the assent or agreement of her parents or such as then had her in custody; and also all offences of aiding, comforting, procuring and abetting of any such ravishment, wilful taking or marrying, had, committed or done: (6) and also excepted all offences made felony by a certain act made and ordained, intituled, An act to restrain all persons from marriages until their former wives and former husbands be dead: (7) and also except all offences of invocations, conjurations, witchcrafts, sorceries, inchantments and charms; and all offences of procuring, abetting or comforting of the same; (8) and all persons now attainted or convicted of any of the said excepted offences: (9) and also excepted all and singular the accounts of all and every person and persons appointed by any of the authorities or pretended authorities aforesaid, to be treasurer, receiver, farmer or collector, (other than the sub-collectors of the several parishes, towns and hamlets respectively, for and concerning their receipts before the four and twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty-nine) who have received or collected any subsidy, custom, subsidy of tonnage and poundage, prize-goods, assessments, sequestration, new import or excise, or of any the rents and revenues of any lands or hereditaments, of or belonging unto the late King, Queen or Prince, or King that now is, or belonging unto the late archbishopricks, bishopricks, deans, or deans, and chapters, canons, prebends, and other officers belonging to any cathedral or collegiate church, or popish recusants convict, or of persons sequestred for their recusancy, or other sequestred estates received or collected by or paid unto them since the thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred forty-two, and of all monies and other duties grown due or contracted upon the sale or disposition of them or any of them."

This was probably quite a large group. Dimadick (talk) 10:04, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Incoherent part about James in failing health

The article currently says, "King James was failing in physical and mental strength, because of this he was often mocked by his family and his own father would throw objects at him when he would try to stand up". James's father Henry Stuart died the year after James was born, so even apart from the poor punctuation in this paragraph, the words don't really make sense. It would be great if someone who has a source and understands what was intended to be conveyed could fix this. 172.75.77.7 (talk) 04:06, 15 August 2023 (UTC)