List of Acts of the Parliament of England, 1485–1601

This is a list of Acts
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of the Parliament of England
Parliament of England
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for the years 1485–1601 (i.e. during the reign of the House of Tudor).

For Acts passed during the period 1707–1800 see List of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the List of Acts of the Parliament of Scotland and the List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For Acts passed from 1801 onwards see List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For Acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999, the List of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the List of Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales; see also the List of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

For medieval statutes, etc. that are not considered to be Acts of Parliament, see the List of English statutes.

The number shown after each Act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session

Parliamentary session

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was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th Act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Note also that Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Acts passed by the Parliament of England did not have a short title

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; however, some of these Acts have subsequently been given a short title by Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896).

Acts passed by the Parliament of England were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular Act was passed.

1485 (1 Hen. 7)

(Title of the King) part preceding c. 1
(Real actions) c. 1
(Denizens) c. 2
(Protections) c. 3
(Clergy) c. 4
(Tanners) c. 5
(Pardon) c. 6
(Hunting in forests) c. 7
(Importation) c. 8
(Importation) c. 9
(Aliens) c. 10

1487 (3 Hen. 7)

Note that the "Chronological Table of the Statutes" does not list a c. 15 for this statute

(Star Chamber, etc.) c. 1
(Recognizances) [c. 2]
(Abduction of women) c. 2
(Taking of bail by justices) c. 3
(Fraudulent deeds of gift) c. 4
(Usury) c. 5
(Usury) c. 6
(Customs) c. 7
(Alien merchants) c. 8
(Citizens of London) c. 9
(Costs in error) c. 10
(Exportation) c. 11
(King's officers and tenants) c. 12
(Price of long bows) c. 13
(King's household) c. 14
(Feoffees in trust) c. 16

1488 (4 Hen. 7)

(Commissions of sewers) c. 1
(Gold and silver) c. 2
(Slaughter of beasts) c. 3
(Protections) c. 4
(Dismes) c. 5
(Forest of Inglewood) c. 6
(Yeomen and grooms of the chamber) c. 7
(Woollen cloth) c. 8
(Hats and caps) c. 9
(Importations, etc.) c. 10
(Buying of wool) c. 11
(Justice of the Peace) c. 12
(Benefit of clergy) c. 13
(Crown lands) c. 14
(River Thames (netting fish on flood waters)) c. 15
(Isle of Wight) c. 16
(Wardship) c. 17
(Treason) c. 18
(Tillage) c. 19
Collusive Actions Act 1488 c. 20
(Orford Haven, Suffolk (illegal fishing nets)) c. 21
(Gold) c. 22
(Exportation) c. 23
(Fines) c. 24

1489 (4 Hen. 7) (Rot. Parl. vol. vi p. 434)

(Convent of the monastery of Saint Andrew in Northampton)

1491 (7 Hen. 7)

Note that c. 2 was traditionally cited as two separate Acts (cc. 2, 3), cc. 3–7 were cited as cc. 4–8 respectively, cc. 8–23 were cited as Private Acts cc. 1–16, and c. 24 was not printed

(Soldiers) c. 1
(Service in the King's wars) c. 2
(Weights and measures) c. 3
(Challenge of riens deyns le gard in London abolished) c. 4
(Abbots, priors, etc.) c. 5
(Scots) c. 6
(Customs) c. 7
(Grants of offices to Thos. Crofte made void) c. 8
(Fish) c. 9
(Outlawry in Lancashire) c. 10
(Taxation) c. 11
(Feoffments made by the King) c. 12
(Letters patent to the Queen) c. 13
(Barking Abbey payments to Havering Manor) c. 14
(Countess of Richmond and Derby) c. 15
(Restitution of Earl of Surrey) c. 16
(Viscount Wells and wife) c. 17
(Lord de la Warre) c. 18
(Priory of Christchurch) c. 19
(Sir Thomas Lovell) c. 20
(Hugh Johnson and wife) c. 21
(Attainder of John Hayes) c. 22
(Attainder of Robt. Chamberlaine and Ric. White) c. 23
(Outlawry in Lancashire) c. 24

1495 (11 Hen. 7)

Treason Act 1495
Treason Act 1495
The Treason Act 1495, which is sometimes referred to as the Rex de facto statute, is an Act of the Parliament of England which was passed in the reign of Henry VII of England...

c. 1 — this Act is still in force
(Vagabonds) c. 2
(Offences against statutes) c. 3
(Weights and measures) c. 4
(Weirs) c. 5
(Customs) c. 6
(Riots) c. 7
(Usury) c. 8
(Tyndal, Lordship of) c. 9
(Taxation) c. 10
(Worsted) c. 11
(Suing in forma pauperis) c. 12
(Exportation) c. 13
(Customs) c. 14
(Sheriff's county court) c. 15
(Calais) c. 16
(Games, etc.) c. 17
(Attendance in war) c. 18
(Upholsterers) c. 19
(Dowress, etc.) c. 20
(Perjury) c. 21
(Wages of labourers, etc.) c. 22
(Fish) c. 23
(Attaints) c. 24
(Perjury) c. 25
(Jurors) c. 26
(Fustians) c. 27
(Lands of Richard III assured by the King) c. 28
(Resumption of Crown lands) c. 29
(Gervys Home (remittal of attainder)) c. 30
(Woodstock Manor grants void) c. 31
(Queen's jointure) c. 32
(Leases in Wales, Cornwall, and Chester void) c. 33
(Lands assured to Prince of Wales) c. 34
(Lands assured to Duke of York) c. 35
(Estates of Duchess of Bedford) c. 36
(Estates of Marquis of Dorset and wife) c. 37
(Countess of Oxford) c. 38
(Estates of Earl of Suffolk) c. 39
(Estates of Earl of Surrey) c. 40
(Annuity to Earl of Surrey) c. 41
(Feoffment by Earl of Surrey) c. 42
(Earl of Devon) c. 43
(Restitution of Earl of Kildare) c. 44
(Prior of Kilmaynan, Ireland) c. 45
(Custody of Viscount Beaumont and his estates) c. 46
(Edward, Lord Dudley) c. 47
(John, Lord Zouche and Seymour) c. 48
(Sir R. Guldeford's lands in Kent disgavelled) c. 49
(Sir Wm. Berkly (restitution)) c. 50
(John Shaa (lost deeds)) c. 51
(Dean of St Paul's (restitution)) c. 52
(Thos. Middleton (restitution)) c. 53
(Geo. Catesby (restitution)) c. 54
(Simon Digby (grants confirmed)) c. 55
(Sir Ric. Ratcliff (attainder annulled)) c. 56
(Restitution of Clement Skelton) c. 57
(Heirs of Wm. Waynsford (attainder annulled)) c. 58
(Pardon of John Slingesby the elder) c. 59
(Inheritance of Hugh Mayne) c. 60
(Safety of Berwick and Carlisle) c. 61 — this Act is still in force
(Expenses of King's household) c. 62
(Attainder of Viscount Lovell) c. 63
(Attainder of Sir William Stanley, etc.) c. 64
(Peace of Estaples) c. 65

1496 (12 Hen. 7)

Note that cc. 8–13 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–8

(Worsted, Norfolk) c. 1
(Continuance of Acts of 11 Hen. 7) c. 2
(Wages of labourers, etc.) c. 3
(Woollen cloths) c. 4
(Weights and measures) c. 5
(Merchant adventurers) c. 6
(Benefit of clergy) c. 7
(Feoffments made by the King) c. 8
(The Queen's dower) c. 9
(Annuity of Earl of Surrey) c. 10
(Restitution of Guy Sapcott) c. 11
(Taxation) c. 12
(Taxation) c. 13

1503 (19 Hen. 7)

(Attendance in war) c. 1
(Customs) c. 2
(Attaints) c. 3
(Cross-bows) c. 4
(Coin) c. 5
(Pewterers) c. 6
Ordinances of Corporations Act 1503 c. 7 — this Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993
(Scavage) c. 8
(Process) c. 9
(Gaols) c. 10
(Deer, etc.) c. 11
(Vagabonds) c. 12
(Riots) c. 13
(Retainers) c. 14
(Feoffments to uses) c. 15
(Jurors) c. 16
(Worsted shearers) c. 17
(Trade, Severn) c. 18
(Curriers, etc.) c. 19
(Costs in error) c. 20
(Silk works) c. 21
(Calais) c. 22
(Hanse merchants) c. 23
(Sheriff's county court) c. 24
(Duchy of Lancaster) c. 25 — this Act is still in force
(Prince of Wales) c. 26
(Staple at Calais) c. 27
(Power of the King to reverse attainders) c. 28
(Monastery of Syon) c. 29
(Partition of lands: Barkley and Earl of Surrey) c. 30
(Actions) c. 31
(Taxation) c. 32
(Estates of Lord Wells) c. 33
(Attainder of Lord Audley and others) c. 34
(Restitution of Robert Brewce) c. 35
(Recovery of Damages by Sir Wm. Mearin) c. 36
(Restitution of John Heron) c. 37
(Restitution of Richard Berkley) c. 38
(Restitution of William Barley) c. 39
(Restitution of John Harrington) c. 40

1509 (1 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 16–20 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–5

(Repeal of 8 Hen. 6 c. 2) c. 1. An Act for repealing of a Statute for fishing in Island [sic].
(Woollen cloth) c. 2. An Act concerning the making of Woollen Cloth.
(Receivers general) c. 3. An Act concerning Receivers.
(Penal statutes) c. 4. An Act that Informations upon Penal Statutes mall be made within Three Years.
(Customs) c. 5. An Act for the true Payment of the King's Customs.
(Repeal of 11 Hen. 7 c. 3) c. 6. An Act for repealing of a Statute concerning Justices of Peace.
(Coroners) c. 7. An Act concerning Coroners.
(Escheators) c. 8. An Act against Escheators and Commissioners, for making false Returns of Offices and Commissions.
(Staines bridge tolls) c. 9. An Act for the taking of Toll at Staynes Bridge, for the repairing thereof.
(Letting of lands seized by the Crown) c. 10. An Act that no Lease shall be made of Lands seised into the King's Hands but in certain Cases.
(Perjury) c. 11. An Act against Perjury.
(Traverse of certain inquisitions) c. 12. An Act for Admittance of a Traverse against an untrue Inquisition.
(Exportation) c. 13. An Act against carrying out of this Realm any Coin, Plate or Jewels.
(Apparel) c. 14. An Act against wearing of costly Apparel.
(Lands of Empson and Dudley) c. 15. An Act concerning Lands made in Trust to Empson and Dudley.
(Expenses of King's household) c. 16
(Expenses of King's wardrobe) c. 17
(Dower of Queen Katherine (letters patent confirmed)) c. 18
(Restitution of Robert Ratcliffe) c. 19
(Taxation) c. 20

1511 (3 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 16–23 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–8

(Exportation) c. 1. An Act against carrying out of this Realm Coin, Plate, &c.
(Escheators) c. 2. An Act concerning Escheators and Commissioners.
(Archery) c. 3. An Act concerning shooting in Long Bows.
(Service in war beyond sea) c. 4. An Act of Privilege for such Persons as are in the King's Wars.
(Soldiers) c. 5. An Act against such Captains as abridge their Soldiers of their Pay.
(Woollen cloth) c. 6. An Act against deceitful making of Woollen Cloth.
(Exportation) c. 7. An Act against carrying Cloths over Sea unshorn.
(Assize of victuals) c. 8. An Act concerning the assizing and setting of Prices of Victuals.
(Visors) c. 9. An Act against disguised Persons and wearing of Visours.
(Leather) c. 10. An Act against buying of Leather out of the open Market, being not well tanned, or unsealed.
(Physicians and surgeons) c. 11. An Act concerning Physicians and Surgeons.
(Juries) c. 12. An Act against Sheriffs for Abuses.
(Cross-bows) c. 13. An Act against shooting in Cross-bows.
(Oils) c. 14. An Act for the searching of Oils within the City of London.
(Hats and caps) c. 15. An Act concerning Hats and Caps.
(Estates of Earl of Surrey) c. 16
(Restitution of Lord Audley and others) c. 17
(Grant to William Compton) c. 18
(Restitution of John Dudley) c. 19
(Restitution of Thomas Herte) c. 20
(Restitution of Elizabeth Martyn) c. 21
(Taxation) c. 22
(Surveyors of Crown lands, etc.) c. 23

1512 (4 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 9–17, 19, and 20 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–9, 10, and 11 respectively, and that c. 18 was not traditionally included in printed collections of Acts

(Bulwarks on the coast) c. 1. An Act concerning the making of Bulwarks by the Sea
(Murders and felonies) c. 2. For Murder and Felony.
(Juries in London) c. 3. The Act concerning Juries in London.
(Outlawry) c. 4. For Proclamations to be made before Exigents be awarded.
(Wages of labourers, etc.) c. 5. The Act repealing Penalties for giving of Wages to Labourers and Artificers.
(Sealing of cloths) c. 6. The Act for sealing of Cloths of Gold and Silk.
(Pewterers) c. 7. The Act made for Pewterers, and true Weights and Beams.
Privilege of Parliament Act 1512 c. 8 (still in force). The Act concerning Richard Strode, for Matters reasoned in the Parliament.
(Restitution of Earl of Devon) c. 9
(Grant to Earl and Countess of Devon) c. 10
(Countess of Devon and Hugh Conway) c. 11
(Countess of Devon and William Knyvet) c. 12
(Estates of Earl of Surrey) c. 13
(Restitution of John and Thomas Wyndham) c. 14
(Restitution of Thomas Empson) c. 15
(Restitution of William Baskerville) c. 16
(Expenses of King's wardrobe) c. 17
(Surveyors of Crown lands, etc.) c. 18
(Taxation) c. 19
(Protection for John Skelton sheriff of Cumberland) c. 20

