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Five Mile Act
Five Mile Act, 1665. 17 Car. II c. 2 was part of the ‘Clarendon code’, which aimed at restoring Anglican supremacy. Clergymen and schoolmasters were forbidden to live within 5 miles of any city or parliamentary borough unless they took an oath not to endeavour to alter the government in church and state. Such a loosely framed statute was almost impossible to implement and few prosecutions were undertaken.
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JOHN CANNON. "Five Mile Act." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Five Mile Act." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-FiveMileAct.html JOHN CANNON. "Five Mile Act." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-FiveMileAct.html |
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Five Mile Act
Five Mile Act. The common name for the Nonconformists Act 1665 which prohibited clergymen who had refused to conform to the Act of Uniformity 1662 from preaching, teaching, or coming within five miles of a city, town, or parish where they had previously officiated, unless they took an oath not to try to alter the government of Church or State.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Five Mile Act." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Five Mile Act." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FiveMileAct.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Five Mile Act." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FiveMileAct.html |
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Five Mile Act
Five Mile Act, 1665. 17 Car. II c. 2 was part of the ‘Clarendon code’, which aimed at restoring Anglican supremacy. Clergymen and schoolmasters were forbidden to live within 5 miles of any city or parliamentary borough unless they took an oath not to endeavour to alter the government in church and state.
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JOHN CANNON. "Five Mile Act." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Five Mile Act." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-FiveMileAct.html JOHN CANNON. "Five Mile Act." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-FiveMileAct.html |
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