Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Scottish Test Act was passed in 1681 but rescinded in 1690.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 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.
For medieval statutes, etc. that are not considered to be acts of Parliament, see the list of English statutes. For statutes passed during the Commonwealth, see the list of ordinances and acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–1660
The English had to abandon their plans for an invasion from the sea, [84] and the large costs of repair troubled Parliament. On 24 August 1673, the Dutch recaptured the city New Amsterdam (renamed "New York" by the English) under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest and Captain Anthony Colve. [88] Evertsen renamed the city "New Orange". [89]
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.
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 .
Ultimately the Test Act 1673, requiring them to acknowledge the King as head of the Church, made it impossible for the few remaining Catholics in Parliament to retain their seats. [6] He had not been active in the House, speaking only once (against the impeachment of Clarendon ) and declined to speak up in his own defence during the Common ...