1513 (5 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 9–19 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–11

(Debts to merchants of Tournai, etc. in France) c. 1 . An Act concerning Ministration of Justice in the City of Turneye.
(Cloths) c. 2. An Act concerning White Cloths in Devonshire.
(Exportation) c. 3. An Act that White Cloths under Five Marks may be carried over the Sea unshorn.
(Worsteds) c. 4. An Act for avoiding Deceits in Worsteds.
(Juries in London) c. 5. An Act concerning Juries in London.
(Surgeons) c. 6. An Act that Surgeons be discharged of Constableship and other Things.
(Leather) c. 7. An Act that Strangers buy no Leather but in open Market.
(Pardon) c. 8. An Act concerning the Grant of the King's general Pardon,
(Creation of Duke of Norfolk) c. 9
(Creation of Duke of Suffolk) c. 10
(Creation of Earl of Surrey) c. 11
(Restitution of the Countess of Salisbury (Margaret Pole)) c. 12
(Restitution of Humphrey Stafford) c. 13
(Dowry of Countess of Oxford) c. 14
(Restitution of John Audley) c. 15
(Offices of packing woollen cloth, etc. in London) c. 16 — note that this Act is still in force
(Taxation) c. 17
(Sir Edward Poynings) c. 18
(John Heron's appointment as Surveyor of Customs) c. 19

1514 (6 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 19–25 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–7 and that c. 26 was not included in traditional collections of Acts

(Act of Apparel) c. 1. Act of Apparel.
(Archery) c. 2. Act for Maintenance of Archery.
(Artificers and labourers) c. 3. Act concerning Artificers and Labourers.
(Proclamation before exigent, etc.) c. 4. Act for Proclamations to be made before the Exigent be awarded into foreign Shires.
(Tillage) c. 5. Act concerning pulling down of Towns.
(Felons and murderers) c. 6. Act concerning Felons and Murderers.
(Thames watermen) c. 7. Act concerning Watermen on the Thames.
(Cloths) c. 8. Act concerning Cloths called White Straits.
(Cloths) c. 9. Act avoiding Deceits in making of Woollen Cloths.
(Commissions of sewers) c. 10. Act concerning Commissions of Sewers.
(Importation) c. 11. Act concerning the bringing in of Bow-staves into this Realm.
(Exportation) c. 12. Act that Norfolk Wools be not carried out of this Realm.
(Cross-bows, etc.) c. 13. Act avoiding shooting in Cross Bows.
(Taxation) c. 14. Act concerning the King's Subsidy for Tonnage and Poundage.
(Crown grants) c. 15. Act avoiding Second Letters Patents granted by the King.
(Attendance in Parliament) c. 16 (repealed 1993 (c.50)). Act concerning Burgesses of the Parliament.
(Deepening river at Canterbury) c. 17. Act concerning the River in Canterbury.
(Bristol) c. 18. Act concerning Under-Sheriffs in Bristol.
(Grant to Duke of Norfolk) c. 19
(Letters Patent to Duke of Suffolk) c. 20
(Restitution of Edward Belnap Knight) c. 21
(Restitution of John White Clerk) c. 22
(Assurance of Manor of Hanworth) c. 23
(Surveyors of Crown lands, etc.) c. 24
(Resumption of offices, annuities, etc.) c. 25
(Taxation) c. 26

1515 (7 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 7–11 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 3, 1, 2, 4, and 5 respectively

(Tillage) c. 1. The Act avoiding pulling down of Towns.
(Navigation) c. 2. An Act for Maintenance of the King's Navy.
(Penal actions) c. 3. The Act for Penal Statutes and Actions popular.
(Avowries) c. 4. The Act for Avowries.
(Labourers) c. 5. The Act for Labourers and Artificers within the City of London.
(Apparel) c. 6. The Act of Apparel.
(King's revenues) c. 7
(The French Queen's jointure (on marriage to Duke of Suffolk)) c. 8
(Subsidy) c. 9
(Staple at Calais) c. 10
(General pardon) c. 11

1523 (14 & 15 Hen. 8)

(Cloths) c. 1. The Act concerning the conveying, transporting and carrying of Broad White Woollen Cloths out of this Realm.
(Aliens) c. 2. The Act concerning the taking of Apprentices by Strangers.
(Worsteds (Great Yarmouth)) c. 3. The Act concerning the draping of Worsteds, Sayes and Stamins, for the Town of Great Yarmouth.
(Customs) c. 4. An Act for Payment of Custom.
(Physicians) c. 5. An Act concerning Physicians.
(Weald of Kent highways (diversion)) c. 6. An Act for George Guldeford to lay out a new Way.
(Cross-bows) c. 7. The Act for shooting in Cross Bows and Hand Guns.
(Six Clerks in Chancery may marry) c. 8. An Act that the Six Clerks of the Chancery may marry.
(Cordwainers) c. 9. An Act concerning Cordwainers.
(Killing hares) c. 10. An Act against tracing of Hares.
(Cloths) c. 11. An Act for the Clothiers in Suffolk.
(Coining) c. 12. An Act concerning coining of Money.
(Port of Southampton) c. 13. An Act for the Haven or Port of Southampton.
(Service in war) c. 14. An Act of Privilege for such Persons as are in the King's Wars.
(Surveyors of Crown lands, etc.) c. 15
(Taxation) c. 16
(General pardon) c. 17
(Royal Manor of Beaulieu) c. 18
(Expenses of King's household) c. 19
(Attainder of Edward late Duke of Buckingham) c. 20
(Act of Auctorite (King's power to reverse attainders)) c. 21
(Allowance to Duchess of Buckingham for her life) c. 22
(Restitution of Henry Stafford and Ursula his wife) c. 23
(Sale of land to Sir William Compton) c. 24
(Sale of land to Thomas Kitson) c. 25
(Sale of land to Sir Richard Sacheverell) c. 26
(Grant to Lord Marny) c. 27
(Tenure by castle ward service (as of Dover Castle)) c. 28
(Saving for the merchants of the Hanse) c. 29
(Grant to Earl of Northumberland) c. 30
(Grants to Sir Andrew Windsor and Anthony Windsor) c. 31
(Sir H Wyatt's lands in Kent disgavelled) c. 32
(Grant to Earl of Shrewsbury) c. 33
(Jointure of Elizabeth Talboys) c. 34
(Geo. Roll, keeper of Common Bench records (tenure of office)) c. 35

1529 (21 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 22–26 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–5

(General pardon) c. 1. The King's Highness his general Pardon.
(Sanctuary) c. 2. An Act concerning such as shall take Sanctuary for Felony or Murder.
(Real actions) c. 3. An Act concerning Delays in Assizes.
(Executors) c. 4. An Act concerning Executors of last Wills and Testaments.
(Probate fees, inventories, etc.) c. 5. An Act concerning Fines and Sums of Money to be taken by the Ministers of Bishops and other Ordinaries of Holy Church for the Probate of Testaments.
Mortuaries Act 1529 c. 6. An Act concerning the taking of Mortuaries, or demanding, receiving or claiming of the same.
(Embezzlement) c. 7. An Act for the Punishment of such Servants as shall withdraw themselves, and go away with their Masters' or Mistresses' Caskets and other Jewels or Goods, committed to them in Trust to be kept.
(Killing calves) c. 8. An Act for the bringing up and rearing of Calves to increase the Multitude of Cattle.
(Prices of foreign hats, etc.) c. 9. An Act limiting the Prices of Woollen Hats, Bonnets, and Caps made beyond the Seas, and brought to be sold within this Realm.
(Exportation) c. 10. An Act against the carrying of Lattin, Brass and such Metal mixed beyond the Seas.
(Restitution of goods stolen) c. 11. An Act for Restitution to be made of the Goods of such as shall be robbed by Felons.
(Manufacture of cables, etc.) c. 12. An Act for the making of great Cables and Halsers, Ropes and all other Tackling for Ships, in the Borough of Burport, in the County of Dorset.
(Clergy) c. 13. An Act that no Spiritual Persons shall take to farm, of the King or any other Person, any Lands or Tenements for Term of Life, Lives, Years or at Will, &c.; and for Pluralities of Benefices; and for Residence.
(Importation) c. 14. An Act for the Linen Drapers in London.
(Recoveries) c. 15. An Act that Tenants for Term of Years may falsify for their Term only, Recoveries had and made by their Lessors, to the defrauding of the said Termers' Interests.
(Aliens) c. 16. An Act ratifying a Decree made in the Star Chamber, concerning Strangers and Handycraftsmen inhabiting the Realm of England.
(Repeal of grant to York (shipping wool to Hull, etc.)) c. 17. An Act repealing a Grant lately made by the King's Highness to the Citizens of York, for the shipping of certain Wools into the Port of Hull.
(Trade to Tyne) c. 18. An Act for the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the shipping of Merchandize, and the unshipping thereof within, the Liberties of the said Town. — note that this Act is still in force
(Avowries) c. 19. An Act concerning Avowries.
(President of Council) c. 20. An Act that the President of the King's Counsel shall be associate with the Chancellor and Treasurer of England, and the Keeper of the King's Privy Seal.
(Yarmouth worsteds) c. 21. An Act for Yarmouth concerning the making of Worsteds.
(Assurance to Duke of Norfolk) c. 22
(Will of John Rooper of Canterbury) c. 23 — note that this Act is still in force
(Release of loans, etc.) c. 24
(Wolsey attainder not to effect lands seized to uses) c. 25
(Assurance to Duchess of Norfolk) c. 26

1530 (22 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 17–23 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–7

(Regrators of wool) c. 1. An Act against Regrators and Gatherers of Wool.
(Foreign pleas) c. 2. An Act for avoiding of foreign Pleas pleaded by Felons.
(Plumstead Marsh (existing debts)) c. 3. An Act concerning Plumsted Marsh.
(Apprentices' fees) c. 4. An Act concerning the avoiding of Exactions levied on Apprentices.
Bridges Act 1530
Bridges Act 1530
The Bridges Act 1530 , sometimes called the Statute of Bridges, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1531...

c. 5. An Act concerning the Amendment of Bridges in Highways.
(Butchers) c. 6. An Act for Butchers not to keep Tan-houses.
(Exportation) c. 7. An Act against Conveyance of Horses out of this Realm.
(Customs) c. 8. An Act for Denizens to pay Strangers Customs.
(Poisoning)
Poisoning Act 1530
The Poisoning Act 1530 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was "An Act for Poisoning." It made it high treason to murder someone with poison, and instead of the usual punishment for treason it imposed death by boiling. It was repealed by the Treason Act 1547....

c. 9. An Act for Poisoning.
Egyptians Act 1530
Egyptians Act 1530
The Egyptians Act 1530 was an Act passed by the Parliament of England in 1531 to expel the "outlandish people calling themselves Egyptians", meaning Gypsies. It was repealed by the Act 19 & 20 Vict...

c. 10. An Act concerning Egyptians.
(Powdyke in Marshland (malicious injury a felony)) c. 11. An Act concerning Powdike in Marsh-land.
(Vagabonds) c. 12. An Act how aged, poor and impotent Persons, compelled to live by Alms, shall be ordered; and how Vagabonds and Beggars shall be punished.
(Aliens) c. 13. An Act concerning Bakers, Brewers, Surgeons and Scriveners.
(Abjuration, etc.) c. 14. An Act concerning Abjurations into Sanctuaries.
(Pardon to clergy) c. 15. An Act concerning a Pardon granted to the King's Spiritual Subjects of the Province of Canterbury for the Premunire.
(Pardon to laity) c. 16. An Act concerning the Pardon granted to the King's Temporal Subjects for the Premunire.
(Duke of Richmond) c. 17
(Expenses of King's household) c. 18
(Assurance to heirs of Sir William Fyloll) c. 19
(Town of Southampton) c. 20 — note that this Act is still in force
(Exchange between King and heirs of Lord Montague) c. 21
(Annuities granted out of Bishopric of Winchester) c. 22
(Jointure of Countess of Derby) c. 23

1531 (23 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 21–34 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–14

