The Football Act 1424 was passed by the Parliament of Scotland in the reign of James I. It became law on 26 May 1424, one of a set of statutes passed that day; it is recorded as James I. 1424 (May 26) c.18 in the Record Edition of the statutes, and James I. Parl. 1-1424 c.17 in the Duodecimo Edition. The title of the Act was "Of playing at the fut ball".
The Act stated that it is statut and the king forbiddis that na man play at the fut ball under the payne of iiij d[1] – in other words, playing football was forbidden by the King, and punishable by a fine of four pence.
The Act remained in force for several centuries, although somewhat unsurprisingly, it fell into disuse. It was finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1906.
Three further 15th century Acts (in 1457, 1470 and 1490) explicitly prohibit both football and golf (see Golf in Scotland) during wappenschaws (English: musterings) for archery practice.[2][3]
football, 1424, passed, parliament, scotland, reign, james, became, 1424, statutes, passed, that, recorded, james, 1424, record, edition, statutes, james, parl, 1424, duodecimo, edition, title, playing, ball, stated, that, statut, king, forbiddis, that, play, . The Football Act 1424 was passed by the Parliament of Scotland in the reign of James I It became law on 26 May 1424 one of a set of statutes passed that day it is recorded as James I 1424 May 26 c 18 in the Record Edition of the statutes and James I Parl 1 1424 c 17 in the Duodecimo Edition The title of the Act was Of playing at the fut ball The Act stated that it is statut and the king forbiddis that na man play at the fut ball under the payne of iiij d 1 in other words playing football was forbidden by the King and punishable by a fine of four pence The Act remained in force for several centuries although somewhat unsurprisingly it fell into disuse It was finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Scotland Act 1906 Three further 15th century Acts in 1457 1470 and 1490 explicitly prohibit both football and golf see Golf in Scotland during wappenschaws English musterings for archery practice 2 3 Contents 1 See also 2 References 2 1 Sources 2 2 CitationsSee also EditBa game Medieval football Football in Scotland Scotland in the Late Middle Ages Sport in ScotlandReferences EditSources Edit Gordon Donaldson Scottish Historical Documents Scottish Academic Press 1970 Reprinted 1974 Chronological Table of the Statutes 1235 1991 HMSO 1993 Citations Edit Craigie William A et al A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth Aberdeen University Press Oxford University Press Archived from the original on 26 May 2011 Retrieved 6 December 2008 Craigie William A et al A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth Aberdeen University Press Oxford University Press Archived from the original on 29 September 2007 Parliamentary Register This article related to law in Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Football Act 1424 amp oldid 1123478502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
