Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
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The Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 was an English parliamentary law that confiscated land from Irish Catholics and redistributed it to English soldiers and settlers following the Cromwellian conquest.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
ⓘ
confiscation law ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
Irish Catholic landowners
ⓘ
supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 ⓘ supporters of the royalist cause in Ireland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Act for the Settling of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cromwellian Settlement Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
plantation policy in Ireland ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1652 ⓘ |
| follows | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Irish Catholic aristocracy
ⓘ
demographic patterns in Ireland ⓘ land distribution in 17th-century Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
English Commonwealth government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell's administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
forfeiture of estates by many Irish Catholic landowners
ⓘ
mass transfer of land ownership from Catholics to Protestants ⓘ transplantation of many Irish landowners to Connacht ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public act ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | English Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
land confiscation in Ireland
ⓘ
punishment of Irish Catholics ⓘ redistribution of Irish land ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | English victory in the Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cromwellian land settlement in Ireland
ⓘ
English colonial policy in Ireland ⓘ |
| providesFor |
confiscation of land from Irish Catholics
ⓘ
redistribution of confiscated land to English adventurers ⓘ redistribution of confiscated land to English settlers ⓘ redistribution of confiscated land to English soldiers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Act of Explanation 1665
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Act of Settlement 1662 NERFINISHED ⓘ Adventurers Act 1642 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Interregnum (England) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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