Declaration of Indulgence

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legal instrument royal proclamation

The Declaration of Indulgence was a royal proclamation by James II of England in 1687–1688 that suspended penal laws against Catholics and Protestant dissenters in an attempt to promote religious toleration and expand royal prerogative.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Declaration of Indulgence canonical 6
James II’s Declaration of Indulgence 3
Declaration of Indulgence (1672) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal instrument ⓘ
royal proclamation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Declaration for Liberty of Conscience ⓘ
challengedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
consequence contributed to the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
heightened distrust of James II ⓘ
constitutionalIssue conflict with parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
use of royal dispensing power ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateIssued 1687 ⓘ
1688 ⓘ
extendedTo Scotland ⓘ
geographicalScope England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart ⓘ
surface form: Stuart England
inspiredBy James II’s pro-Catholic policies ⓘ
issuedBy James II of England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
religious law ⓘ
legalEffect dispensed with statutory requirements enforcing religious uniformity ⓘ
suspended penal laws for religious nonconformity ⓘ
legalStatus royal proclamation ⓘ
locationIssued England ⓘ
monarch James II of England ⓘ
opposedBy Anglican clergy ⓘ
bishops of the Church of England ⓘ
surface form: Church of England bishops

Tory ⓘ
surface form: Tories
partOf English constitutional history ⓘ
politicalContext reign of James II ⓘ
tensions between Crown and Parliament ⓘ
precededBy Clarendon Code ⓘ
Test Act 1673 ⓘ
surface form: Test Acts
purpose expand royal prerogative ⓘ
promote religious toleration ⓘ
suspend penal laws against Catholics ⓘ
suspend penal laws against Protestant dissenters ⓘ
relatedEvent Glorious Revolution ⓘ
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form: Trial of the Seven Bishops
religiousPolicy toleration of Protestant Nonconformists ⓘ
toleration of Roman Catholics ⓘ
repealedBy Act of Parliament after the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
English Bill of Rights ⓘ
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689
subjectMatter religious toleration in England ⓘ
supportedBy English Catholics ⓘ
many Protestant dissenters ⓘ
year 1687 ⓘ
1688 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James II of England → legalActAssociated → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Archbishop William Sancroft → opposedTo → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft
this entity surface form: Declaration of Indulgence (1687–1688)
Charles II of England → issued → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Seven Bishops → opposed → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: James II's Declaration of Indulgence
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → mainSubject → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: James II’s Declaration for Liberty of Conscience
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → hasPart → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Declaration of Indulgence of 1687
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → hasPart → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687
Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → hasPart → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Declaration of Indulgence of 1687
Cabal ministry → significantEvent → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of Indulgence (1672)
Court of James II of England → linkedEvent → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of Indulgence (1687)
Francis Turner → opposedTo → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: James II’s Declaration of Indulgence
Thomas Ken → opposed → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: James II’s Declaration of Indulgence
John Lake → opposed → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Jonathan Trelawny → associatedWith → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
Thomas White → opposed → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: James II’s Declaration of Indulgence
Persecution of Quakers in England → turningPoint → Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of Indulgence 1672