Bishoprics of Chester and Man Act 1541

Bishoprics of Chester and Man Act 1541

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for dissevering the Bishoprick of Chester and of the Isle of Man from the jurisdiction of Canterbury to the jurisdiction of York
Citation	33 Hen. 8. c. 31
Territorial extent	England and Wales Isle of Man
Dates
Royal assent	1 April 1542
Commencement	16 January 1542 [a]
Repealed	30 July 1948
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Bishoprics of Chester and Man Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 31) is an act of the Parliament of England that transferred the jurisdiction over the Dioceses of Chester and Sodor and Man from the Archdiocese of Canterbury to the Archdiocese of York. ^[1]

It was a rare pre-revestment example the English Parliament exercising its rights to pass legislation for the Isle of Man, notwithstanding the Island's own insular parliament, Tynwald.

The long title of the Act was An Act for dissevering the Bishoprick of Chester and of the Isle of Man from the jurisdiction of Canterbury to the jurisdiction of York. ^[2] The act, its action having been spent, has since been repealed.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. The Old Historians of the Isle of Man, Manx Society, 1871, page 48
2. An Abstract of the Laws, Customs, and Ordinances of the Isle of Man, John Parr, Manx Society, 1866, page 108