Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to retain the Queen's Majesty's Subjects in their due Obedience. |
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Citation | 23 Eliz. 1. c. 1 |
Territorial extent | England and Wales |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 18 March 1581 |
Commencement | 16 January 1581 [a] |
Repealed | 9 August 1844 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Roman Catholics Act 1844 |
Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Religion Act 1580 or Recusancy Act 1680 (23 Eliz. 1. c. 1) was an act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation. [1]
The act made it high treason to persuade English subjects to withdraw their allegiance to the Queen, or from the Church of England to Rome, or to promise obedience to a foreign authority.
The act also increased the fine for absenteeism from church to £20 a month or imprisonment until they conformed. Finally, the act fined and imprisoned those who celebrated the mass or attended a mass. [2]
The whole act was repealed by the Roman Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 102).
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