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Another Act, the Quaker Act 1662, required subjects to swear an oath of allegiance to the king, which Quakers did not do out of religious conviction. It set out specific penalties for first (a fine of up to £5, or three months' imprisonment with hard labour), second (a fine of up to £10, or six months imprisonment with hard labour), and third ...
Two acts of Parliament made it particularly difficult for Friends. The first was the Quaker Act 1662 [16] which made it illegal to refuse to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown. Those refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown were not allowed to hold any secret meetings and, because Friends believed it was wrong to take any ...
In 1662, Burrough was arrested for holding a meeting, which was illegal under the terms of the Quaker Act. He was sent to Newgate Prison , London . An order for his release signed by Charles II was ignored by the local authorities, and Burrough remained in Newgate until his death on February 14, 1663, aged just 29 ("twelfth month 1662" in the ...
Women were not alone in facing trials; their families also faced persecution. In England, for example, the Quaker Act of 1662 and other acts led to the imprisonment and death of over 10,000 Quakers. [2] Many of these writings were published and distributed, especially in the Atlantic world. [4]
Sometimes the charge was refusal to take an oath, as this went against Quaker teachings (see testimony of integrity). Such action was prohibited by the Quakers Act 1662, which sought to control members of the group. At other times Penington was charged with attending a Quaker meeting, which was forbidden by the Conventicle Act 1664.
An Act for the more speedy and effectual bringing those persons to accompt whose Accompts are excepted in the Act of Oblivion. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 ( 26 & 27 Vict. c. 125)) Collectors of Public Money Act 1662 (repealed)
But the dominant discourse of Protestantism viewed the Quakers as a blasphemous challenge to social and political order, [36] leading to official persecution in England and Wales under the Quaker Act 1662 and the Conventicle Act 1664.
The first Quaker missionaries arrived on America in Boston in 1656, and 1657 on Long Island. Quakers were officially persecuted in England under the Quaker Act (1662) and the Conventicle Act 1664. This was relaxed after the Declaration of Indulgence (1687–1688) and stopped under the Act of Toleration 1689.