2007-03-03 23:00:20 · 14 answers · asked by Budgie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
YOU ARE thinking of the law that says you can kill a Welshman with a longbow at Hereford cathedral but only on a Sunday.
2007-03-04 06:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, as the Church would not condone killing within its precincts.
Outlaws and others were able to take Sanctuary in Churches and indeed Churches have the obligation to protect those that ask for it and to protect those within their walls.
The anti welsh laws the others refer to in their answers were common following the Conquest of Wales of Edward 1, and were aimed to protect the new towns and castles that he established in North Wales. I guess that they may have also applied to the Welsh Marches but would have seen very high rates of killing as a lot of the local population especially were Welsh and continue to be. Why Canterbury Cathedral would need such a statute is beyond me - not being near the Welsh Borders a rampaging band would have had a long way to go !Also remember that many of the infantry of these armies were recruited from parts of Wales.
2007-03-07 07:38:29 · answer #2 · answered by cosmicthick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends if your an Anne Robinson Fan or not?
But I suspect so. The question is though why would you want to kill the welshman (apart from if he was singing).
2007-03-04 12:00:25 · answer #3 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of the Chester law, where you can kill a welshman with a long bow - though I somehow doubt it's still legal today.
2007-03-03 23:12:02 · answer #4 · answered by rhi1984 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you thinking of the legendary Saint Thomas Dai Bach Becket, the famous Welsh tight-head prop murdered in a ruck with the English pack in an early Six Nations clash ?
2007-03-03 23:43:26 · answer #5 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is possible but highly unlikely. The only case I know of someone being killed inside a church was at Westminster Abby.
2007-03-03 23:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by kiera70 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are thinking about the opt quoted ancient law it was abolished when the UK signed the European Declaration of Human Rights.
2007-03-04 02:11:01 · answer #7 · answered by CH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think outside the Cathedral in the graveyard would be more convenient
2007-03-04 00:54:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are getting confused with an ancient by-law in Chester. It would still be murder though.
2007-03-03 23:09:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, A man from wales would not be caught dead insde canturbury cathedral.
2007-03-03 23:22:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