(Benefit of clergy) c. 1. An Act that no Person committing Petty Treason, Murder or Felony, shall be admitted to his Clergy, under Subdeacon.
(Gaols) c. 2. An Act concerning where and under what Manner the Gaols within this Realm shall be edified and made.
(Attaints) c. 3. An Act concerning Perjury, and Punishment of untrue Verdicts.
(Brewers and coopers) c. 4. An Act that no Brewers of Beer or Ale shall make their Barrels, Kilderkins nor Firkins, within them; and how much the same Barrels, &c. shall contain.
(Statute of Sewers) c. 5. A General Act concerning Commissions of Sewers to be directed in all Parts within this Realm.
(Recognizances for debt) c. 6. An Act concerning before whom Recognizances of Debts shall be made, and the Form of the Obligation.
(Foreign Wines) c. 7. An Act that the Statutes made for the Maintenance of the Navy of this Realm shall stand in full Strength; and how Gascoigne and French Wines shall be brought in, and the same and other Wines sold.
(Tin (maintenance of ports in Devon and Cornwall)) c. 8. An Act for the amending and Maintenance of the Havens and Ports of Plymouth, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Falmouth and Fowey, in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall.
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1531 c. 9. An Act that no Person shall be cited out of the Diocees where he or she dwelleth, except in certain Cases.
(Mortmain) c. 10. An Act for Feoffments and Assurances of Lands and Tenements made to the Use of any Parish Church, Chapel or such like.
(Breaking prison) c. 11. An Act for breaking of Prison by Clerks convict.
(Tolls, Severn side) c. 12. An Act for taking Exactions upon the Paths of Severn.
(Juries in towns (qualification)) c. 13. An Act that Men in Cities, Boroughs and Towns, which be clearly worth Forty Pounds in Goods, shall pass in Trial of Murders.
(Outlawry) c. 14. Process of Outlawry to lie in Actions on 5 Rich. 2. [and] in Covenant and Annuity.
(Costs) c. 15. An Act that the Defendant shall recover Costs against the Plaintiff, if the Plaintiff be nonsuited, or if the Verdict pass against him.
(Conveyance of horses into Scotland) c. 16. An Act that no Englishman shall sell, exchange or deliver, to be conveyed into Scotland, any Horse, Gelding or Mare, without the King's Licence.
(Winding of wool) c. 17. An Act for true winding of Wools.
(Fish) c. 18. An Act for pulling down and avoiding of Fish-garths, Piles, Stakes, Hecks and other Engines set in the River and Water of Ouse and Humber.
(Pardon to clergy) c. 19. An Act concerning the King's gracious Pardon of Premunire granted unto his Spiritual Subjects of the Province of York.
(Payment of annates) c. 20. An Act concerning Restraint of Payment of Annates to the See of Rome.
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of Westminster) c. 21
(Exchange of lands, King and Christ's College, Cambridge) c. 22
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of Waltham) c. 23
(Exchange of lands, King and Provost of Eton) c. 24
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of St Albans) c. 25
(Exchange of lands, King and Prior of St John of Jerusalem) c. 26
(Exchange of lands, King and Prior of Sheene) c. 27
(Exchange of lands, King, Duke of Richmond and Lord Lumley) c. 28
(Lands of Earl of Surrey) c. 29
(Manor of Hunsdon) c. 30
(Jointure of Countess of Wiltshire) c. 31
(Award to heirs of Earl of Oxford) c. 32
(Jointure of dowager Countess of Oxford and Countess of Oxford) c. 33
(Attainder of Gruffyth and Hughes) c. 34

1532 (24 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 14–16 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–3

(Leather) c. 1. An Act concerning true tanning and currying of Leather.
(Woollen cloth) c. 2. An Act concerning the true dying of Woollen Cloth.
(Sale of flesh) c. 3. An Act for Flesh to be sold by Weight.
(Flax and hemp) c. 4. An Act concerning sowing of Flax and Hemp.
(Killing a thief) c. 5. An Act where a Man killing a Thief, shall not forfeit his Goods.
(Sale of wines) c. 6. An Act concerning Sale of Wines.
(Killing calves) c. 7. An Act to continue and renew the Act made against killing of Calves.
(Costs) c. 8. An Act where Defendants shall not recover any Costs.
(Killing weanlings) c. 9. An Act against killing of young Beasts called Weanlings.
(Destruction of crows, etc.) c. 10. An Act made and ordained to destroy Choughs, Crows and Rooks.
(Highway paving between Strond Cross and Charing Cross) c. 11. An Act for paving of the Highway between the Strond Cross and Charing Cross.
Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532 c. 12. An Act that the Appeals in such Cases as have been used to be pursued to the See of Rome, shall not be from henceforth had pursued but within this Realm.
(Apparel) c. 13. An Act for Reformation of Excess in Apparel.
(Lands of Walter Walsh) c. 14
(Repeal of letters patent to Corporation of Hull) c. 15
(London butchers) c. 16

1533 (25 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 23–34 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–5, 7, 6, 8, 12, and 9–11 respectively

(Graziers and butchers) c. 1. An Act concerning Graziers and Butchers.
(Price of victuals) c. 2. An Act of Proclamation to be made concerning Victuals.
Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533
Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533
The Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It stated that anyone who refused to plead in a criminal trial would not be eligible for benefit of clergy....

c. 3. An Act for standing mute, and peremptory Challenge.
(Fish) c. 4. An Act against Forestalling and Regrating of Fish.
(Worsteds) c. 5. An Act for Calendering of Worsteds.
Buggery Act 1533
Buggery Act 1533
The Buggery Act 1533, formally An Acte for the punysshement of the vice of Buggerie , was an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed during the reign of Henry VIII...

c. 6. An Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggery.
(Fish) c. 7. An Act against killing of young Spawn or Fry of Eels and Salmon.
(Holborn street paving) c. 8. An Act for paving of Holborn.
(Pewterers) c. 9. An Act concerning Pewterers.
(Oath of commissioners of sewers) c. 10. An Act concerning the Acceptance of the Oath to the Act of Sewers.
(Wild-fowl) c. 11. An Act against Destruction of Wild-Fowl.
(Treason of Elizabeth Barton (pretended revelations)) c. 12. An Act concerning the Attainder of Elizabeth Barton and others.
(Tillage) c. 13. An Act concerning Farms and Sheep.
(Heresy) c. 14. An Act for Punishment of Heresy.
(Printers and binders) c. 15. An Act for Printers and Binders of Books.
(Clergy) c. 16. An Act that every Judge of the High Courts may have One Chaplain beneficed with Cure.
(Cross-bows) c. 17. An Act for shooting in Cross Bows and Hand Guns.
(Cloths) c. 18. An Act for Clothiers within the Shire of Worcester.
Submission of the Clergy Act 1533 c. 19 (still in force). An Act for the Submission of the Clergy to the King's Majesty.
Appointment of Bishops Act 1533
Act Concerning Ecclesiastical Appointments and Absolute Restraint of Annates
The Act Concerning Ecclesiastical Appointments and Absolute Restraint of Annates – short title Appointment Of Bishops Act 1533 was passed by the Reformation Parliament in 1534...

c. 20 (still in force). An Act restraining the Payment of Annates.
Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533
Act Concerning Peter's Pence and Dispensations
The Act Concerning Peter's Pence and Dispensations – short title Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 – was passed by the English Reformation Parliament in the early part of 1534 and outlawed the payment of Peter's Pence and other payments to Rome.-Description:Peter's Pence was originally an annual...

c. 21 (still in force). An Act concerning the Exoneration of the King's Subjects from Exactions and Impositions heretofore paid to the See of Rome; and for having Licences and Dispensations within this Realm, without suing further for the same.
(Succession to the Crown) c. 22. An Act declaring the Establishment of Succession of the King's most Royal Majesty in the Imperial Crown of this Realm.
(Discharge of payment by Plymouth to Plympton monastery) c. 23
(Exchange of lands, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Oxford) c. 24
(Queen's jointure) c. 25
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of Waltham) c. 26
(Deprivation of Bishops of Sarum and Worcester) c. 27
(Queen Katherine) c. 28
(Bishop of Norwich (pardon and restoration)) c. 29
(Exchange between King, Duke of Richmond and Lord Lumley) c. 30
(Assurance of Manor of Pyssowe) c. 31
(Pardon of Richard Southwell and others) c. 32
(Assurance of Christchurch, London to the King) c. 33
(Attainder of John Wolff and others) c. 34 An Acte concernyng the attaynder of John Wolff his wyffe and others

1534 (26 Hen. 8)

Note that c. 19 was not included in traditional collection of Acts, and that cc. 20–26 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–7

(Supremacy of the Crown) c. 1. An Act concerning the King's Highness to be Supreme Head of the Church of England, and to have Authority to reform and redress all Errors, Heresies and Abuses in the same.
(Succession to the Crown) c. 2. An Act ratifying the Oath that every of the King's Subjects hath taken, and shall hereafter be bound to take, for due Observation of the Act made for the Surety of the Succession of the King's Highness in the Crown of the Realm.
(First fruits and tenths) c. 3. An Act concerning the Payments of First-fruits of all Dignities, Benefices and Promotions Spiritual; and also concerning one annual Pension of the tenth Part of all the Possessions of the Church, Spiritual and Temporal, granted to the King's Highness and his Heirs.
(Jurors in Wales) c. 4. An Act for Punishment of Perjury of Jurors in the Lordships Marchers in Walts.
(Ferries on the Severn) c. 5. An Act that Keepers of Ferries on the Water of Severn shall not convey in their Ferry-boats any manner of Person, Goods or Chattels, after the Sun going down till the Sun be up.
(Marches in Wales) c. 6. An Act that Murthers and Felonies done or committed within any Lordship Marcher in Wales, shall be inquired of at the Sessions holden within the Shire Grounds next adjoining; with many goods Orders for Ministration of Justice there to be had.
(Sussex highway (diversion)) c. 7. An Act for amending of Highways in Sussex.
(Rebuilding at Norwich (after the fire)) c. 8. An Act for the Re-edifying of void Grounds in the City of Norwich.
(Rebuilding at Lynn Bishop, Norfolk) c. 9. An Act for the Re-edifying of void Grounds within the Town of Lynne.
(Importation, etc.) c. 10. An Act whereby the King's Highness hath Authority to repeal the Statute made for Restraint of Wines to come in afore Candlemas.
(Assaults by Welshmen) c. 11. An Act for Punishment of Welshmen attempting any Assaults or Affrays upon any the Inhabitants of Hereford, Gloucester and Shropshire.
(Purgation of convicts in Wales) c. 12. An Act for Purgation of Convicts in Wales.
Treasons Act 1534
Treasons Act 1534
The Treasons Act 1534 was an Act passed by the Parliament of England in 1534, during the reign of King Henry VIII.This Act was passed after the Act of Supremacy 1534, which made the king the "Only Head of the Church of England on Earth." The 1534 Act made it treason, punishable by death, to...

c. 13. An Act whereby divers Offences be made High Treason.
Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 was an Act of the Parliament of England that authorised the appointment of suffragan bishops in England and Wales...

c. 14 (still in force). An Act for Nomination and Consecration of Suffragans within this Realm.
(Abolition of mortuaries in Richmond, Yorkshire) c. 15. An Act for taking away certain Exactions taken within the Archdeaconry of Richmond by Spiritual Men.
(Worsteds (Norwich, Lynn, and Yarmouth)) c. 16. An Act for making of Worsteds in the City of Norwich, and in the Towns of Lyn and Yarmouth.
(First fruits and tenths) c. 17. An Act that no Farmers of Spiritual Persons shall be compelled or charged to pay for their Leaser's First Fruits, or Year's Pension of the Tenth, granted to the King's Highness.
(General pardon) c. 18. An Act concerning the King's general and free Pardon granted by his Highness.
(Taxation) c. 19. An Act containing a Grant of Subsidy unto the King's Highness for a Fifteenth and Tenth.
(Assurance of lands to Duke of Norfolk) c. 20
(Assurance of lands to Duke of Richmond) c. 21
(Attainder of the Bishop of Rochester and others) c. 22
(Attainder of Sir Thomas More) c. 23
(Exchange, King and Abbot of Waltham) c. 24
(Attainder of the Earl of Kildare) c. 25
(Merchants of the Stylyard) c. 26

1535 (27 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 29–59, 61–63 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–31, 32–34 respectively, and that c. 60 was not included in traditional collections of Acts

(Rebuilding in various towns) c. 1. An Act for Re-edifying of divers Towns in the Realm.
Forging the Sign-manual, etc. Act 1535 c. 2. An Act concerning the Forging of the King's Sign Manual, Signet and Privy Seal.
(Kingston upon Hull) c. 3. An Act for avoiding of Exactions taken at Kyngston upon Hull.
(Offences at sea) c. 4. An Act concerning Pirates and Robbers of the Sea.
(Justice of the Peace (Chester and Wales)) c. 5. An Act for the making of Justices of Peace in Wales.
Breed of Horses Act 1535
Breed of Horses Act 1535
The Breed of Horses Act 1535 and the Horses Act 1540 were pieces of legislation passed by the Parliament of England designed to improve the national stock of horses through equestrian eugenics. They were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863....

c. 6. An Act concerning the Breed of Horses.
(Forests in Wales) c. 7. An Act for the Abuses in the Forests of Wales.
(First fruits and tenths) c. 8. An Act for Discharge of Payment of the Tenth in that Year in which they pay their First Fruits.
(Butchers) c. 9. An Act licensing all Butchers for a time to sell Vytell in Grose at their Pleasure.
Statute of Uses
Statute of Uses
The Statute of Uses was an Act of the Parliament of England that restricted the application of uses in English property law. The Statute was originally conceived by Henry VIII of England as a way to rectify his financial problems by simplifying the law of uses, which moved land outside the royal...

