Clarendon Code

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The Clarendon Code was a series of 17th-century English laws that enforced religious uniformity in favor of the Church of England and suppressed Nonconformist Protestant groups during the Restoration period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf religious legislation
series of laws
appliesTo Church of England
Nonconformist Protestants
associatedWithEvent Restoration of the Stuart monarchy
country Kingdom of England
endTime late 17th century
field English law
church–state relations
followedBy Toleration Act 1689
governmentType monarchy
hasPart Act of Uniformity 1662
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Conventicle Act 1664
Corporation Act 1661
Five Mile Act 1665
historicalPeriod 17th century
influenced later religious toleration debates in England
languageOfWork English
legalEffect imposed geographic restrictions on Nonconformist ministers
penalized attendance at unauthorized religious meetings
required use of Book of Common Prayer
restricted Nonconformist public office holding
location England
namedAfter Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
opposedGroup Baptists
Congregationalists
linked to: Congregationalism

Presbyterians
linked to: Presbyterian

Quakers
parliament Cavalier Parliament
politicalContext English Restoration
linked to: Stuart period
precededBy Interregnum religious policies
purpose enforce religious uniformity
strengthen the Church of England
suppress Nonconformist worship
region England and Wales
reignOf Charles II of England
religiousOrientation Anglicanism
significantFigure Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
startTime 1661
typeOfRestriction civil disabilities on Nonconformists
religious disabilities on Nonconformists

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Restoration (England) keyEvent Clarendon Code
subject linked to: Restoration
Restoration of the monarchy followedBy Clarendon Code
Declaration of Indulgence precededBy Clarendon Code
Toleration Act 1689 precededBy Clarendon Code
Cavalier Parliament enacts Clarendon Code
Act of Uniformity 1662 partOf Clarendon Code
subject linked to: Acts of Uniformity