Five Mile Act 1665

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The Five Mile Act 1665 was an English law that barred nonconformist ministers from coming within five miles of incorporated towns or their former parishes, aiming to suppress dissenting religious influence after the Restoration.

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Five Mile Act 1665 canonical 8
Five Mile Act of 1665 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
penal law ⓘ
affectedRight freedom of movement ⓘ
freedom of worship ⓘ
aimedAt suppressing dissenting religious influence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Five Mile Act of 1665 ⓘ
linked to: Five Mile Act 1665
appliesTo dissenting clergy ⓘ
nonconformist ministers ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateEnacted 1665 ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
geographicScope England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
historicalContext Restoration of the monarchy in England ⓘ
post-English Civil War religious settlement ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Anglican supremacy ⓘ
Erastian church–state relations ⓘ
influenced development of religious toleration debates in England ⓘ
inForceStatus repealed ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalConsequence banishment from specified areas ⓘ
penalties for violation ⓘ
legalSubject freedom of religion ⓘ
religious nonconformity ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
linked to: English law
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment Charles II of England ⓘ
opposedBy nonconformist communities ⓘ
some Whig politicians ⓘ
partOf Clarendon Code ⓘ
prohibitedDistance within five miles ⓘ
prohibitedFromApproaching incorporated towns ⓘ
parishes where they had formerly served ⓘ
purpose to enforce religious uniformity to the Church of England ⓘ
to weaken nonconformist influence in municipal corporations ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Uniformity 1662 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Test Act 1673 ⓘ
repealedBy later 19th-century religious toleration legislation ⓘ
restrictionType movement restriction ⓘ
residence restriction ⓘ
shortName Five Mile Act ⓘ
targetedGroup Baptists ⓘ
Independents ⓘ
Presbyterians ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Protestant Dissenters ⓘ
title An Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations ⓘ

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