c. 10. An Act concerning Uses and Wills.
(Clerks of the Signet and Privy Seal) c. 11. An Act concerning Clerks of the Signet and Privy Seal.
(Woollen cloths) c. 12. An Act for true making of Woollen Clothes.
(Exportation) c. 13. An Act that White Woollen Cloths of Four Pounds and under, and coloured Cloths of Three Pounds and under, may be from henceforth carried over the Sea.
(Customs) c. 14. An Act concerning the Custom of Leather.
(Ecclesiastical canons) c. 15. An Act whereby the King's Majesty shall have Power to nominate Thirty two Persons of his Clergy and Lay Fee for making of Ecclesiastical Laws.
(Enrolment of bargains of lands, etc.) c. 16. An Act concerning Inrollments of Bargains and Contracts of Lands and Tenements.
(Embezzlement) c. 17. An Act concerning such as be put in Trust by their Masters, and after do rob them.
(Thames conservancy ships' ballast, etc.) c. 18. An Act for the Preservation of the River of Thames.
(Sanctuary) c. 19. An Act limiting an Order for Sanctuaries and Sanctuary Persons.
(Tithes) c. 20. An Act containing an Order for Tithes throughout the Realm.
(Tithes, London) c. 21. An Act limiting an Order for Payment of Tithes within the City of London.
(Tillage) c. 22. An Act concerning Decay of Houses and Inclosures.
(Tin (preservation of ports in Devon and Cornwall)) c. 23. An Act for the Preservation of Havens and Ports in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall.
Jurisdiction in Liberties Act 1535 c. 24. An Act for continuing of certain Liberties and Franchises heretofore taken from the Crown.
(Vagabonds) c. 25. An Act for Punishment of sturdy Vagabonds and Beggars.
Laws in Wales Act 1535
Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 were parliamentary measures by which the legal system of Wales was annexed to England and the norms of English administration introduced. The intention was to create a single state and a single legal jurisdiction; frequently referred to as England and Wales...

c. 26 (repealed 1993 (c. 38)). An Act for Laws and Justice to be ministered in Wales in like Form as it is in this Realm.
(Court of Augmentations) c. 27. An Act establishing the Court of Augmentations.
Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 c. 28. An Act that all Religious Houses under the yearly Revenue of Two hundred Pounds shall be dissolved and given to the King and his Heirs.
(Assurance of Manor of Grenes Norton) c. 29
(Jointure of Lady Elizabeth Vaux) c. 30
(Lands of Lord Awdeley) c. 31
(Agreement, Earl of Rutland and City of York) c. 32
(Exchange of lands, King, Duke of Norfolk and Prior of Thetford) c. 33
(Exchange of lands, King and Archbishop of Canterbury) c. 34
(Land reclamation (Wapping marsh)) c. 35
(Jointure of Lady Clifford) c. 36
(Pardon to Duke of Suffolk) c. 37
(Exchange of lands, King, Duke of Suffolk and Earl of Northumberland) c. 38
(Assurance of lands to King and Duke of Suffolk) c. 39
(Agreement, Duke of Suffolk and Sir Christopher Willoughby) c. 40
(Assurance of lands to Queen Anne for her life) c. 41
(Universities and Colleges exempt from first fruits and tenths) c. 42
(Award Sir Piers Dutton and Sir William Molineux) c. 43
(Partition of lands between the heirs of Lord Broke) c. 44
(Assurance to King of temporalities of See of Norwich) c. 45
(Partition of lands Lord Thomas Howard and Sir Thomas Poynings) c. 46
(Assurance to King of land of Earl of Northumberland) c. 47
(Assurance of lands to Lord Chancellor Awdeley) c. 48
(Assurance of lands in Cheape to City of London) c. 49
(Assurance of Manor of Halynge to King) c. 50
(Assurance of Manor of Collyweston to Queen) c. 51
(Exchange of lands, King and Corpus Christi College, Oxford) c. 52
(Exchange of lands, King and Prior of Marton Abbey) c. 53
(Assurance of lands to Sir Arthur Darcy) c. 54
(Assurance of lands to Anne Fitzwilliam) c. 55
(Assurance of land to Lord William Howard) c. 56
(Assurance of lands to Thomas Pope) c. 57
(Annulment of feofment by Sir Thomas More) c. 58
(Attainder of John Lewes) c. 59
(Tenths) c. 60
(Assurance of Manor of Bromhill to King) c. 61
(Surveyors of Crown lands) c. 62
(Ordinances for Calais) c. 63

1536 (28 Hen. 8)

Note that cc. 18–52 were traditionally cited as Private Acts cc. 1–35

(Abjuration, benefit of clergy) c. 1. An Act that Felons abjuring for Petit Treason, Murder or Felony, shall not be admitted to the Benefit of their Clergy.
(Embezzlement) c. 2. An Act for continuing of two Statutes made in the last Parliament, touching such as go away with Caskets, Jewels, Goods or Plate of their Masters.
(Wales) c. 3. An Act giving the King's Highness Authority newly to allot the Townships in the Shires and Marches of Wales at any Time within three Years next ensuing.
(Cloths) c. 4. An Act repealing the Statute lately made for the bringing in of Doulas and Lockerams.
Apprentices Act 1536 c. 5. An Act for avoiding of Exactions taken upon Prentices in the Cities, Boroughs and Towns Corporate.
(Continuance of Acts) c. 6. An Act made for continuing of the Statutes for Beggars and Vagabonds; and against Conveyance of Horses and Mares out of this Realm; against Welshmen making Affrays in the Counties of Hereford, Gloucester and Salop; and against the Vice of Buggery.
(Succession to the Crown: marriage
Second Succession Act
The Second Succession Act of Henry VIII's reign was passed by the Parliament of England in June 1536, removing both Mary and Elizabeth from the line of the succession. The Act was formally titled "An Act concerning the Succession of the Crown"...

) c. 7. An Act for the Establishment of the Succession of the Imperial Crown of this Realm.
(Continuance of Acts) c. 8. An Act for Continuance of the Statutes against the Carriage of Brass, Laten and Copper out of this Realm; and for making of Cables and Ropes; and others.
(Continuance of Acts) c. 9. An Act for Continuance of the Statutes of Perjury; for making of Jayles; for Pewterers; and for sowing of Flax and Hemp.
See of Rome Act 1536
See of Rome Act 1536
An Act extinguishing the authority of the bishop of Rome was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England in 1536...

c. 10. An Act extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome.
Tithe Act 1536 c. 11 (still in force). An Act for Restitution of the First Fruits in Time of Vacation to the next Incumbent.
(Palace of Westminster) c. 12. An Act declaring the Limits of the King's Palace of Westminster. — this Act is still in force
(Clergy) c. 13. An Act compelling Spiritual Persons to keep Residence upon their Benefices.
(Wines) c. 14. An Act limiting the Prices of Wines.
Offences at Sea Act 1536 c. 15. An Act for Punishment of Pirates and Robbers of the Sea.
Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 c. 16. An Act for the Release of such as have obtained pretended Licences and Dispensations from The See of Rome.
(Repeal of Acts) c. 17. An Act giving Authority to such as shall succeed to the Crown of this Realm, when they come to the Age of xxiv. Years, to make frustrate such Acts as shall be made afore in their Time.
(Treason)
Treason Act 1536
The Treason Act 1536 was an Act passed by the English Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. It made it high treason to marry or become engaged to the King's children, sisters, paternal aunts, or his nieces or nephews without the King's written permission, or "to deflower any...

c. 18.
(Assurance of lands to St. Saviour's Bermondsey, to King) c. 19
(Assurance of lands to Dame Grace Parker) c. 20
(Exchange of lands, King and Prior of St. John of Jerusalem) c. 21
(Assurance of lands of Earl of Warwick to King) c. 22
(Pension to late Bishop of Chichester) c. 23
(Attainder of Lord Thomas Howard) c. 24
(Assurance of lands to Lord Beauchamp) c. 25
(Assurance of lands at Kew to Lord Beauchamp) c. 26
(Church of Elsing Spytle, parish church of St Alphes) c. 27 — this Act is still in force
(Assurance of Richard's castle to John Onley) c. 28
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of Westminster) c. 29
(Assurance of Stanton Barrey to King) c. 30
(Enlarging St Margaret's churchyard Southwark) c. 31 — this Act is still in force
(Assurance of lands to King from Sir William Essex and others) c. 32
(Exchange, King and Bishop of Durham) c. 33
(Assurance of Baynard's Castle to Duke of Richmond) c. 34
(Exchange of lands, King and Lord Sandys) c. 35
(Award, Sir Adrian Fortescue and Sir Walter Stonor) c. 36
(Marriage of Richard Devereux) c. 37
(Assurance of Manors of Southwark and Parysgarden Hyde to Queen) c. 38
(Assurance of lands of Earldom of March to King) c. 39
(Assurance of Manor of Kyrteling to Edward North) c. 40
(Assurance of Manor of Birmingham to King) c. 41
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of Abingdon) c. 42
(Assurance of lands to Thomas Jermyn) c. 43
(Assurance of Manor of Haslingfield to Prior of Charterhouse) c. 44
(Jointure of Queen Jane) c. 45
(Assurance of lands to Thomas Hatcliffe) c. 46
(Assurance of lands to John Gostwick) c. 47
(Marriage of Lord Bulbeck) c. 48
(Exchange of lands, King and Abbot of Westminster) c. 49
(Exchange of lands, King, Archbishop of Canterbury and Thomas Cromwell) c. 50
(Assurance of lands to Duchess of Suffolk) c. 51
(Lands of Lord Rochford and other persons attainted) c. 52

Public Acts

(Joint tenants and tenants in common) c. 1. An Act concerning Joint Tenants and Tenants in Common.
(Fishing) c. 2. An Act that fishing in any several Pond, Stew or Mote, with an Intent to steal Fish out of the same, is Felony.
(Certain lands in Kent disgavelled) c. 3. An Act changing the Custom of Gavelkind.
(River Exe) c. 4. An Act concerning the amending of the River and Port of Exeter. — this Act is still in force
(Manor of Hampton Court) c. 5. An Act whereby the King's Manor of Hampton Court is made an Honour, and a new Chase thereto belonging.
(Monasteries, etc.) c. 6. An Act that such as were religious Persons may purchase, sue and be sued, in all manner of Actions.
(Continuance of Acts) c. 7. An Act concerning the Continuance of the Statute for Punishment of Beggars and Vagabonds, and of certain other Statutes.
Proclamation by the Crown Act 1539
Proclamation by the Crown Act 1539
The Proclamation by the Crown Act 1539 was a law enacted by the English Reformation Parliament of Henry VIII...

c. 8. An Act that Proclamations made by the King's Highness, with the Advice of His Honourable Council, shall be obeyed, and kept as though they were made by Act of Parliament.
(Bishops) c. 9. An Act authorising the King's Highness to make Bishops by his Letters Patent.
House of Lords Precedence Act 1539 c. 10 (still in force). An Act concerning placing of the Lords in the Parliament Chamber, and other Assemblies and Conferences of Council.
(Wales) c. 11. Act authorising the King's Highness newly to allot certain Townships in Wales.
(Taking of hawks) c. 12. An Act concerning wrongful taking of Hawks' Eggs and Birds out of the Nests; finding and taking up of the King's Hawks; hunting in the King's Forest, Park or Chase, or other Ground inclosed; and killing of Conies within any lawful Warren of the King's.
Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539
Second Act of Dissolution
The Second Act of Dissolution , also known as the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries, was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1539 in the reign of Henry VIII which provided for the dissolution of 552 Catholic monasteries and houses remaining after the Dissolution of the...

c. 13. An Act for the Dissolution of all Monasteries and Abbies.
(Religion) c. 14 (Statute of the Six Articles). An Act for abolishing of Diversity of Opinions of certain Articles concerning Christian Religion.

Private Acts

Attainder of Marquis of Exeter and others. c. 15
Lady Taylboys' jointure. c. 16
Assurance of Mansion House in St. Laurence Pountney to Earl of Sussex. c. 17
Assurance of Chester Place to Earl of Hertford. c. 18
Assurance of Rycott Manor to Sir John Williams. c. 19
Lady Rochford's jointure. c. 20
Assurance of lands to Sir Christopher Hales. c. 21
Restitution of Sir Henry Norreis. c. 22
Assurance of lands to Sir Richard Rich. c. 23
Assurance of lands to Sir Henry Long and Sir Thomas Seymour. c. 24
Assurance of Bath Place to Earl of Southampton. c. 25
Exchange between Bishops of Rochester and Carlisle and Lord Russell. c. 26
Chancery Clerks' House. c. 27
Assurance of lands to Wyatt and Culpeper. c. 28

Public Acts

(Wills
Statute of Wills
The Statute of Wills was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it possible, for the first time in English history, for landholders to determine who would inherit their land upon their death by permitting bequest by will...

