Editing Haxey's case

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'''Haxey's case''' (1397) ''[[Rotuli Parliamentorum]]'' (iii) 434, is a [[UK constitutional law]] case that established the right to [[free speech]] within [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]].

==Facts==
In January 1397, Sir [[Thomas Haxey]] presented a petition to Parliament, criticising the costs of King [[Richard II of England]]'s household. The king was affronted and, with the collusion of [[Thomas Arundel]], insisted that Haxey be punished for [[treason]]. Haxey was deprived of his title and his possessions. However, the king went on to pardon Haxey, and it has been suggested that the case was deliberately orchestrated to criminalize criticism of the king.

==Judgment==
On deposing Richard in 1399, [[Henry IV of England]] successfully petitioned Parliament to reverse its judgment against Haxey as "…against the law and custom which had been before in Parliament."

==References==
* {{cite book | url = http://home.freeuk.net/don-aitken/ast/h4.html#105 | author = Adams and Stephens | title = Select Documents of English Constitutional History | year = 1930 }}
* {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5gcKAAAAIAAJ&q=Haxey%27s&pg=PT400 | title = Cobbett's complete collection of state trials and proceedings for high treason and other crimes and misdemeanors from the earliest period to the present time | author = [[Thomas Bayly Howell]], [[Thomas Jones Howell]], [[William Cobbett]], [[David Jardine (barrister)|David Jardine]] | year = 1811 | publisher = R. Bagshaw | volume = IX | page = 782 }}

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