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The Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession (26 Hen. 8. c. 2) was passed by the Parliament of England in November 1534, and required all subjects to take an oath to uphold the Act of Succession passed that March. It was later given the formal short title of the Succession to the Crown Act 1534.
The Succession to the Crown Act 1543 (35 Hen. 8. c. 1) (often incorrectly given as 1544) It may also refer to the first statute in the reign of James I: The Succession to the Crown Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 1) It may also refer to an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the reign of Queen Anne: The Succession to the Crown Act 1707
The First Succession Act (25 Hen. 8. c. 22) of Henry VIII's reign was passed by the Parliament of England in March 1534. The Act was formally titled the Succession to the Crown Act 1533, or the Act of Succession 1533; it is often dated as 1534, as it was passed in that calendar year. However, the legal calendar in use at that time dated the ...
The Act also required some of Henry's subjects to take an oath to uphold the Act, and made it treason to refuse to take said oath. [3] Sanctuary was not available for people accused of treason under the Act, [ 4 ] and – in addition to the death penalty – anyone convicted of treason by interrupting the succession to the throne was to forfeit ...
The Third Succession Act of King Henry VIII's reign, passed by the Parliament of England, returned his daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the line of the succession behind their half-brother Edward. Born in 1537, Edward was the son of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour , and heir apparent to the throne.
Royal Succession bills and acts are laws or pieces of proposed legislation to determine the legal line of succession to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom.. A Succession to the Crown Bill is a proposed piece of legislation in the United Kingdom, presented as a Private Members Bill or government bill, in either the House of Commons or House of Lords, which aims to alter the laws of succession ...
Or, third, it incorporates the United Kingdom rules of succession into the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986; in that way, the British rules of succession have been patriated to Australia and, with regard to Australia, are subject to amendment or ...
Historically, there have been differences in systems of succession, mainly revolving around the question of whether succession is limited to males, or whether females are also eligible (historically, the crown often devolved on the eldest surviving male child, as ability to lead an army in battle was a requisite of kingship [citation needed]).