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  2. Test Acts 1673 & 1678 - Wikipedia

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    The application of the 1828 and 1829 acts to Irish acts was uncertain and so the Test Abolition Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 62) repeated the 1829 repeal more explicitly. [13] The 1661, 1672 and 1678 acts were repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 respectively. [1]

  3. Act of Uniformity 1558 - Wikipedia

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    On 27 September 1650, the Act was repealed by the Rump Parliament of the Commonwealth of England with the "Act for the Repeal of several Clauses in Statutes imposing Penalties for not coming to Church", [3] but this Act was rendered null and void with the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

  4. List of legislation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    List of acts of Senedd Cymru for the devolved Assembly and Parliament; The original acts of Parliament are held by the Parliamentary Archives. Legislation.gov.uk provides the revised editions of the legislation of the United Kingdom. Note that some acts consolidate and reorganise prior acts; these are called consolidation acts.

  5. Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584 - Wikipedia

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    Notes [ edit ] ^ The act was actually passed in March 1585 but is listed under 1584 because under the common law acts of Parliament took effect retrospectively from the beginning of the session in which they were passed, which in this case was 1584: see the article Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 for the explanation as to why.

  6. English Poor Laws - Wikipedia

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    The earliest medieval Poor Law was the Ordinance of Labourers of King Edward III, issued in 1349 and revised in 1350. [10] The ordinance was issued in response to the 1348–1350 outbreak of the Black Death in England, [11] when an estimated 30–40% of the population died. [12]

  7. Act of Uniformity 1662 - Wikipedia

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    The Act also required that the Book of Common Prayer "be truly and exactly Translated into the British or Welsh Tongue". It also explicitly required episcopal ordination for all ministers, i.e. deacons, priests and bishops, which had to be reintroduced since the Puritans had abolished many features of the Church during the Civil War.

  8. Book of Common Prayer (1559) - Wikipedia

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    The Act of Uniformity that introduced the 1559 prayer book had also required conformity to it and mandated Sunday attendance, with fines for all those who failed to attend. [ 46 ] [ note 7 ] Of roughly 9,400 Church of England clergy, around 189 refused the 1559 prayer book on adoption and were deprived of their benefices . [ 48 ]

  9. Sacramental Test Act 1828 - Wikipedia

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    An Act for repealing so much of several Acts as imposes the Necessity of receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper as a Qualification for certain Offices and Employments. Citation: 9 Geo. 4. c. 17: Dates; Royal assent: 9 May 1828: Repealed: 13 July 1871: Other legislation; Repealed by: Promissory Oaths Act 1871