Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy Act 1688
| Act of Parliament | |
 1 Will. & Mar. c. 8
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| Dates | |
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| Royal assent | 24 April 1689 |
| Repealed | 13 July 1871 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Promissory Oaths Act 1871 |
| Relates to | Oaths Act 1688 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Oaths Act 1688 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
1 Will. & Mar. c. 25
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 July 1689 |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy Act 1688 (
Mary II. The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, five bishops and approximately four hundred lower clergy refused to take the oaths because they believed their oaths to James II were still valid. The Act thus triggered the nonjuring schism in the Church of England. The non-jurors were deprived of their offices.[1]
Notes
- ^ E. Neville Williams, The Eighteenth-Century Constitution. 1688-1815. Documents and Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 1960), p. 7.
External links
- Text of the Act (British History online) [1]