Jesuits etc. Act 1603

Jesuits etc. Act 1603

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants.
Citation	1 Jas. 1. c. 4
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	4 July 1604
Commencement	19 March 1604 [a]
Repealed	18 August 1846
Other legislation
Amended by	Jesuits etc. Act 1603
Repealed by	Religious Disabilities Act 1846
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Jesuits etc. Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 4), full title An Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants, was an act passed by the Parliament of England during the reign of James I. It received the royal assent on 4 July 1604 and confirmed the Elizabethan penal laws. It also enacted new penalties for Catholics who sent their children abroad to be educated in Catholic colleges. ^[1] In order to placate the Catholic powers, James privately reassured the French envoy that he had no intention of enforcing the statute. ^[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act, except "as relates to the keeping any school, or to the being a schoolmaster, or to the retaining or maintaining a schoolmaster" was repealed by section 1 of the Roman Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 102).

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Religious Disabilities Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Albert J. Loomie, 'Toleration and Diplomacy: The Religious Issue in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1603–1605', Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 53, No. 6 (1963), p. 31.