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An act of Common Council, known as 'Robinson's Act' from the name of the sitting lord mayor, was promulgated in October 1663. It confirmed the duty of all householders in the City to take their turn at watching in order 'to keep the peace and apprehend night-walkers, malefactors and suspected persons'.
In this Elizabethan work of propaganda, the top right of the picture depicts men pulling down and destroying religious images, as power shifts from the dying King Henry VIII at left to his more staunchly Protestant son, the boy-king Edward VI, at centre. [1] [2] [3] The Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c.
The second session of the 2nd Parliament of King Charles II (the 'Cavalier Parliament') which met from 18 February 1663 until 27 July 1663. This session was traditionally cited as 15 Car. 2 , 15 Chas. 2 or 15 C. 2 ; it is listed in the "Chronological Table of the Statutes" as 15 Cha.
Act rescinding a former act [e] past in the last session of Parliament anent some fies acclamed as due to the Lord Lyons office. Act rescinding a former act [ e ] passed in the last session of parliament, regarding some fees acclaimed due to the Lord Lyon's office.
Iain Murray argues that the issue was deeper than "phrases in the Book of Common Prayer and forms of church order," but regarded the "nature of true Christianity". [5] The Memorial Hall on Albert Square, Manchester and the Congregational Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street, London, were built to commemorate the bicentennial of the Great Ejection.
The full name of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or said in churches: And the Form and Manner of Making, ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and ...
The effect of this act was to exclude nonconformists from public office. This legislation was rescinded in 1828. The Act of Uniformity 1662 – This second statute made use of the Book of Common Prayer compulsory in religious service. Upwards of 2000 clergy refused to comply with this act, and were forced to resign their livings.
The 1662 prayer book mandated by the 1662 Act of Uniformity was a slightly revised version of the previous book. [111] Many Puritans, however, were unwilling to conform to it. Around 900 ministers refused to subscribe to the new prayer book and were removed from their positions, an event known as the Great Ejection . [ 112 ]