Corporation Act 1661

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The Corporation Act 1661 was a key Restoration-era English law that enforced Anglican conformity among municipal officials, forming a central component of the Clarendon Code’s religious and political settlement.

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Corporation Act 1661 canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
Restoration-era statute ⓘ
aimedAt excluding religious dissenters from municipal office ⓘ
securing Anglican political dominance ⓘ
strengthening royal authority in towns ⓘ
appliesTo municipal corporations in England ⓘ
municipal officials in England ⓘ
componentOf Restoration religious and political settlement ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
effect marginalization of Presbyterians and other dissenters in local office ⓘ
removal of nonconformists from municipal corporations ⓘ
restructuring of town governments in favor of royalists ⓘ
enforcedBy Crown-appointed commissioners ⓘ
follows English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
hasConsequence institutionalization of Anglican tests for officeholding ⓘ
tightening of central control over boroughs ⓘ
hasLegalForm statute ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment Anglican establishment ⓘ
royalist ⓘ
historicalContext English Restoration ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

reign of Charles II of England ⓘ
inception reign of Charles II ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
local government law ⓘ
legalStatus superseded and effectively obsolete in modern UK law ⓘ
mainSubject Anglican supremacy ⓘ
local government ⓘ
religious conformity ⓘ
opposedBy Baptists ⓘ
Independents ⓘ
Presbyterians ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

religious dissenters ⓘ
partOf Clarendon Code ⓘ
politicalRequirement oath of non-resistance ⓘ
oaths of allegiance ⓘ
oaths of supremacy ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Uniformity 1662 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ
religiousRequirement Anglican conformity ⓘ
communion according to the rites of the Church of England ⓘ
startTime 1661 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Clarendon Code → hasPart → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Clarendon Code → hasPart → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
Test Act 1673 → relatedTo → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Cavalier Parliament → enacts → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 → relatedAct → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Five Mile Act 1665 → relatedTo → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Clarendon ministry → significantEvent → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Clarendon ministry → significantLegislation → Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