Religion Act 1580 Explained
| Short Title: | Religion Act 1580 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of England |
| Long Title: | An Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's Subjects in their due Obedience. |
| Year: | 1580 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 23 Eliz. 1. c. 1 |
| Royal Assent: | 18 March 1581 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge02raitgoog/page/n426/ |
The Religion Act 1580 or Recusancy Act 1680 (23 Eliz. 1. c. 1) was an act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation.[1]
The act made it high treason to persuade English subjects to withdraw their allegiance to the Queen, or from the Church of England to Rome, or to promise obedience to a foreign authority.
The act also increased the fine for absenteeism from church to £20 a month or imprisonment until they conformed. Finally, the act fined and imprisoned those who celebrated the mass or attended a mass.[2]
See also
External links
- Book: Religion Act 1587 . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 29 Eliz. I. - A.D. 1587 Chapter VI . The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland . London, Great Britain . Internet Archive . George Eyre and Andrew Strahan . IV . 442–445 . 15609908.
- Book: An Act for the better discovering and repressing of Popish Recusants (1605) . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 3 Jac. I. - A.D. 1605 Chapter IV . The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland . London, Great Britain . Internet Archive . George Eyre and Andrew Strahan . IV . 637–649 . 15609908.
- Book: Frederick, George William . Religion Act 1791 . 1794 . 31 Geo. III. - A.D. 1791 Chapter XXXII . The Statutes at Large, from the Thirtieth Year to Thirty-fourth Year of Reign of King George the Third . London, Great Britain . HaithTrust.org . Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan . XVI . 129–134 . 722388097.
Notes and References
- Book: Religion Act 1580 . Tomlins . Thomas Edlyne . Raithby . John . 1811 . 23 Eliz. I. - A.D. 1580 Chapter I . The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland . IV . London, Great Britain . Internet Archive . George Eyre and Andrew Strahan . 1110419501 . 374–377.
- Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 638.
