Conventicles Act 1670
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of the Parliament of England
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(22 Car. II. c. 1) with the long title
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"An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles." The Act imposed a fine on any person who attended a conventicle (any religious assembly other than the Church of England
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) of five shillings for the first offence and ten shillings for a second offence. Any preacher or person who allowed their house to be used as a meeting house for such an assembly could be fined 20 shillings and 40 shillings for a second offence.