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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Clarendon Code canonical 13

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Statements (41)

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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Referenced by (13)

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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
Corporation Act 1661 → partOf → Clarendon Code ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 → partOf → Clarendon Code ⓘ
Five Mile Act 1665 → partOf → Clarendon Code ⓘ
Dissenters → subjectTo → Clarendon Code ⓘ
Clarendon ministry → legislativeProgram → Clarendon Code ⓘ