Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542

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constitutional legislation series of Acts of Parliament

The Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 were a series of statutes passed by the English Parliament that annexed Wales to the Kingdom of England, abolished its separate legal system, and integrated it administratively and legally under English rule.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 canonical 6
Laws in Wales Acts 2
Acts of Union (Wales) 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional legislation ⓘ
series of Acts of Parliament ⓘ
abolished separate legal system of Wales ⓘ
aim to abolish legal autonomy of marcher lordships ⓘ
to bring Wales under direct English royal control ⓘ
to unify laws of England and Wales ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
surface form: Acts of Union (Wales)
appliesToJurisdiction Courts of Great Sessions in Wales ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Wales ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource historical constitutional scholarship on Wales ⓘ
effect annexation of Wales to the Kingdom of England ⓘ
creation of new counties in Wales ⓘ
extension of English law to Wales ⓘ
imposition of English as language of administration in Wales ⓘ
integration of Welsh administration into English system ⓘ
representation of Wales in the English Parliament ⓘ
standardisation of local government in Wales ⓘ
endTime 1542 ⓘ
hasEffectOn Welsh legal institutions ⓘ
Welsh local government structure ⓘ
Welsh political representation ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance foundation of the modern legal jurisdiction of England and Wales ⓘ
key step in the incorporation of Wales into the English state ⓘ
hasPart Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laws in Wales Act 1535

Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laws in Wales Act 1542
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
legalStatus in force in modified form ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
mainSubject administrative integration of Wales ⓘ
legal integration of Wales ⓘ
union of England and Wales ⓘ
partOf Tudor government ⓘ
surface form: Tudor state-building in England and Wales
pointInTime Tudor England ⓘ
surface form: Tudor period
replaces medieval marcher lordships in Wales ⓘ
sponsor Henry VIII of England ⓘ
startTime 1535 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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England–Wales border → significantEvent → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
England–Wales border → legalBasis → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → componentAct → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Act 1536
Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → componentAct → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Act 1543
Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → alsoKnownAs → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542
Marcher lordships → reformedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Marcher lordships → abolishedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Norman Marcher lords → limitedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Caernarvon Boroughs → createdUnder → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Acts
County of Glamorgan → establishedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 → hasPart → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Act 1535
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 → hasPart → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Act 1542
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 → alsoKnownAs → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of Union (Wales)
Statute of Rhuddlan → followedBy → Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laws in Wales Acts