) c. 1. An Act how Lands may be willed by Testament.
(Limitation of prescription) c. 2. An Act for Limitation of Prescription.
(Perpetuation of Acts) c. 3. An Act for the Continuation of certain Acts.
Treasons in Wales Act 1540
Treasons in Wales Act 1540
The Treasons in Wales Act 1540 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It gave to commissioners the authority to try people for treason committed in Wales "or where the King's writ runneth not."...

c. 4. An Act for Trial of Treasons in Wales.
(Execution) c. 5. An Act for Contentation of Debts upon Execution.
(Conveyance of horses into Scotland) c. 6. An Act for Trial of Felonies upon conveying of Horses into Scotland.
Tithe Act 1540 c. 7. An Act for the true Payment of Tithes and Offerings.
(Game) c. 8. An Act against Sellers and Buyers of Pheasants and Partridges.
Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540
Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540
The Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540 is an Act of the Parliament of England.Any offence under this Act, to the extent to which it depended on any provision of this Act, was abolished for England and Wales on 21 July 1967...

c. 9. An Act against Maintenance, Embracery; and against unlawful buying of Titles.
(Priests, etc.) c. 10. An Act for the Moderation of the Punishment of Incontinency of Priests and Women offending with them.
(Stealing hawks' eggs, etc.) c. 11. An Act concerning stealing of Hawk's Eggs, Conies and Deer.
(Sanctuaries) c. 12. An Act concerning Sanctuaries, Privileges of Churches and Church-yards.
(Horses) c. 13. An Act concerning the Breed of Horses of higher Stature.
(Navigation) c. 14. An Act for Maintenance of the Navy of England, and for certain Rates of Freights.
(Religion) c. 15. An Act concerning Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors, Commissary, Archdeacons and their Officials, to be in the Commission of the Act concerning the Abolition of erroneous Opinions in Christian Religion.
(Aliens) c. 16. An Act concerning Strangers.
(Paving of Holborn, Aldgate, etc.) c. 17. An Act for paving of Aldgate to Whitechapel, High Holborn, Chancery Lane, Grays-Inn Lane, Shoe Lane and Feuther Lane.
(Rebuilding of certain towns) c. 18. An Act for re-edifying of decayed Houses in sundry Towns, and Places of the Realm.
(Rebuilding of West Country towns) c. 19. An Act for re-edifying of decayed Houses in sundry Towns of the West Parts.
(Suppression of monasteries) c. 20. An Act concerning Privileges and Franchises.
(Trinity term) c. 21. An Act for the Abbreviation and Limitation of Trinity Term.
(Tenths) c. 22. An Act concerning the Accounts of Bishops and others, for the Tenth granted to the King's Majesty.
(Taxation) c. 23. The Subsidy of the Clergy of the Province of Canterbury.
(Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (possessions, etc.)) c. 24. An Act concerning the Lands and Goods of the Hospitals of St. John of Jerusalem in England and Ireland, to be hereafter in the King's Hands and Disposition.
(Succession to the Crown)
Treason Act 1540
The Treason Act 1540 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its short title was "An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves."...

c. 25. An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves.
(Religion) c. 26. An Act concerning true Opinions and Declarations of Christ's Religion.
(Certain recent grants and licences avoided) c. 27. An Act for the Resumption of extraordinary Grants and of Licences of Absence; and Reversions in the Town of Calais, and the Marches of the same, and in Berwick; and of the Sheriffwicks for Life in Wales.
(Leases) c. 28. An Act that Lessees shall enjoy their Farms against the Tenants in Tail.
(Lands at Oswaldbeck, Nottinghamshire (descent)) c. 29. An Act concerning customable Lands in Osweldebek Soke.
(Mispleadings, jeofails, etc.) c. 30. An Act concerning Mispleading, Jeofails and Attornies.
(Recoveries) c. 31. An Act for the avoiding of Recoveries by Collusion, by Tenants for Term of Life.
(Joint tenants for life or years) c. 32. An Act concerning Joint Tenants for Term of Life or Years.
(Disseisin) c. 33. An Act that wrongful Disseisin is no Descent in the Law.
(Grantees of reversions) c. 34. An Act concerning Grantees of Reversions to take Advantage of the Conditions to be performed by the Lessees.
(Forest) c. 35. An Act that Justices of Forests may make Deputies.
(Fines) c. 36. An Act for the Exposition of the Statute of Fines.
Cestui que vie Act 1540 c. 37. For Recovery of Arrearages of Rents by Executors of Tenant in Fee-simple.
Marriage Act 1540 c. 38. An Act concerning Pre-contracts of Marriages, and touching Degrees of Consanguinity.
(King's household) c. 39. The Jurisdiction of the Great Master of the King's Household.
Physicians Act 1540 c. 40. An Act concerning the Privileges of Physicians.
(Horsebread) c. 41. An Act concerning baking of Horse-bread.
(Concerning barbers and chirurgians) c. 42. An Act concerning Barbers and Surgeons to be of one Company.
(Shire days in County of Chester) c. 43. An Act concerning Shire-days in the County Palatine of Chester.
(Royston) c. 44. An Act that the Town of Roysten is reduced to one new Parish.
(Court of First Fruits and Tenths) c. 45. The Erection of the Court of the First-fruits and Tenths.
(Court of Wards) c. 46. An Act for the Establishment of the Court of the King's Wards.
(Payment of tenths by Bishop of Norwich) c. 47. An Act that the Bishop of Norwich shall be charged with the Collection of the King's Tenth, in his Diocese.
(Tenure as of Castle of Dover) c. 48. An Act concerning the Castle of Dover, Castle-Wards, and other Munitions thereabout.
(General pardon) c. 49. An Act concerning the King's most gracious, general and free Pardon.
(Taxation) c. 50. An Act for the Grant of two Subsidies, and four Fifteenths and Tenths to the King by the Temporalty.
Queen Consort Act 1540 c. 51

Private Acts

Cancellation of unpaid debts in Cofferer's custody. c. 52
Creation of the Honour
Honour (land)
In medieval England, an honour could consist of a great lordship, comprising dozens or hundreds of manors. Holders of honours often attempted to preserve the integrity of an honour over time, administering its properties as a unit, maintaining inheritances together, etc.The typical honour had...

of Ewelme by separating the Honour of Wallingford
Honour of Wallingford
The Honour of Wallingford was a medieval English honour located circa 1066 to 1540 in present-day Oxfordshire.The Honour of Wallingford was established after the Norman conquest of England, which began in 1066. The Honour initially encompassed Wallingford and Harpsden and thereafter gained...

from the Duchy of Cornwall and uniting it to the manor of Ewelme. c. 53
Uniting various manors to Windsor Castle. c. 54
Honour of Hampton Court: annexation of the Manor of Nonsuch. c. 55
Uniting various manors to the Honour of Petworth. c. 56
County Palatine of Duchy of Lancaster: placing the Monastery of Furness within the survey, letting and setting of the Chancellor and officers of the county. c. 57
Attainder of Giles Heron. c. 58
Attainders of Richard Fetherston
Richard Fetherston
Richard Fetherston was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was chaplain to Catharine of Aragon and tutor to her daughter, Mary Tudor. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, 29 December 1886.-Life:...

, Thomas Abell, Edward Powell
Edward Powell
Edward Powell was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest and theologian, in opposition to Henry VIII of England. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886.-Life:...

, William Horne, Laurence Cooke and Margaret Tyrrell for adherence to the Church of Rome. c. 59
Attainders of Butolph, Damplipp, Brindholme
Edmund Brindholme
Edmund Brindholme was an English Catholic priest, executed under an act of attainder on a charge of involvement in a plot to betray Calais, then an English possession, to the French....

, Philpot, Gryning, Barnes, Geratt, Jerome and Carewe for adherence to the Church of Rome. c. 60
Attainders of William Byrd, Lord Hungerford and others. c. 61
Attainder of Lord Cromwell. c. 62
Exchange of lands between King and Prebend of Rugemore. c. 63
Creating the Parish of St. Saviour, Southwark by uniting the parishes of St. Margaret and St. Mary Magdalen. c. 64
Resumption of the assignment made of the King's Household. c. 65
Sale between King and Sir Richard Rich. c. 66
Assurance of Rotherfield Greys (Oxfordshire) to Sir Frances Knolles. c. 67
Exchange of lands between the King and Elizabeth Hill. c. 68
Audrey Hare's estate: enabling her to sell land despite her minority. c. 69
Richard Long, concerning Shingay. c. 70
Sir Edward and Dame Isabel Baynton. c. 71
Assurance of lands to Harper. c. 72
Exchange between the King and Duke of Norfolk. c. 73
Exchange between the King and Lord La Warr. c. 74
Concerning Mr. Wyatt. c. 75
Exchange between Lord Audley, Sir Thomas Poynings and others. c. 76
Exchange between the King and Mr Wyat. c. 77
Assurance of lands to the Earl of Hertford. c. 78
Marquis of Dorset and Lord John Gray. c. 79
Exchange of lands between the King and the Duke of Norfolk. c. 80

Public Acts

(Counterfeit letters, etc.) c. 1. An Act concerning counterfeit Letters or privy Tokens to receive Money or Goods in other Men's Names.
(Fish) c. 2. An Act concerning buying of Fish upon the Sea.
(Welsh) c. 3. An Act for folding of Cloths in North Wales.
(Pewterers) c. 4. An Act concerning Pewterers.
(Horses) c. 5. An Act concerning keeping of great Horses.
(Cross-bows) c. 6. An Act concerning Cross-bows and Hand-guns.
(Exportation) c. 7. An Act concerning the Conveyance of Brass, Latten and Bell-metal over the Sea.
Witchcraft Act 1541 c. 8. An Act against Conjurations, Witchcrafts, Sorcery and Inchantments.
Unlawful Games Act 1541 c. 9. An Act for the Maintenance of Artillery, and debarring unlawful Games.
(Justice of the Peace) c. 10. An Act concerning the Execution of certain Statutes.
(Butchers) c. 11. An Act for Butchers to sell at their Liberty by Weight or otherwise.
Offences within the Court Act 1541 c. 12. An Act for Murder and malicious Bloodshed within the Court.
(Lordships of Wales) c. 13. An Act concerning certain Lordships translated from the County of Denbigh to the County of Flint.
(Prophecies) c. 14. An Act concerning false Prophecies upon Declaration of Names, Arms or Badges.
(Sanctuary) c. 15. An Act touching the Translation of the Sanctuary from Manchester to Westchester.
(Worsted yarn) c. 16. An Act for Worsted Yarn in Norfolk.
(Continuation of Acts) c. 17. An Act for Confirmation and Continuation of certain Acts.
(Kerseys) c. 18. An Act for true making of Kerseys.
(Exportation) c. 19. An Act expounding a certain Statute concerning the shipping of Cloths.
(Consequences of attainder for treason) c. 20. An Act for due Process to be had in High Treasons, in Cases of Lunacy or Madness.
Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541
Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541
The Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1542 to authorise the execution of Catherine Howard for adultery. It also created a new way in which the Royal Assent could be granted to legislation....

c. 21. An Act concerning the Attainder of the late Queen Katharine and her Complices.
(Wards and liveries) c. 22. An Act concerning the Order of Words and Liveries.
(Criminal law) c. 23. An Act to proceed by Commission of Oyer and Determiner against such Persons as shall confess Treason, &c., without remanding the same to be tried in the Shire where the Offence was committed.
(Justices of assize, etc.) c. 24. An Act that no Man shall be Justice of Assise in his own Country.
(Naturalization of certain children born overseas) c. 25. An Act for making free certain Children born, beyond the Sea, and to put the same Children in the Nature of mere Englishmen.
(Conveyances by Sir John Shelton made void) c. 26. An Act to make frustrate certain Conveyances devised by Sir John Shelton.
Leases by Corporations Act 1541 c. 27. An Act for Leases of Hospitals, Colleges and other Corporations to be good and effectual with the Consent of the more Party.
(Clergy) c. 28. An Act for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chancellor of the Augmentations, and certain other Noblemen, to retain Chaplains.
(Monastries, etc.) c. 29. An Act to enable Persons late Religious to sue and to be sued.
(Coventry and Lichfield) c. 30. An Act confirming the Authority of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield making Leases and other Grants.
Bishoprics of Chester and Man Act 1541
Bishoprics of Chester and Man Act 1541
The Bishoprics of Chester and Man Act 1541 was an Act of the Parliament of England that transferred the jurisdiction over the Dioceses of Chester and Sodor and Man from the Archdiocese of Canterbury to the Archdiocese of York....

c. 31. An Act dissevering the Bishoprick of Chester, and of the Isle of Man, from the jurisdiction of Canterbury to the Jurisdiction of York.
(Whitegate church, Chester) c. 32. An Act for the Parish Church of Whitegate to be made a Parish Church of itself, and no Part of the Parish of Over.
(Hull Corporation and fishermen) c. 33. An Act concerning the Privileges of Kingston upon Hull.
(Fairs at King's Lynn) c. 34. An Act for the Town of Lyne, touching the Revocation of two Fairs.
(Gloucester water supply) c. 35. An Act concerning the Conduits at Gloucester.
(Repair of Canterbury and other towns) c. 36. An Act for repairing of Canterbury, Rochester, Stamford, and divers other Towns.
(Honour of Ampthill) c. 37. An Act touching the Honour of Ampthyll.
(Honour of Grafton) c. 38. An Act concerning the Honour of Grafton.
Crown Debts Act 1541 c. 39. An Act concerning the Erection of the Court of Surveyors.

Private Acts

Attainder of Richard Pate
Richard Pate (bishop)
-Life:Born in Oxfordshire, he was a nephew of John Longland. He graduated B.A. from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1523. He studied under Juan Luis Vives, at Bruges....

and Seth Hollond. c. 40
Assurance of the manor of Grafton and Upton Warren [Worcestershire] to Sir Gilbert Talbot. c. 41
Uniting the prebend of Blewbury [Berkshire] to the Bishop of Salisbury and granting the lands of Godalming to Thomas Paston in exchange. c. 42
Exchange of houses between Lord Admiral and Bishop of Rochester. c. 43
King's College, Cambridge. c. 44
Marchioness of Dorset's jointure. c. 45
Assurance of lands to Lady Dacres. c. 46

Public Acts

(Religion
Act for the Advancement of True Religion
The Act for the Advancement of True Religion was an Act passed by the Parliament of England on 12 May 1543. It restricted the reading of the Bible to clerics, noblemen, the gentry and richer merchants. Women below gentry rank, servants, apprentices and generally poor people were forbidden to read it...

