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    The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1), sometimes referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1559, is an Act of the Parliament of England, which replaced...
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  • passed the Act of Supremacy 1558, which declared Elizabeth the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, instituted an Oath of Supremacy, requiring anyone...
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    the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Thirty-Nine Articles. Elizabeth was trying to achieve a settlement after 30 years of turmoil during the reigns of Henry...
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    half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I of England, under the Act of Supremacy 1558. The Oath was later extended to include Members of Parliament (MPs) and people...
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    repealed by See of Rome Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 8 s. 5 [s. 21, Ruff]); repealment of s. 7 was confirmed by Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1 s. 4...
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    the Act of Supremacy in 1555. Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, and the Parliament restored the original Act by passing the Act of Supremacy 1558...
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  • Mary I accedes to the throne. 1558 England – Queen Elizabeth I accedes to the throne 1559 England – Act of Supremacy 1558 Scotland – John Knox returns...
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    Britain. The Act of Supremacy 1558 had confirmed the independence of the Church of England from Roman Catholicism under the English monarch. One of the principal...
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    Edward VI, before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan...
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    abrogated by the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1677 (29 Cha. 2. c. 9). Section 6 of the Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1) (1559) repealed the statutes...
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    and then within two days of arriving swear to submit to the Queen and also take the oath required by the Act of Supremacy 1558. Failure to do so was treason...
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    Church of England, with the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the Act of Supremacy 1558. The Oath of Supremacy is reinstated. March 23 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia...
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  • The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1), confirmed Elizabeth as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and imposed an Oath of Supremacy which...
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    repealed by the Act of Supremacy 1558, although that act allowed ecclesiastical commissions to deal with occasional instances of heresy. Persons declared...
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    and two essential acts were passed into law, the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Act of Uniformity 1558. Collectively referred to as the Elizabethan Religious...
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    Keeper Act 1562, the Ship Money Act 1640, and the Parliament Act 1660, among others. Repeals the Act of Supremacy (1558) except section 8, the Act of Uniformity...
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    the Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1) (1558) does not affect the continued operation, so far as unrepealed, of the Appointment of Bishops Act 1533...
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    repealed the Act of Supremacy in 1555. Her half-sister, Elizabeth I, took the throne in 1558 and Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy of 1558 that restored...
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    the Court of High Commission and repealed the clause in the Act of Supremacy 1558 that gave the Court legal authority. Horder said the Act 16 Cha. 1....
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    the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the Act of Supremacy 1558, establishing the Protestant Church of England and creating Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the...
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    Criminal Law Act 1967, section 11(1) Treason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 12). (The Acts were repealed in 1554 by 1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 8.) Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz...
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    purposes for ever. This act was repealed in 1559 by section 6 of the second Act of Supremacy. First Statute of Repeal "Revival of the Heresy Acts, 1554"...
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  • This is a timeline of the Protestant Reformation in England. The list is not complete and you are welcome to expand it. Timeline of the English Reformation...
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    High treason in the United Kingdom (category Law of the United Kingdom)
    Treason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c.10) Act of Supremacy 1558 Religion Act 1580 Succession to the Crown Act 1707; repealed in 1967 The Forgery Act 1830 (11...
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  • Counterfeit Coin Act 1554 The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1) The Treason Act 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 5) The Supremacy of the Crown Act 1562 (5 Eliz....
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  • 6) The Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872, modified the preceding acts Act of Supremacy Nonconformist Conformist Test Act Conventicle Act 1664 Occasional...
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  • government. The effect of the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the papal bull of 1570 (Regnans in Excelsis) legislated that the majority population of both kingdoms to...
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  • The Act of Supremacy was repealed in 1554 by Queen Mary (Second Statute of Repeal) and revived by Elizabeth in 1559 (the Act of Supremacy 1558). The...
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    Elizabeth's first act was to reverse her sister's re-establishment of Catholicism by Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity. The Act of Supremacy of 1558 made it a...
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  • Settlement: The 1st Parliament of Elizabeth I (summoned on 5 December) assembles at Westminster and passes the Act of Supremacy 1558 (requiring any person taking...
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