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    The City of London Militia Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 3) or Militia Act 1662 is an Act of the Parliament of England which codified the power of [lord-]lieutenants...
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    Lord-lieutenant (category Lord-lieutenants of Wales)
    but was re-established following the Restoration under the City of London Militia Act 1662, which declared that: [T]he King's most Excellent Majesty,...
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    list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1662. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great...
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    (34 Geo. 3. c. 81) City of London Militia Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 3) Stamp Duties (No. 2) Act 1783 (23 Geo. 3. c. 58) Importation Act 1794 (34 Geo. 3. c...
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    and Irwell Navigation. City of London Militia Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 3) River Nene (Northampton to Peterborough) Navigation Act 1713 (13 Ann. c. 19) River...
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  • Westminster Trained Bands (category Military units and formations disestablished in 1662)
    function of providing security for the palaces of Westminster and Whitehall. Following the 1660 Stuart Restoration, the City of London Militia Act 1662 brought...
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    The London Trained Bands (LTBs) were a part-time military force in the City of London from 1559 until they were reconstituted as conventional Militia regiments...
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  • English Militia was re-established in 1662 under the Militia Act of 1661. It was once again under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant, the men to...
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    covered by the Militia (Scotland) Act 1802, and Ireland by the Militia (Ireland) Act 1802. Subsidiary acts dealt with the City of London, the Cinque Ports...
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    The Royal London Militia was an auxiliary regiment organised in the City of London during the French Revolutionary War from the former London Trained Bands...
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  • Sole Right over the Militia Act 1661 and the City of London Militia Act 1662 re-established the English Militia under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant...
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  • Thumbnail for Statute Law Revision Act 1888
    The Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed various United Kingdom statutes...
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  • 1662 after the Restoration of the monarchy, but between periods of national emergency the militia was regularly allowed to decline. Under threat of French...
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    The Militia (Stannaries) Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3. c. 72) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting the Militia, a locally raised force for...
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    Penitentiary Act 1779 (19 Geo. 3. c. 74) Duties on Income Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 13) London Militia Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 92) City of London Militia Act 1794...
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    Geo. 3. 54) City of London Militia Act 1794 (34 Geo. 3. c. 81) City of London Militia Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 27) Westmoreland Canals Act 1792 (32 Geo...
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    The Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for England and Wales enactments...
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  • Thumbnail for East Norfolk Militia
    militia was re-established under local control in 1662 after the Restoration of the monarchy, and Norfolk supported five regiments of foot and one of...
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    Praise-God Barebone (category Prisoners in the Tower of London)
    until 1660. After the restoration of the Rump Parliament, he was nominated to the London militia committee under the Act of 7 July 1659. In 1660, Barebone...
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  • into the Devon Militia in 1662. The English militia was descended from the Anglo-Saxon Fyrd, the military force raised from the freemen of the shires under...
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  • Westminster Militia, later the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, was an auxiliary regiment raised in the City of Westminster in the suburbs of London. Descended...
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  • 1662 the Lord-Lieutenant was given entire control of the militia. The Regulation of the Forces Act 1871 transferred this function back to the Crown, and...
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  • Defence of the Realm Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 107) Hawkers Act 1810 (50 Geo. 3. c. 41) County Rates Act 1738 (12 Geo. 2. c. 29) Local Militia (England) Act 1812...
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    militia was re-established under local control in 1662 after the Restoration of the monarchy, and Norfolk supported five regiments of foot and one of...
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    Indemnity and Oblivion Act. In 1662 he was tried for high treason, found guilty and beheaded on Tower Hill on 14 June 1662. The Instrument of Government, The...
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    acts: the Corporation Act 1661 the Act of Uniformity 1662 the Conventicle Act 1664 the Five Mile Act 1665. The Quaker Act 1662, specifically targeting...
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  • The Glamorganshire Militia, later the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry, was an auxiliary regiment reorganised in the county of Glamorganshire in South Wales...
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  • control of the militia. The Forces Act of 1871 transferred this function back to the Crown, and in 1921, the office lost its power to call upon men of the...
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  • two companies of foot at Malmesbury and a troop of horse at Devizes. The English Militia was re-established in 1662 under the Militia Act of 1661. It was...
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    to raise local militia forces to supplement the Tower garrison at times of increased tension, or for use in the field. A 1662 act of Parliament restricting...
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