) c. 1. An Act for the Advancement of true Religion, and for the Abolishment of the contrary.
(Public Accountant) c. 2. An Act concerning Collectors and Receivers.
(Assize of wood and coals) c. 3. An Act for the Assise of Coal and Wood.
Statute of Bankrupts c. 4. An Act against such Persons as do make Bankrupt.
(Wills) c. 5. An Act for the Explanation of the Statute of Wills.
(Pins) c. 6. An Act for the true making of Pins.
(Wines) c. 7. An Act to authorise certain of the King's Majesty's Council to set Prices upon Wines to be sold by Retail.
Herbalists Act 1542 c. 8. An Act that Persons being no common Surgeons, may administer outward Medicines.
(Unloading of ballast, etc. from ships) c. 9. An Act for the Preservation of the River of Severn.
(Coverlets) c. 10. An Act for the true making of Coverlets in York.
(Welsh frises and cottons) c. 11. An Act for the true making of Frises and Cottons in Wales.
(London and Westminster paving) c. 12. An Act for the paving of certain Lanes and Streets in London and Westminster.
Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542
Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542
Chester and Cheshire Act 1542 is the Act of Parliament allowing Cheshire to be represented in the Parliament of England. The county palatine of Chester, ruled by the earls of Chester was established by William the Conqueror...

c. 13. An Act for Knights and Burgesses to have Places in the Parliament for the County Palatine and City of Chester.
(Criminal law) c. 14. An Act for the Certificate of Convicts to be made into the King's Bench.
(Dean and Chapter of Wells) c. 15. An Act touching the Dean and Chapter of Wells, to be one sole Chapter of itself.
(Sheriffs) c. 16. An Act for Sheriffs to be discharged upon their Accounts, and to have Allowances for their reasonable Expences in the Court of Exchequer.
(Tenths payable by certain bishops) c. 17. An Act for the new-erected Bishops to pay their Tenths into the Court of the First-fruits.
(Canterbury liberties) c. 18. An Act for Canterbury, concerning the Privileges of the fame.
Religious Houses Act 1542 c. 19. An Act for the Payment of Pensions and Portions granted out of the late Abbies.
Feigned Recoveries Act 1542 c. 20. An Act to embar feigned Recovery of Lands wherein the King's Majesty is in Reversion.
(Confirmation of grants) c. 21. An Act for the Confirmation of Letters Patents; notwithstanding misnaming of any Thing contained in the same.
(Fines of lands) c. 22. An Act that Fines in Towns Corporate shall be made as the same have been in Times past.
(Proclamations) c. 23. An Act for the due Execution of Proclamations.
(Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and payment of members) c. 24. An Act for the Assurance of certain Lands to John Hinde, Sergeant at Law.
(Windmill, etc. at Poole) c. 25. An Act for the Edification of a Windmill, and a Conduit at the King's Majesty's Town of Poole.
Laws in Wales Act 1542
Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 were parliamentary measures by which the legal system of Wales was annexed to England and the norms of English administration introduced. The intention was to create a single state and a single legal jurisdiction; frequently referred to as England and Wales...

c. 26 (repealed 1993 (c. 38) & 1994 (c. 32). An Act for certain Ordinances in the King's Majesty's Dominion and Principality of Wales.
(Taxation) c. 27. An Act for the Subsidy of the Temporalty.
(Taxation) c. 28. An Act for the Subsidy of the Clergy granted of both Provinces, Canterbury and York.

Private Acts

Exchange of the Manor of Clerkenwell between King and Duke of Norfolk. c. 29
Assurance of the Treasureship of Sarum Cathedral to Thomas Robertson and of the Archdeaconry of Taunton to John Redman. c. 30
Denization of Thomas Brandoling's children. c. 31
Restitution in blood and name of Walter Hungerford and Edward Nevill. c. 32
Denization of William Maye's children. c. 33
Denization of Robert Dethick's children. c. 34
Assurance of the Clerkship of the Treasury and Warrants in the King's Bench to John Payne. c. 35
Grant of Parsonage of Strubby to Lincoln Cathedral. c. 36
Exchange between Archbishop of Canterbury, John Gage and Thomas Culpepper. c. 37
Assurance of Anne Sidney's jointure. c. 38
John Strelley's estate: partition amongst his daughters. c. 39
Elisabeth Burgh's children: deeming them illegitimate. c. 40
Assignment of Lady Cobham's jointure. c. 41
Hugh Dennis' inheritance and Magdalen College Cambridge's annuity. c. 42
Lady Parr's children: deeming them illegitimate. c. 43
Lady Draycot's estate: assurance of lands to certain heirs. c. 44
For the confirmation or establishment of Southwell Collegiate Church. c. 45
Sir Roger Lewkenor's inheritance: granting the lands according to the King's award. c. 46
Exchange between Bishop of Norwich and Thomas Paston. c. 47
Exchange between King and Bryan Tuke. c. 48

Public Acts

(Succession to the Crown
Third Succession Act
The Third Succession Act of Henry VIII's reign was passed by the Parliament of England in July 1543, and returned both Mary and Elizabeth to the line of the succession behind Prince Edward....

) c. 1
Treason Act 1543
Treason Act 1543
The Treason Act 1543 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the reign of King Henry VIII of England, which stated that acts of treason or misprision of treason that were committed outside the realm of England could be tried within England...

c. 2
(King's style) c. 3
(Repair of decayed houses, England and Wales) c. 4
(Religion) c. 5
(Jurors) c. 6
(Fish) c. 7
(Coopers) c. 8
(Land reclamation (Wapping Marsh)) c. 9
(London water supply) c. 10
(Parliament) c. 11
(Loans to the King) c. 12
(Lands at Walsingham (copyhold)) c. 13
(Lands of religious houses under £200 a year (tenure)) c. 14
(Paving of streets, Cambridge) c. 15
(Canon law) c. 16
(Preservation of woods) c. 17
(General pardon) c. 18

Private Acts

Exchange between King and William Bonham. c. 19
Ratification of Queen Katherine's jointure. c. 20
Exchange between the King and Mr Wollascott. c. 21
Exchange between the King and Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Surrey. c. 22
Exchange between the King and Denny. c. 23
Ratification of the King's award between Lord Dacre and the heirs of Sir James Strangways. c. 24
Assurance of the Prebend of East and West Bedwin [Wiltshire] to the Earl of Hertford. c. 25

Public Acts

Custos Rotulorum Act 1545 c. 1
(Hounslow Heath lands (copyhold, etc.)) c. 2
(Huntington Lane, Cheshire (repairs)) c. 3
Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545 c. 4
(Attaints) c. 5
(Criminal law) c. 6
(Justice of the Peace) c. 7
(Indictments) c. 8
(Usury) c. 9
(Libel) c. 10
(Repair of marshes, East Greenwich) c. 11
(Tithes in London) c. 12
(Repeal of 34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 6 (pin-making)) c. 13
(Scarborough Pier) c. 14
(Wool) c. 15
(Duchy of Lancaster) c. 16
(Ecclesiastical jurisdiction) c. 17
(Crown lands (Honours of Westminster, Kingston, Saint Osyth's, and Donington)) c. 18
(Fines of lands in Lancashire) c. 19
Religious Houses Act 1545 c. 20
(Benefices) c. 21
(Juries) c. 22
(Continuance of Acts) c. 23
(Taxation) c. 24
(Taxation) c. 25

Private Acts

Exchange between the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Bishop of Salisbury. c. 26
Francis Knolles' estate in the manor of Rotherfield Greys [Oxfordshire]. c. 27
Jasper Hartwell and others. c. 28
Assurance of the manor of Ashby-Puerorum [Lincolnshire] to Thomas Littlebury. c. 29
Legitimation of Sir Ralph Sadler's children. c. 30
Knights of St. John marriage enabling. c. 31
Assurance of the Countess of Arundel's jointure. c. 32

Public Acts

Sacrament Act 1547 c. 1 (still in force)
(Election of bishops) c. 2
(Vagabonds, etc.) c. 3
(Tenures) c. 4
(Exportation) c. 5
(Worsted yarn) c. 6
Justices of the Peace Act 1547 c. 7
(Confirmation of grants) c. 8
(York (reduction of number of churches)) c. 9
(Exigents, etc. in Wales and Cheshire) c. 10
(Repeal of 28 Hen. 8. c. 17) c. 11
(Repeal of statutes as to treasons, felonies, etc.
Treason Act 1547
The Treason Act 1547 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is mainly notable for being the first instance of the rule that two witnesses are needed to prove a charge of treason, a rule which still exists today in the United States Constitution.-Abolition of new offences:During the reign of...

) c. 12
(Taxation) c. 13
Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547 c. 14
(General pardon) c. 15

Private Acts

Establishment of Wells Deanery. c. 1
Assurance of lands to Crown from Earl of Rutland. c. 2
Assurance of lands to Lord Riche and Sir William Shelley
Sir William Shelley
-Life:Born about 1480, he was the eldest son of Sir John Shelley and his wife Elizabeth , daughter and heir of John de Michelgrove in the parish of Clapham, Sussex...

. c. 3
Restitution in blood of Lord Stafford. c. 4
Restitution in blood of John Lumley. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Griffith Rise. c. 6

Public Acts

Act of Uniformity 1548
Act of Uniformity 1549
The Act of Uniformity 1549 established The Book of Common Prayer as the sole legal form of worship in England...

c. 1
(Soldiers) c. 2
(Purveyors) c. 3
(Sheriffs) c. 4
(Certain fee-farms) c. 5
(Traffic with Iceland, etc.) c. 6
(Religious houses) c. 7
(Inquisitions of escheator) c. 8
(Leather) c. 9
(Malt) c. 10
(Leather) c. 11
(Assurance of lands of Duke of Somerset) c. 12
(Easter offerings and tithes) c. 13
(Hail-shot) c. 14
(Victuallers, etc.) c. 15
(Custody of castles, etc.) c. 16
(Attainder of Sir William Sherington) c. 17
(Attainder and death sentence of Lord Seymour, High Admiral) c. 18
(Abstinence from flesh) c. 19
(Payment of tenths to King) c. 20
Clergy Marriage Act 1548 c. 21
(Customs) c. 22
(Marriages (pre-contract)) c. 23
(Criminal law) c. 24
(Sheriff's county court) c. 25
(Exportation) c. 26
(Gads of steel) c. 27
(Fines of lands, Cheshire) c. 28
(Sodomy) c. 29
(Rye and Winchelsea) c. 30
(Recognizances) c. 31
(Perpetuation of Acts) c. 32
(Horse stealing) c. 33
(Sheriff of Northumberland) c. 34
(Taxation) c. 35
(Taxation) c. 36
(Exportation) c. 37
(Calais) c. 38
(General pardon) c. 39

Private Acts

Kent Gavelkind lands. c. 1
Restitution in blood of Sir George Darcy. c. 2
Restitution in blood of Frances Carewe. c. 3
Restitution in blood of Edward Charleton. c. 4
Restitution in blood of Sir Ralph Bulmer. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Henry Weston. c. 6
Restitution in blood of Ralph Bygode. c. 7
Restitution in blood of Thomas Percy. c. 8
Union of churches in Lincoln. c. 9
Exeter City: enlargement of the boundary. c. 10
Uniting of churches in Stamford. c. 11
Bartholomew Burgoyn's abscondence overseas. c. 12
Assignment of lands to Lord Thomas Howard's sons. c. 13
Foundation of St. Alban's school by Richard Bourman. c. 14
Maintenance of the Isle of Anglesey Sessions and Court Days at Beaumaris. c. 15
Uniting of Ongar and Greenstead Churches (Essex). c. 16
Uniting of the churches of St. Clements and St. Nicholas, Rochester. c. 17
Assurance of lands to Earl of Bath, Margaret Long, Lord Fitzwarren and Frances Kitson. c. 18
Mayor of Newcastle and Edward Lawson. c. 19
Foundation of Berkhamstead School. c. 20
Confirmation of the foundation of Stamford School. c. 21

Public Acts

(Custos rotulorum) c. 1
(Woollen cloths) c. 2
(Improvement of commons) c. 3
(Crown lands) c. 4
(Riot)
Riot Act 1549
The Riot Act 1549 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for 12 people or more to assemble and attempt to kill or imprison any member of the King's council or change the laws, and refuse to disperse when ordered to do so by a justice of the peace, mayor or sherriff...

c. 5
(Leather) c. 6
(Wild fowl) c. 7
(Continuance of Statute of Sewers) c. 8
(Buying of hides) c. 9
(Putting away of books and images) c. 10
(Canon law) c. 11
(Consecration of bishops, etc.) c. 12
(Restitution of Sir William Sherington) c. 13
(Restitution of Mary Seymour) c. 14
(Prophecies) c. 15
(Vagabonds) c. 16
(Unlawful hunting) c. 17
(Certain fee-farm rents) c. 18
(Buying cattle) c. 19
(Victuallers, etc.) c. 20
(Butter and cheese) c. 21
(Journeymen) c. 22
(Taxation) c. 23
(General pardon) c. 24

