Religion:Popish Recusants Act 1592
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Short description: United Kingdom legislation
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for Restraining Popish Recusants to some certain Places of Abode. |
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| Citation | 35 Eliz. 1. c. 2 |
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| Royal assent | 10 April 1593 |
The Popish Recusants Act 1592 (35 Eliz. 1. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was one of many acts imposed by the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I to restrict and punish recusants for not joining the Church of England.
The Act
Introduction:
The Act forbade Roman Catholic recusants from moving more than five miles from their house or otherwise they would forfeit all their property. [1]It also stated that every person above age 16 will be lawfully convicted for "not repairing to some church, chapel, or usual place of common prayer"[2] [3]
Notes
- ↑ "Religion and belief: Key dates 1275 to 1592". https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/religion/key-dates1/key-dates/.
- ↑ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 639.
- ↑ "The Act Against Recusants (1593)". https://history.hanover.edu/texts/ENGref/er87.html.
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