Corporation Act 1661
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The Corporation Act 1661 was a key Restoration-era English law that enforced Anglican conformity among municipal officials, forming a central component of the Clarendon Code’s religious and political settlement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corporation Act 1661 canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
ⓘ
Restoration-era statute ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
excluding religious dissenters from municipal office
ⓘ
securing Anglican political dominance ⓘ strengthening royal authority in towns ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
municipal corporations in England
ⓘ
municipal officials in England ⓘ |
| componentOf | Restoration religious and political settlement ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| effect |
marginalization of Presbyterians and other dissenters in local office
ⓘ
removal of nonconformists from municipal corporations ⓘ restructuring of town governments in favor of royalists ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Crown-appointed commissioners ⓘ |
| follows | English Interregnum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
institutionalization of Anglican tests for officeholding
ⓘ
tightening of central control over boroughs ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | statute ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignment |
Anglican establishment
ⓘ
royalist ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English Restoration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
reign of Charles II of England ⓘ |
| inception | reign of Charles II ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
constitutional law
ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ local government law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded and effectively obsolete in modern UK law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anglican supremacy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local government ⓘ religious conformity ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Baptists
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Independents NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterians NERFINISHED ⓘ religious dissenters ⓘ |
| partOf | Clarendon Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRequirement |
oath of non-resistance
ⓘ
oaths of allegiance ⓘ oaths of supremacy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Act of Uniformity 1662
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 NERFINISHED ⓘ Five Mile Act 1665 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousRequirement |
Anglican conformity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
communion according to the rites of the Church of England ⓘ |
| startTime | 1661 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clarendon Code