Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547

Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte wherby certaine Chauntries Colleges Free Chapelles and the Possessions of the same be given to the Kinges Majestie. [1]
Citation	1 Edw. 6. c. 14
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	24 December 1547
Commencement	4 November 1547 [b]
Repealed	1 January 1961
Other legislation
Repealed by	Charities Act 1960
Relates to	Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547 ^[a] (1 Edw. 6. c. 14), also known as the Abolition of Chantries Act 1547 or the Chantries Act 1547, was an act of the Parliament of England.

The whole act was repealed by section 39(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the Charities Act 1960.

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. Start of session.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

1. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".

See also

• Chantry § Abolition of Chantries Acts, 1545 and 1547