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    The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the...
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    Along with the Act of Uniformity 1558, the Act made up what is generally referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. The Act remained in place...
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  • form of worship The Act of Uniformity 1552 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 1) required the use of the Book of Common Prayer of 1552 The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz...
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    The Act of Uniformity 1551, sometimes referred to as the Act of Uniformity 1552, or the Uniformity Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It...
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    dissolution of the monasteries. The statutes of repeal were eventually nullified by Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity 1558. English Reformation Revival of the Heresy...
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    The Act of Uniformity 1548, the Act of Uniformity 1549, the Uniformity Act 1548, or the Act of Equality was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed...
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    communion. English Dissenters such as the Puritans who violated the Act of Uniformity 1558 – typically by practising radical, sometimes separatist, dissent...
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    Church of England, with the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the Act of Supremacy 1558. The Oath of Supremacy is reinstated. March 23 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia...
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  • desired to change the Act of Uniformity 1558 in order to remove aspects of Roman Catholicism that he found unacceptable. A View of Popish Abuses was designed...
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    rulers of that time, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland. Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity 1558 nullified...
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    Elizabethan Religious Settlement (category 1558 in England)
    Governor of the Church of England. The Act of Uniformity 1558 re-introduced the Book of Common Prayer, which contained the liturgical services of the church...
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    the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the Act of Supremacy 1558, establishing the Protestant Church of England and creating Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the...
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    and two essential acts were passed into law, the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Act of Uniformity 1558. Collectively referred to as the Elizabethan Religious...
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    Church of England was retained, episcopacy was suppressed and the Act of Uniformity 1558 was repealed in September 1650. Mainly on the insistence of the...
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  • Sovereign and Council. The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 2) set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer and required...
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  • Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley (category Peerage of England baron stubs)
    Morley, Great Hallingbury, Essex. In 1569, he refused to sign the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the following year left the country without the queen's permission...
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  • This is a timeline of the Protestant Reformation in England. The list is not complete and you are welcome to expand it. Timeline of the English Reformation...
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    of acts of the Parliament of England for the years 1558–1575. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great...
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    Surplice (category History of clothing)
    Reformers furiously assailed its use, but in spite of their efforts, Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity 1558 retained the garment, and the advertisements and...
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  • London at the Dutch Church in Austin Friars for some time. After the Act of Uniformity 1558 forced the Anabaptists to meet in secret, Hamsted submitted a petition...
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  • Governor of the Church of England) and the Act of Uniformity 1558 (requiring all persons in England to attend Anglican services on penalty of a fine for...
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    Act of Uniformity 1548 except section 7, the Act of Uniformity 1558 except section 13, and various other enactments. Repeals the Copyhold Act 1894 and...
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    the Act of Uniformity was officially dated 1558 by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. In January 1560, the Parliament of Ireland passed an Act of Uniformity...
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    In 1650, at Cromwell's behest, the Rump Parliament abolished the Act of Uniformity 1558, meaning that while England now had an officially established church...
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  • royal supremacy was moved. The Act of Uniformity 1558 passed successfully through Parliament, but the margin in the House of Lords was a slender three votes...
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    Her revived Act of Supremacy, giving her the ambiguous title of supreme governor, passed without difficulty, but the Act of Uniformity 1558, giving statutory...
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    1550s (section 1558)
    Governor of the Church of England) and to the Act of Uniformity 1558 (requiring all persons in England to attend Anglican services on penalty of a fine...
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  • William Watson (16th century MP) (category Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire)
    commissioner of inquiry charged with enforcing the Act of Uniformity 1558 and the Act of Supremacy 1558 in the city of York. "The History of Parliament...
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    members of the Church of England and had received episcopal ordination. Most were conformists, meaning they agreed to follow the Act of Uniformity 1558 and...
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  • John Atherton (died 1573) (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire)
    matters of his faith, which eventually curtailed his political career at the start of the reign of Elizabeth I, with the Act of Uniformity 1558. He last...
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