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The Scottish Test Act was passed in 1681 but rescinded in 1690. Later attempts to exclude Scotland from the English Test Acts were rejected by the Parliament of Scotland. In 1707, anyone bearing office in any university, college or school in Scotland was to profess and subscribe to the Confession of Faith. All persons were to be free of any ...
The Test Act 1673 in England obligated all persons filling any office, civil or military, to take oaths of supremacy and allegiance, to subscribe to a declaration against transubstantiation, and to receive the sacrament within three months of taking office. The oath for the Test Act 1673 was:
English, Scottish, Irish and Great Britain legislation: ... Popish Recusants Act 1672 or the Test Act 1673 (repealed) 25 Cha. 2. c. 2. 29 March 1673.
29 March – the Test Act is passed, preventing Roman Catholics from holding public office. [1] 28 May (7 June New Style) – Third Anglo-Dutch War: First Battle of Schooneveld – The Dutch Republic fleet commanded by Michiel de Ruyter defeats the allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
In 1673, when the Duke of York refused to take the oath prescribed by the new Test Act, it became publicly known that he was a Roman Catholic. In the five years that followed, growing concern regarding the shift towards the king and court's pro-French stance and perceived emulation of its Catholicism and arbitrary ('absolute') behaviour, led to ...
Japanese automaker Nissan finds itself at a crossroads.Nissan was poised to participate in a megamerger with rival Honda (), and it was a huge development when the talks were revealed late last year.
Growing fears of Roman Catholic influence at court led the English Parliament to introduce a new Test Act in 1673. [46] Under this Act, all civil and military officials were required to take an oath (in which they were required to disavow the doctrine of transubstantiation and denounce certain practices of the Roman Church as superstitious and ...
Dietitians explain what red dye number three is, if you should be worried about it, and what to do with the food that has it now that it has been banned.