{"id":1020,"date":"2013-01-10T09:05:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T09:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=1020"},"modified":"2015-04-09T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T12:12:37","slug":"religious-history-timeline-1532-1689","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=1020","title":{"rendered":"Religious history timeline, 1532-1689"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Main records (other than churchwardens’ accounts and lists of clergy)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Break with Rome and Act of Supremacy (1534): the King to have full power over the Church in England; no payments to go from clergy to Rome<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1532-34<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Execution of Thomas More ; Miles Coverdale Bible in English<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1535<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Valor Ecclesiasticus <\/em>(assessment of clerical wealth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Articles of faith; dissolution of religious houses worth <\u00a3200 p.a.; Pilgrimage of Grace (northern counties)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1536<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

See VCH II for details regarding the dissolution of all Leicestershire religious houses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Beginning of surrender of greater monasteries<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1537<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Injunction requiring removal of lights, and of images if venerated. All churches to have a Bible in English<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1538<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Start of forcible dissolution of greater monasteries; Six Articles (traditional in tone)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1539<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Last monastery supressed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1540<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Major land transfers from church to laity in this period<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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One chapter from Bible to be read in church each Sunday and Holy Day<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1543<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Introduction of an English Litany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1544<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Suppression of chantries<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1545<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Chantry certificates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Death of Henry VIII; accession of Edward VI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1547<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Dissolution of chantries, destruction of shrines, removal of images and rood, ban on processions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1547-48<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Chantry Certificates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Act of Uniformity; introduction of Book of Common Prayer (revolt in West Country and commotions across East Anglia and midlands); priests permitted to marry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1549<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Stone altars removed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1550<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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All church valuables to be given to king<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1551<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Church inventories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Second prayer book (more reformist, but short lived)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1552<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Death of Edward VI; accession of Mary I; repeal of Edwardian religious legislation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1553<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Papal authority restored; heresy laws renewed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1554<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bishops Hooper, Latimer & Ridley burned<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1555<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Burning of Archbishop Cranmer, replaced by Cardinal Pole<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1556<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Death of Mary I; accession of Elizabeth I<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1558<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Act of Supremacy; Act of Uniformity (all Marian bishops except one resign); new Prayer Book; penalties for not attending church and for celebrating mass<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1559<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Fines for recusancy start to appear in parish records<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rood screens removed again<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1561<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Introduction of metrical Psalms by Sternhold & Hopkins – became very popular<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1562<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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39 Articles; publication of Foxe’s Protestant martyrology, Acts and Monuments<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1563<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Population inquiry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Northern rebellion by Catholic nobles<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1569<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by Pope (now impossible to be a loyal subject and a Catholic)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1570<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1571<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Visitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Continuing concerns about sufficiency of clergy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1576<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Visitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Harsher penalties for not attending church or teaching without a licence<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1581<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Reusancy cases start to appear in quarter sessions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1583<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Start of Recusancy Rolls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Recusancy laws relating to priests and prohibition on sending children abroad for schooling<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1585<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Liber Cleri<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Further penalties for recusants – forfeit 2\/3 of land (and unable to sell land from 1587)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1586<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Spanish Armada defeated<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1588<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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No Catholic to travel more than 5 miles from home without a licence<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1593<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Death of Elizabeth I; accession James I\/VI; Millenary Petition against prayer book<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1603<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Archbishop’s inquiry into levels of church attendance and state of clergy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Hampton Court Conference (response by King to Puritan requests); work commences on new translation of the Bible; 4th prayer book; further recusancy laws and penalties<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1604<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Gunpowder plot<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1605<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1607<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Archdeacon’s visitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Publication of the ‘King James Bible’, a translation which remains in use in many churches today<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1611<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Issue of Book of Sports nationally<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1618<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pope appoints Vicar-Apostolic in Britain and Catholic hierarchy created with each county having a Catholic rural dean.