Private Acts

Creation of a churchyard at West Drayton. c. 1
River Dee weirs (Chester). c. 2
Wells Church dividends and quotidians. c. 3
Disinheriting William West. c. 4
Restitution in blood of Thomas Isleye. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Sir William Hussey. c. 6
Duke of Somerset's fine and ransom. c. 7

Public Acts

Act of Uniformity 1551 c. 1
(Poor) c. 2
Holy Days and Fasting Days Act 1551 c. 3
Brawling Act 1551 c. 4
(Tillage) c. 5
(Woollen cloth) c. 6
(Wool) c. 7
(Woollen cloth) c. 8
(Robbery) c. 9
(Robbery) c. 10
Treason Act 1551
Treason Act 1551
The Treason Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England. The long title of this Act was "An Acte for the punyshment of divse treasons"....

c. 11
Clergy Marriage Act 1551 c. 12
(Monasteries, etc.) c. 13
(Forestallers) c. 14
(Regratours of tanned leather) c. 15
Sale of Offices Act 1551 c. 16 (still in force)
(Continuance of Acts) c. 17
(Navigation) c. 18
(Money) c. 19
(Usury) c. 20
(Pedlars) c. 21
(Gig mills) c. 22
(Stuffing of feather beds, etc.) c. 23
(Making of hats, etc.) c. 24
Ale Houses Act 1551
Ale Houses Act 1551
The Ale Houses Act 1551 , or An Act for Keepers of Ale-houses to be bound by Recognisances, sometimes the Licensing Act 1551, was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1552. It was passed to control the "abuses and disorders as are had and used in common ale-houses", and laid the foundation...

c. 25
(Proclamations and exigents (Lancaster)) c. 26

Private Acts

Assurance of manor of Merevale (Warwickshire) and other lands to Sir William Devereux c. 1
Assurance of lands sold by the King to the City of London c. 2
Restitution of the heirs of Sir John Nevill c. 3
Marquis of Northampton's marriage c. 4
Restitution in blood of Sir John Fortescue c. 5
Assurance of Lady Abergavenny's jointure c. 6
Denization of wives and children of Edward Allen, John Rogers, John Madwell and James Bylney c. 7
Foundation of Pocklington Grammar School (Yorkshire) c. 8
Frustration of assurance of lands to Duke of Somerset by Earl of Oxford c. 9
Erection of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter of Westminster, and uniting it to the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London c. 10
Limitation of the late Edward, Duke of Somerset's estate c. 11

Public Acts

(Crown revenues) c. 1
(Dissolution of certain courts) c. 2
(Crown lands) c. 3
(Payment of tenths to King) c. 4
(Wines) c. 5
(Exportation) c. 6
(Assize of fuel) c. 7
(Fulling of caps) c. 8
(Cloths) c. 9
(Gateside united to Newcastle-upon-Tyne) c. 10
(Continuance of Acts) c. 11
(Taxation) c. 12
(Taxation) c. 13
(General pardon) c. 14

Private Acts

Bishopric of Durham dissolution and re-erection; erection of new bishopric at Newcastle. c. 1
Restitution in blood of Sir Edward Seymour. c. 2
Denization of children of Richard Hills and Nicholas Wheler. c. 3

Private Acts

Restitution in blood of Lady Gartrude Courtney. c. 1
Restitution in blood of Sir Edward Courtney, Earl of Devon. c. 2

Public Acts

(Legitimacy of the Queen, etc.) c. 1
(Repeal of Acts
First Statute of Repeal
The First Statute of Repeal was an Act of the Parliament of England , passed in the first Parliament of Mary I of England's reign, nullified all religious legislation passed under the previous monarch, the boy-King Edward VI, and the de facto rulers of that time, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of...

) c. 2
Brawling Act 1553 c. 3
(Validity of certain writings, etc.) c. 4
(Limitation of actions) c. 5
(Treason) c. 6
(Fines of land) c. 7
(Sheriff not to act as justice) c. 8
(College of Physicians) c. 9
(Dissolution of courts) c. 10
(Hats and caps) c. 11
(Riot) c. 12
(Continuance of Acts) c. 13
(Gaols) c. 14
(York (rebuilding of Saint Helen's Stanegate)) c. 15
Attainder of Duke of Northumberland and others Act 1553
Attainder of Duke of Northumberland and others Act 1553
Attainder of Duke of Northumberland and others Act 1553 is an Act of the Parliament of England which confirmed the attainders for High Treason against John Duke of Northumberland, Thomas Cranmer the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Marquess of Northampton, John Earl of Warwick, Sir Ambrose...

c. 16
(Taxation) c. 17
(Taxation) c. 18

Private Acts

Restitution in blood of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. c. 1
Restitution in blood of Sir Edward Seymour. c. 2
Incorporation of Merton College, Oxford. c. 3
Restitution in blood of the heirs of Lord Montague. c. 4
Restitution in blood of Sir Marmaduke Constable. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Thomas Stanhope. c. 6
Restitution in blood of Mathew Arundel. c. 7
Keeping the county days in Cardiganshire. c. 8
Restitution in blood of the heirs of Sir Miles Partriche. c. 9
Denization of wives and children of Richard Batson, Thomas Browne, and John Bradleye. c. 10
Repair of Sherbourne Causeway. c. 11
Marquis of Northampton's marriage confirmation repeal. c. 12
Reversal of the supposed attainder of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. c. 13

Public Acts

Queen Regents Prerogative Act 1554 c. 1
(Queen Mary's marriage) c. 2
(See of Durham) c. 3
Lord Steward Act 1554 c. 4 (still in force)
(Sherborne Causeway (repair)) c. 5
(Highway, Bristol to Gloucester) c. 6
(Cloth making) c. 7
(Leather) c. 8
(Cathderal, etc. churches) c. 9
(Essex churches) c. 10
(Sea Sands, Glamorganshire) c. 11
(Continuance of Acts) c. 12

Private Acts

Restitution in blood of Sir William Parr, late Marquis of Northampton. c. 1
Restitution and assurance of manors of Gaywood and Rising (Norfolk) to Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. c. 2
Ratification of Dame Lucy Clifford's estate in the manor of Burston Hawgh. c. 3

Public Acts

(Signing of letters patent, etc.) c. 1
(Apparel) c. 2
(Seditious words) c. 3
(Egyptians) c. 4
(Exportation) c. 5
(Heresy
Revival of the Heresy Acts
In November 1554, the Revival of the Heresy Acts revived three former Acts against heresy; the letters patent of 1382 of King Richard II, an Act of 1401 of King Henry IV, and an Act of 1414 of King Henry V...

) c. 6
(Towns corporate) c. 7
(See of Rome
Second Statute of Repeal
The Second Statute of Repeal, is an Act of the Parliament of England passed in the Third Parliament of Mary I of England in 1555, followed the First Statute of Repeal of 1553...

) c. 8
(Traitorous words) c. 9
Treason Act 1554
Treason Act 1554
The Treason Act 1554 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is not to be confused with two other Acts about treason passed in the same year, 1&2 Ph. & M...

c. 10
(Counterfeit coin) c. 11
Distress Act 1554 c. 12
(Criminal law) c. 13
(Worsteds, Norfolk) c. 14
(Lords marches in Wales) c. 15
(Continuance of certain Acts) c. 16
(Leases) c. 17

Private Acts

Reversal of the attainder of Cardinal Pole. c. 1
Reversal of the outlawries and attainders of Richard Pate, Bishop William Peto and others. c. 2
Confirmation of attainders of Henry late Duke of Suffolk and others. c. 3
Annexation of Bucknell to Salop. c. 4

Public Acts

(Northern borders) c. 1
(Tillage) c. 2
(Increase of cattle) c. 3
(First fruits, etc.) c. 4
(Poor) c. 5
(Purveyors) c. 6
Sale of Horses Act 1555 c. 7
Highways Act 1555
Highways Act 1555
The Highways Act 1555 , sometimes the First Statute of Highways, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1555...

c. 8
(Gaming) c. 9
(Criminal law) c. 10
(Weavers) c. 11
(Cloths) c. 12
(Buying of wool, Halifax) c. 13
(Rebuilding of mills near Hereford) c. 14
(Purveyors) c. 15
(Thames watermen) c. 16
(Commissioners of peace in boroughs) c. 18
(Benet Smythe deprived of benefit of clergy) c. 17
(Powdyke in Marshland (malicious injury a felony)) c. 19
(Duchy of Lancaster) c. 20
(Continuance of Acts) c. 21
(Taxation) c. 22
(Taxation) c. 23

Private Acts

Duke of Norfolk's estate: power to make sales and grants, despite his minority,under the guidance of the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Arundel and the Bishop of Ely. c. 1
Restitution to the Barony of Abergavenny of Sir Edward Nevill's heirs. c. 2

Public Acts

(Crown lands) c. 1
(Military service) c. 2
(Military service) c. 3
(Accessories in murder, etc.) c. 4
(Woollen cloths) c. 5
(Aliens) c. 6
(Juries) c. 7
(Abduction) c. 8
(Continuance of Acts) c. 9
(Taxation) c. 10
(Taxation) c. 11

Private Acts

Assurance of Honour of Raleigh to the Queen by Lord Ryche. c. 1
Assurance of the Countess of Sussex's jointure. c. 2
Restitution in blood of Sir Ambrose Dudley and Sir Robert Dudley. c. 3
Foundation of Stokepoges Hospital [Buckinghamshire]. c. 4
Payment of tithes in Coventry. c. 5

Public Acts

Act of Supremacy c. 1 (still in force)
Act of Uniformity 1558 c. 2
(Queen's title to the Crown) c. 3
(First fruits and tenths) c. 4
(Treason) c. 5
(Seditious words) c. 6
(Exportation) c. 7
(Leather) c. 8
(Leather) c. 9
(Exportation) c. 10
(Customs) c. 11
(Linen) c. 12
(Navigation) c. 13
(Woollen cloths) c. 14
(Timber) c. 15
(Riot) c. 16
(Fisheries) c. 17
(Continuance of Acts) c. 18
(Alienation by bishops) c. 19
(Taxation) c. 20
(Taxation) c. 21
(Regulation of royal foundations) c. 22
(Restoration of dignity of Anne Boleyn) c. 23
Religious Houses Act 1558 c. 24

Private Acts

Restitution in blood of Lord John Gray. c. 1
Restitution in blood of Sir James Croftes. c. 2
Restitution in blood of Sir Henry Gates. c. 3
Assurance of lands to Lords Wentworth, Ryche and Darcye. c. 4
Naturalization of Gersome Wrothe. c. 5
Thomas and George Brownes' estate: modification of gavelkind. c. 6
Restitution in blood of Robert Rudston. c. 7
Reversal of the attainder of Cardinal Pole. c. 8
Incorporation of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. c. 9
Duke of Norfolk's marriage ratification and assurance of the Duchess's jointure. c. 10
Restitution in blood of Edward Lewkenor's children. c. 11
Revival of King's Lynn Fair. c. 12
Conwil Elvet chapel to be parish church of Abernant (Carmarthenshire). c. 13
Assurances of lands of Bishop of Winchester to Earl of Pembroke, Sir Philip Hobby, Sir John Mason and others. c. 14
Staffordshire Assizes and Sessions: maintenance at Stafford. c. 15
Restitution in blood of Lord Dacres. c. 16
Restitution in blood of Henry Howard, Jane Howard and *Katherine wife of Lord Berkeley. c. 17

Public Acts

(Supremacy of the Crown) c. 1
(Tillage) c. 2
(Poor) c. 3
(Artificers and apprentices) c. 4
(Maintenance of the Navy) c. 5
(Foreign stuffs) c. 6
(Importation) c. 7
(Leather) c. 8
(Perjury) c. 9
(Embezzlement) c. 10
(Clipping coin) c. 11
(Corn, etc.) c. 12
Highways Act 1562
Highways Act 1562
The Highways Act 1562 , sometimes the Second Statute of Highways, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1563...

c. 13
(Forgery) c. 14
(False prophecies) c. 15
(Witchcraft Act 1562 c. 16
(Sodomy) c. 17
Lord Keeper Act 1562 c. 18
(Exportation) c. 19
(Egyptians) c. 20
(Unlawful fishing, etc.) c. 21
(Exportation) c. 22
Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 c. 23
(Gaols) c. 24
(Juries) c. 25
(Enrolment of indentures of bargain and sale) c. 26
(Fines of land) c. 27
(Translation of Bible, etc. into Welsh) c. 28
(Taxation) c. 29
(General pardon) c. 30
(Taxation) c. 31
(Expenses of the Queen's household) c. 32

Private Acts

City of Exeter: confirmation of liberties granted by letters patent. c. 1
Southampton: confirmation of letters patent concerning importation of wines. c. 2
Viscount Byndon's estate: power to grant leases for 21 years or three lives. c. 3
Authorising Lord Abergavenny to grant leases for 21 years. c. 4
Henry Howarde's estate: restraining him from discontinuing his lands. c. 5
Annuity for founding a school at Guildford. c. 6
Plumstead Marsh (Kent) inclosure and drainage. c. 7
Restitution in blood of Lord Husseye's children. c. 8
Restitution in blood of William West. c. 9
Restitution in blood of Sir Peter Carewe. c. 10
Restitution in blood of Sir Ralph Chamberlaine and John Harleston. c. 11
Restitution in blood of Brooke or Cobham, Cromer, Vaughan and others. c. 12
Restitution in blood of Thomas Isley's heirs. c. 13
Restitution in blood of Anne Thomas, daughter and heir of William Thomas. c. 14
Restitution in blood of Thomas and James Diggs. c. 15
Restitution in blood of Thomas Cranmer's heirs. c. 16
Restitution in blood of William and Edward Isleye. c. 17
Restitution in blood of Edward Turner. c. 18
Denization of children of John Fitzwilliams, James Harvye and others. c. 19

