Conventicle Act 1664

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The Conventicle Act 1664 was an English law that harshly penalized unauthorized religious gatherings of more than five people, aiming to suppress Nonconformist worship outside the Church of England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
penal law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Act against Conventicles 1664 ⓘ
appliesTo laypersons ⓘ
ministers and preachers not licensed by the Church of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent 1664 ⓘ
effect imprisonment and punishment of many Dissenters ⓘ
suppression of Nonconformist public worship ⓘ
enforcementBy justices of the peace ⓘ
local magistrates ⓘ
historicalPeriod Restoration England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
inspiredBy fear of sedition associated with religious gatherings ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalConcept religious persecution ⓘ
restriction of freedom of assembly ⓘ
state control of religion ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1689 largely superseded by the Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
legislature Parliament of England ⓘ
longTitle An Act to prevent and suppress seditious Conventicles ⓘ
minimumNumberOfPersons more than five persons over the age of sixteen ⓘ
monarch Charles II of England ⓘ
partOf Clarendon Code ⓘ
Restoration religious settlement ⓘ
penalty fines ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
transportation for repeated offences ⓘ
purpose to enforce religious uniformity to the Church of England ⓘ
to prevent unauthorized religious assemblies ⓘ
to suppress Nonconformist religious worship ⓘ
region England and Wales ⓘ
reignOfMonarch Charles II of England ⓘ
relatedAct Act of Uniformity 1662 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Conventicle Act 1670 ⓘ
Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ
religiousAffiliationFavored Church of England ⓘ
restrictedActivity religious meetings of more than five persons not of the same household ⓘ
unauthorized religious conventicles ⓘ
scope religious meetings held outside parish churches or licensed places ⓘ
targetedGroup Baptists ⓘ
Dissenters ⓘ
Nonconformists ⓘ
Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

Quakers ⓘ
typeOfSanction criminal sanction ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1664 ⓘ

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Clarendon Code → hasPart → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Clarendon Code → hasPart → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
Cavalier Parliament → enacts → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Persecution of Quakers in England → legalBasis → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Persecution of Quakers in England → legalBasis → Conventicle Act 1670 ⓘ
linked to: Conventicle Act 1664
Corporation Act 1661 → relatedTo → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 → alsoKnownAs → Act against Conventicles 1664 ⓘ
linked to: Conventicle Act 1664
Conventicle Act 1664 → relatedAct → Conventicle Act 1670 ⓘ
linked to: Conventicle Act 1664
Five Mile Act 1665 → relatedTo → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Clarendon ministry → significantEvent → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Clarendon ministry → significantLegislation → Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