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1623<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Death of James I\/VI; accession Charles I and his marriage to a Catholic<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1625<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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William Laud appointed Bishop of London<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1628<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Arrest and imprisonment of 9 MPs, dissolution of parliament and start of personal rule by King Charles I; financial penalties on Recusants<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1629<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Laud becomes Archbishop of Canterbury and starts to push through reforms through an act of privy concil and a Metropolitan visitation; re-issue of Book of Sports<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1633<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1634<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Metropolitan visitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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King tries to impose Prayer Book on Scottish Kirk; Scottish bishops expelled by Kirk; National Covenant formed in Scotland to resist religious interference by king<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1638<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Laud impeached for treason; ‘Root and Branch’ petition against episcopacy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1640<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Revolt in Ireland; Grand Remonstrance issued listing parliament’s grievances againstthe king<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1641<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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King attempts to arrest the ‘5 members’; start of first Civil War<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1642<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

People required to pledge loyalty to king (Protestation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0‘Solemn League and Covenant’ accepted by parliament; new oath of abjuration introduced; parliament establishes committees for plundered ministers and for sequestration of livings; ordinance to remove stone altars, altar rails, chancel steps, crosses, images, and make good; Appointment of visitors in some counties to remove images etc.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1643<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Records of committees of plundered ministers and sequestration start in 1643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ordinance to remove and destroy all representations of angels, all rood-lofts, holy-water stoups, fonts, organs and organ cases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1644<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Laud executed (January); Book of Common Prayer abolished; introduction of new Directory of Worship; siege of Leicester; Battle of Naseby (14 June) – king flees; prohibition on using Prayer Book (August); church courts suspended; basis for establishment of a Presbyterian church in England is set out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1645<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Charles I surrenders, ending first Civil War; abolition of episcopacy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1646<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Informations and articles against clergy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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King imprisoned (January), but escapes (November)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1647<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Second Civil War; king recaptured<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1648<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Trial and execution (30 January) of Charles I (his son is living in exile)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1649<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Repeal of obligation to attend church<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1650<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Central probate court established<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1652<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Oliver Cromwell declared Lord Protector; parliamentary ordinances provide religious toleration for all Protestants and election of parish ‘registers’, removing the registration of key events from the church authorities ; ‘Barebones parliament’ permits civil marriage by JP rather than clergyman<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1653<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Rule of the Major-Generals (Edward Whalley in East Midlands<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1655-7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Death of Oliver Cromwell; Protectorate passes to his son Richard<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1658<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Declaration of Breda (promising liberty to tender consciences), leading to restoration of Charles II<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1660<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Church courts restored; Savoy conference to revise BCP<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1661<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Act of Uniformity; new Prayer Book introduced; ejection of ministers who will not conform (24 August)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1662<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Bishop Sanderson’s visitation (following Act of Uniformity)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Conventicle Act<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1664<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Five Mile Act<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1665<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Second Conventicle Act<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1669<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Return of conventicles to Archbishop Shelden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1670<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Visitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Declaration of Indulgence – some freedom of worship in licensed buildings<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1672<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Licences issued under Declaration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Repeal of declaration of Indulgence; introduction of Test Act – to prevent office holding by non-Anglicans<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1673<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1676<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Compton census of communicants and others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Popish plot; second Test Act – to prevent office holding by non-Anglicans and excluding Catholics from the House of Lords<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1678<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Charles II received into Roman Catholic church on his death-bed; accession of James II (a Catholic); Revocation of 1598 edict of Nantes in France, making it illegal in that country to be a Protestant<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1685<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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All penal laws against Catholics suspended and religious tests annulled; 1st Declaration of Indulgence by James II<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1687<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pope establishes four vicariates in England; birth of son to king (ensuing a Catholic succession); king forced to flee as William of Orange (Protestant) invited to take throne and reign with his wife Mary (James’s Protestant daughter)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1688<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Act of Toleration (excludes Unitarians and Catholics) – repeals Conventicle and Five-mile acts<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1689<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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