Summary Of King Henry Viii Witchcraft Laws

The first law that relating to witchcraft was created by King Henry VIII in 1542 called “The Bill against conjurations and witchcrafts and sorcery and enchantments”. This law states that any person who uses witchcraft to harm or kill people, and also harm property, and use witchcraft to find treasure of gold and silver, or to find lost or stolen items. It was also banned to “provoke any person to unlawful love”, so you could not force anyone to love you. These practices were to be punishable to death. This law also prohibits images that give credit to angles, devils, beasts, these were considered as “fantastical practices” which were the practice of magic. King Henry VIII also made it forbidden to dig up and pull down crosses within the grounds