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Five Mile Act 1665

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107: 35: 247:, and to expel any who did not conform. It forbade clergymen from living, visiting or preaching within five miles (8 km) of a parish from which they had been expelled, or to come within five miles of any city, town or borough that sends Members to Parliament unless they swore an oath never to resist the king, or attempt to alter the government of Church or State. The latter involved swearing to obey the 496: 332: 516: 501: 285: 433: 129: 185: 56: 386: 78: 280: 263: 236: 426: 248: 49: 43: 521: 60: 511: 419: 465: 266:. They moved, but they were still harassed and had to move and live with friends to escape their critics. 451:
Part of the Clarendon Code, the four penal laws (1661-65) that aimed to reduce non-conformity in England.
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An Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations.
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were obliged to move to Taunton after her husband's conviction as a
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Acts of the Parliament of England concerning religion
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that sought to enforce conformity to the established
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from inhabiting in Corporations". It was one of the
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Five Mile Act
references
inline citations
improve
introducing
Learn how and when to remove this message
Parliament of England
Long title
Citation
17 Cha. 2
Royal assent
Commencement
Repealed by
Places of Religious Worship Act 1812
Text of statute as originally enacted
Act
Parliament of England
17 Cha. 2
long title
Non-Conformists
English penal laws
Church of England
1662 prayer book
Theodosia Alleine
Joseph Alleine
non-conformist
Conventicle Act 1664
Religion in the United Kingdom
Declaration of Indulgence (disambiguation)
"Statutes of the Realm: Volume 5, 1628-80"

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