Jesuits etc. Act 1603

United Kingdom legislation
Jesuits etc. Act 1603
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants.
Citation1 Jas. 1. c. 4
Dates
Royal assent4 July 1604
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Repealed byReligious Disabilities Act 1846
Status: Repealed

The Jesuits etc. Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 4), full title An Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants, was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England during the reign of James I. It received the royal assent on 4 July 1604 and confirmed the Elizabethan penal laws. It also enacted new penalties for Catholics who sent their children abroad to be educated in Catholic colleges.[1] In order to placate the Catholic powers, James privately reassured the French envoy that he had no intention of enforcing the statute.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Albert J. Loomie, 'Toleration and Diplomacy: The Religious Issue in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1603–1605', Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 53, No. 6 (1963), p. 31.
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