While Laura- well-

medieval and tudor trials were total clusterfucks of exaggeration, misinformation and fabrication

they added two and two and got sixteen

SO CAN YOU IMAGINE

they would definitely be tried as sinners and blasphemers

(oh fuck no carnal relations? rope for you.)

the only thing i can think

is witch trails

she’s half irish, a historic thorn in the backside, and bastard daughter of a king

they’d argue she (or her mother. probably her mother) bewitched him

making laura the product of sorcery and GASP TOTALLY IN LEAGUE WITH THE DEVIL

they saw burning as cleansing anyway

so they’d probably do that to make sure the royal half of her got to heaven

RACHEL THO

rachel would be executed but possibly hung or beheaded so instant death

even if they decided to go down the path of THIS PEASANT IS A WITCH AND HAS BEDEVILED OUR BELOVED PRINCESS

bc wtf do they care about a witch?

she could be burned with laura tho, in an attempt to save rachel’s soul and cleanse laura’s of all the sorcery