Act of Uniformity 1558
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Act of Uniformity 1559
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The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an
Thirty-Nine Articles
.
Background
Elizabeth was trying to achieve a settlement after 30 years of turmoil during the reigns of
Low Church elements within the Church of England and Anglicanism
worldwide.
The Act
The Act set the order of prayer to be used in the 1559 Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to attend Anglican services once a week or be fined 12 pence (equal to about three days wages).[d]
Repeal
On 27 September 1650, the Act was repealed by the
Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Most of the Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1888
.
See also
- Acts of Supremacy
- Acts of Uniformity
- Conformist
- Nonconformist
- Religion in the United Kingdom
- A View of Popish Abuses yet remaining in the English Church
Notes
- short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ^ The Act of Uniformity was passed in April 1559.[1] However, all Acts of Parliament prior to the Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 were ex post facto laws that came into effect on the first day of the session. The first Parliament of Elizabeth I met three months earlier in January 1558; the year 1559 did not begin until 25 March 1559. Therefore, the Act of Uniformity was officially dated 1558 by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
- ^ Average earnings in 1558 were £6.06 per annum, equal to 2s. 4d. a week or 4d. a day.[2]
References
- ^ "Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity (1559), 1 Elizabeth, Cap. 2". Hanover Historical Texts Project. March 2001. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Clark, Gregory. "What Were the British Earnings and Prices Then? (New Series)". Measuring Worth. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Firth, C.H.; Rait, R.S., eds. (1911), "September 1650: Act for the Repeal of several Clauses in Statutes imposing Penalties for not coming to Church", Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, pp. 423–425
