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Corporation Act
Corporation Act, 1661. This statute (13 Car. II c. 1) was the first part of the ‘Clarendon code’ and set out to reassert Anglican supremacy after the Restoration. Persons holding municipal office were obliged to qualify by taking communion with the Church of England. Many nonconformists felt able to do so and the Act did not prevent most dissenters from holding office. It was tightened up by the Act against Occasional Conformity in 1711 but relaxed during the Walpole period by periodic Acts of indemnity. It remained a bone of contention throughout the 18th cent. and was not repealed until 1828.
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JOHN CANNON. "Corporation Act." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Corporation Act." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CorporationAct.html JOHN CANNON. "Corporation Act." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CorporationAct.html |
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Corporation Act
Corporation Act, 1661. This statute (13 Car. II c. 1) was the first part of the ‘Clarendon code’ and set out to reassert Anglican supremacy after the Restoration. Persons holding municipal office were obliged to qualify by taking communion with the Church of England. It remained a bone of contention throughout the 18th cent. and was not repealed until 1828.
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JOHN CANNON. "Corporation Act." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Corporation Act." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CorporationAct.html JOHN CANNON. "Corporation Act." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CorporationAct.html |
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Corporation Act
Corporation Act 1661. The Act requiring members of municipal corporations to take an oath abjuring rebellion against the king, declaring the Solemn League and Covenant null and unlawful, and affirming that they had received Communion according to the rites of the C of E in the year preceding their election.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Corporation Act." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Corporation Act." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CorporationAct.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Corporation Act." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CorporationAct.html |
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