(2) They must abjure the Covenant; and (3) Take the oath of non-resistance, i.e. that they will not take up arms against the King, even in self-defence. IV. All the clergy must assent to the doctrines of the Prayer Book. V. Forbade more than five persons besides those of the household to assemble to hear unlicensed preachers. For the first offence a fine of 51. or imprisonment for three months; for the second, a fine of 107. or six months' imprisonment; for the third offence, a fine of 1007. or transportation for seven years. VI. Prohibited nonjurors from coming within five miles of any corporate town except on a journey. VII. Compelled persons holding civil or military appointments to receive. the Sacrament in the Church of England, and to abjure their belief in the doctrine of transubstantiation. 1689. ACTS OF FREEDOM. Toleration Act WILLIAM III. 1828. Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. GEORGE IV. 1829. Catholic Emancipation Bill DITTO. 1833. Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies WILLIAM IV. 1836. Marriage Act-whereby Dissenters might marry in their own churches and chapels . 1846. Repeal of the Corn Laws 1858. Admission of Jews into Parliament Disestablishment of the Irish Church MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES. 1258. Statutes or Provisions of Oxford :— (1) That Parliament should meet three times a year. (3) That each county should elect a new sheriff annually. That no foreigner should be appointed guardian of the estates of a minor. 1278. Statutes of Gloucester.-An enquiry on the royal demesne. 1284. Statute of Wales.-Incorporating Wales with England. 1351. Statute of Treason.-Defining treason to be:— (1) Compassing the death of the King or any of his family. Slaying a judge, counterfeiting the Great Seal, or coining false money. In George III.'s reign treason consisted in compassing the King's death or levying war against him. 1367. Statute of Kilkenny. Declared (1) that the marriage of an English subject with a native of Ireland was treasonable. (2) That all who adopted the dress, names, or language of the Irish should be imprisoned and lose their lands. 1495. Statutes of Drogheda, or Poyning's Law: (1) That no Irish Parliament be convened without the King's consent. (2) That no bills be therein introduced without the consent of the English Parliament. (3) That all recent English enactments extend to Ireland. 1651. Navigation Act.—By which all nations were forbidden to import into England any product not the growth or manufacture of their own respective countries. Repealed 1849. 1670. Coventry Act.—Malicious disfiguring of the person made capital felony. 1715. Riot Act.-Whereby a mob of more than twelve persons on refusing to disperse might be dispersed by the military. 1716. Septennial Act.-Extending the duration of Parliament from three to seven years. 1772. Royal Marriage Act.-Prohibiting the issue of George III. while under twenty-five years old from marrying without the King's consent. 1832. First Reform Bill. 1833. Factory Act.-Obliging factory children to attend school, and limiting factory hours. 1868. Second Reform Bill. 1870. Irish Land Bill and English Education Acts passed. NOTES. Westminster Abbey completed, 1066. Re-founded by Henry III., 1221. Tower of London founded cir. 1080. Justices in Eyre.-Travelling judges, appointed by Henry II., 1176. The Cinque Ports.-Hastings, Romney, Winchelsea, Rye, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. (HoaRy WaR HeaD.S.) Henry V. was the first to build a permanent navy—a standing army has existed from the time of the Civil War, cir. 1660. Purveyance. The right of the King of purchasing goods without the owner's consent, as also the right of impressing labourers. Thorough. A scheme of Strafford's to bring about an absolute monarchy. The Five Members.-Pim, Hampden, Hollis, Stroude, Hazlerig (Pi Hă Ho SHǎ). The Cabal.—Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, Lauderdale. Attainder.—The loss of civil rights through conviction for high treason. In an Impeachment the Commons accuse and the Lords alone judge; in a Bill of Attainder the Commons as well as the Lords are the judges, and the bill passes through the same stages as other Bills. Congé d'Élire (permission to elect) is a warrant from the Crown empowering the dean and chapter of a cathedral to elect a bishop to a vacant see, but the warrant is accompanied with a missive naming the person whom they must duly elect. Roses 1455-1485 Wars of the Disputed title to the Crown. 1618-1648 | The 30 Years' Catholic persecution Peace of Westphalia. English jealousy and aggran- Peace of Breda. disement. As allies of France. In support of the Jacobites To check the French King and In favour of Maria Theresa. A boundary dispute between (8) 1270. Saint Louis and Edward I. of England. The effects of the Crusades were: (1) Commercial intercourse between the East and West, and South of Europe. (2) A subdivision of the great estates, and the consequent amelioration of the Saxon race. (3) An increase in the power and possessions of the Church. (4) The promotion of courtesy and chivalry, and the establishment of the four military orders. N. B. The shows the defeat of the French; of the 11 battles they gained 3. As the shows the defeat of the Scotch, out of seventeen engagements with the English, Scotland gained only four-Bannockburn, Stirling, Killiecrankie, and Preston Pans. WARS OF THE ROSES-1455-1485. (1) 1455. Saint Albans, Hertford- (2) 1459. Bloreheath, Stafford. (4) 1460. Wakefield Green, York- (5) 1461. Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire. * (6) 1461. Second Saint Albans,* (7) 1461. Towton, Yorkshire. (9) 1464. Hexham, Northumberland. N. B.-The shows the three battles wherein Lancaster was victorious. C |