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The Scottish Test Act was passed in 1681 but rescinded in 1690.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 tenth session of the 2nd Parliament of King Charles II (the 'Cavalier Parliament'), which met from 4 February 1673 until 29 March 1673. (Acts dated "1672" because session started before 25 March 1673, the end of the civil and legal year 1672.)
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:
The first provision excluded all non-conformists; the second Catholics only. The Test Act 1673 (25 Cha. 2. c. 2) imposed on all officers, civil and military, a "Declaration against Transubstantiation", whereby Catholics were debarred from such employment. Five years later, the Test Act 1678 (30 Cha. 2.
Most of the act's effects were repealed by 1689, but it was not formally abolished until 1812. Combined with the Test Act 1673, the Corporation Act 1661 excluded all nonconformists from holding civil or military office, and prevented them from being awarded degrees by the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
To that end, parliament used its purse-strings to force not only the repeal of the Declaration but also the passage of the first Test Act in May 1673, requiring all office-holders to deny Catholic transubstantiation and take Anglican communion. Following the Test Act, the members of the Cabal gradually resigned or were dismissed.
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.
The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.