Public Acts

(Bishops) c. 1
(Defendant's recovery of costs) c. 2
(Exportation) c. 3
(Benefit of clergy) c. 4
(Judgment of delegates) c. 5
(Exportation) c. 6
(Drapers, etc., Shrewsbury) c. 7
(Horses) c. 8
(Prices of barrels, etc.) c. 9
(Bows) c. 10
(Hats and caps) c. 11
(Cloths, Lancashire) c. 12
(Sea marks) c. 13
(Leather) c. 14
(Preservation of grain) c. 15
(Sheriffs) c. 16
(Taxation) c. 17
(Taxation) c. 18
(General pardon) c. 19
(Criminal law) c. 20

Private Acts

Merchant Adventurers' incorporation. c. 1
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Gloucester: confirmation of letters patent. c. 2
Bristol Merchant Adventurers: confirmation of letters patent. c. 3
Plumstead Marsh (Kent) inclosure and drainage. c. 4
Assurance of the Countess of Warwick's jointure. c. 5
Assurance of Lady Cobham's jointure. c. 6
Assurance of Lady Stafford's jointure. c. 7
Denization of John Stafford. c. 8
Thomas Browne's estate: modification of gavelkind. c. 9
York Town Clerk. c. 10
Paving of Kentish Street, Southwark. c. 11
Battle (Sussex): maintenance of a market on Thursdays. c. 12

Public Acts

Treason Act 1571 c. 1
Bulls, etc. from Rome Act 1571 c. 2
(Fugitives) c. 3
(Lands of Crown accountants liable for their debts) c. 4
Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571
Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571
Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571 was an Act of Parliament in England, which laid the foundations for fraudulent transactions to be unwound when a person had gone insolvent or bankrupt...

c. 5
Letters Patent Act 1571 c. 6 (still in force)
(Bankrupts) c. 7
(Usury) c. 8
(Commission of Sewers) c. 9
Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571 c. 10 (repealed 1998 (c. 43))
(Navigation) c. 11
Ordination of Ministers Act 1571 c. 12
(Tillage) c. 13
(Importation) c. 14
(Hoys) c. 15
Attainders of Earl of Westmorland and others Act 1571
Attainders of Earl of Westmorland and others Act 1571
Attainders of Earl of Westmorland and others Act 1571 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England which confirmed the attainder against Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland and 57 others for their part in the Rising of the North, a plot against Queen Elizabeth I.It was repealed by...

c. 16
(Earl of Leicester's Hospital) c. 17
(River Lee (new cut)) c. 18
(Caps) c. 19
(Benefices) c. 20
(Purveyance) c. 21
(Sheriffs) c. 22
(London streets) c. 23
(Ipswich improvement) c. 24
(Continuance of Acts) c. 25
(Taxation) c. 26
(Taxation) c. 27
(General pardon) c. 28
Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571 c. 29 (still in force)

Private Acts

Making the River Welland navigable. c. 1
Denization of Peregrine Bertie
Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
thumb|Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de EresbyPeregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby was the son of Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, and Richard Bertie. Bertie was Lady Willoughby de Eresby's second husband, the first being Charles Brandon, Duke of...

. c. 2
Southampton importation of wines. c. 3
Corporation of Merchant Adventurers in Bristol: repeal. c. 4
Lostwithiel (Cornwall): validating all statutes and recognizances acknowledged before the mayor. c. 5
Assurance of lands to William Skeffington. c. 6
Morice Rodney. c. 7
Restitution in blood of Sir Thomas Wyat's children. c. 8
Incorporation and uniting of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by an Act of Parliament of 1570 which amalgamated the existing boroughs of Weymouth and...

. c. 9
Restitution in blood of Henry Brereton. c. 10
Assurance of lands to Lord Berkeley. c. 11
John Tyrrell. c. 12

Public Acts

Rebellion Act 1572
Rebellion Act 1572
The Rebellion Act 1572 , full title An Act for the punishment of such as shall rebelliously take or detain or conspire to take or detain from the Queen's Majesty any of her castles, towers, fortresses, holds, &c., was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of...

c. 1
Escape of Traitors Act 1572
Escape of Traitors Act 1572
The Escape of Traitors Act 1572 , full title An Act against such as shall conspire or practice the enlargement of any prisoner committed for high treason, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of Elizabeth I.The Act provided that it was henceforth a crime to...

c. 2
(Coin) c. 3
(Exportation) c. 4
(Vagabonds, etc.) c. 5
(Fugitives) c. 6
(Tenths) c. 7
(Recoveries) c. 8
(Juries) c. 9
(Kerseys) c. 10
Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1572 c. 11 (repealed 1998 (c. 43))
(Partial repeal of 8 Eliz. c. 7) c. 12
(Hexhamshire) c. 13
Hospitals for the Poor Act 1572 c. 14

Private Acts

Plumstead Marsh (Kent) inclosure and drainage continuance. c. 1
Assurance of lands for Tonbridge Grammar School. c. 2
Assurance of lands to certain infants by Sir Thomas and Sir William Woodhouse. c. 3

Public Acts

(Coin) c. 1
(Crown lands) c. 2
(Poor) c. 3
(Fraudulent conveyances by late rebels in the North) c. 4
Common Informers Act 1575 c. 5
(Universities and colleges, (leases, etc.)) c. 6
Benefit of Clergy Act 1575
Benefit of Clergy Act 1575
The Benefit of Clergy Act 1575 , long title An Act to take away clergy from the offenders in rape and burglary, and an order for the delivery of clerks convict without purgation, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of Elizabeth I.It provided that if any...

c. 7
(Welsh circuits) c. 8
(Exportation) c. 9
(Highways) c. 10
Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1575 c. 11 (repealed 1998 (c. 43))
(Nisi prius, Middlesex) c. 12
(Knight service) c. 13
(Jeofails) c. 14
(Marking plate) c. 15
(Clothiers) c. 16
(Rochester Bridge) c. 17
(Chepstow Bridge) c. 18
(Paving of streets, Chichester) c. 19
(Oxford, road repairs) c. 20
(Licence for wool sale at New Woodstock) c. 21
(Taxation) c. 22
(Taxation) c. 23
(General pardon) c. 24

Private Acts

Leicester hospital. c. 1
St. Cross Hospital, Winchester. c. 2
Parish of Halifax tithes. c. 3
Assurance of Manor of New Hall to Thomas Earl of Sussex. c. 4
Viscount Howard of Byndon, and Henry and Frances Howard. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Lord Norris of Rycote. c. 6
Naturalization of Lady Gray. c. 7
Assurance of lands to Christopher Hatton. c. 8
Payment of William Iseleye's debts. c. 9
Assurance of lands to Sir John Ryvers. c. 10
Naturalization of twelve citizens of Antwerp. c. 11
Naturalization of certain persons. c. 12
Richard Huddleston, Isabel Weyneman his wife and Francis Weyneman: confirmation of an arbitration. c. 13

Public Acts

Religion Act 1580
Religion Act 1580
The Religion Act 1580 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation.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...

c. 1
(Seditious words) c. 2
(Fines and recoveries) c. 3
(Border defences) c. 4
(Preservation of wood) c. 5
(Dover Haven tolls, etc.) c. 6
(Navigation) c. 7
(Wax) c. 8
(Dyeing of cloth) c. 9
(Game) c. 10
(Cardiff Bridge) c. 11
(Paving streets in London) c. 12
(Land reclamation (Plumstead Marsh)) c. 13
(Taxation) c. 14
(Taxation) c. 15
(General pardon) c. 16

Private Acts

Cringleford (Norwich) rebuilding. c. 1
Naturalization of Coppinger, Boureman, Watson, Holmes, Harman, Hughes and others. c. 2
Assurance of lands for Coventry Grammar School. c. 3
Sir Thomas Gresham's estate: confirmation of an agreement between Sir Henry Nevill and Dame Anne Gresham for the better performance of his will and payment of his debts. c. 4
Assurance of a rent of £82 10s. to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Philip, Earl of Arundel. c. 6
Pardon and restitution in blood of John and Dudley St. Leger. c. 7
Restitution in blood of Anthony Mayney. c. 8
Assurance of lands to Lord Compton. c. 9
Ratification of Chancery award concerning copyholders and customary tenants of the manors of Moore, Newham, Lyndriche, Knighton and Pensokes (Worcestershire). c. 10
Ratification of award between William Hide and William Darrell. c. 11
Ledbury Hospital (Herefordshire). c. 12
Partition of lands between the coheirs of Lord Latymer. c. 13

Public Acts

Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584
Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584
The Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation. It required a tribunal of at least 24 peers and privy councillors to investigate "any open invasion or rebellion" in England, any attempt to injure the Queen or any pretender to the throne...

c. 1
Jesuits, etc. Act 1584
Jesuits, etc. Act 1584
The Jesuits, etc. Act 1584 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation. The Act commanded all Roman Catholic priests to leave the country in 40 days or they would be punished for high treason, unless within the 40 days they swore an oath to obey the Queen...

c. 2
(Lands of Crown accountants) c. 3
(Fraudulent conveyances) c. 4
(Demurrers and pleadings) c. 5
(Juries) c. 6
(Juries) c. 7
(Error from Queen's Bench) c. 8
(Fines and recoveries) c. 9
(Common informers) c. 10
(Continuance, etc. of Acts) c. 11
(Swearing of under-sheriffs) c. 12
(Hue and cry) c. 13
(Malt) c. 14
(Importation) c. 15
(Leather) c. 16
(Cloths) c. 17
(Cloths) c. 18
(Preservation of timber) c. 19
(Plymouth Haven) c. 20
(Fishing, Orford Haven, Suffolk) c. 21
(Chichester Haven (access to City)) c. 22
(Clothiers) c. 23
(Norfolk coast (defence against sea encroachment; statute labour)) c. 24
(Rochester Bridge) c. 25
(Isle of Sheppey (roads)) c. 26
(Land reclamation (Plumstead Marsh)) c. 27
(Taxation) c. 28
(Taxation) c. 29
(General pardon) c. 30
(Westminster) c. 31

Private Acts

Maintenance of Lyme Regis Pier or Cob. c. 1
Queen's College, Oxford: confirmation of letters patent. c. 2
Clare Hall, Cambridge: confirmation of letters patent. c. 3
Assurances by Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Exeter. c. 4
Government of the City of Westminster.
Westminster Court of Burgesses
The Westminster Court of Burgesses was established by Act of Parliament in 1585, and abolished in 1901....

c. 5
Establishment of Countess of Huntingdon's jointure. c. 6
Assurance of lands to Sir Thomas Lucie and others. c. 7
Assurance of lands in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincoln and Warwick to Lord Willoughby and Erisbie against the heirs and assigns of Walter Herenden. c. 8
Assurance of lands to Lord Hunsdon. c. 9
Lands of Lord Dacres and Lord Norris. c. 10
Lord Thomas Howard's restitution in blood. c. 11
Assurance of lands to George Chewne, Giles Fluyd, and Christopher Puckering. c. 12
Establishment of award between Robert, Lord Rich and Sir Thomas Barrington. c. 13
Assurance of property in the City of London to Jonas Scott. c. 14
Payment of Edward Fisher's debts. c. 15
Incorporation of Christ's Hospital, Sherburn (Durham). c. 16
Better foundation and relief of the poor of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury. c. 17
New Windsor (Berkshire) paving. c. 18
Newark-upon-Trent (Nottinghamshire) paving. c. 19

Public Acts

(Attainder of Lord Paget and others) c. 1
(Errors in attainders
Treason Act 1586
The Treason Act 1586 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its short title was "An act concerning errors in records of attainders of high treason." It stated that where a person had been executed for high treason, their conviction was not to be posthumously overturned or "reversed" at the suit...

) c. 2
(Assurances by certain traitors) c. 3
(Sheriff's poundage, etc.) c. 4
(Continuance, etc. of Acts) c. 5
(Religion) c. 6
(Taxation) c. 7
(Taxation) c. 8
(General pardon) c. 9

Public Acts

(Error) c. 1
(Fines of land) c. 2
(Avoidance of secret outlawries) c. 3
(Embezzlement) c. 4
Common Informers Act 1588 c. 5
Simony Act 1588
Simony Act 1588
The Simony Act 1588 is an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England.The Act stipulates penalties for simony, an offence under the ecclesiastical law of the Church of England., it remains largely in force in England and Wales....

c. 6 (still in force)
(Erection of cottages) c. 7
(Sale of beer) c. 8
(Proclamations and exigents (Durham)) c. 9
(Continuance, etc. of Acts) c. 10
Forcible Entry Act 1588
Forcible Entry Act 1588
The Forcible Entry Act 1588 was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England.Its purpose was to prevent the avoidance of the proviso to the Forcible Entry Act 1429. It provided that no restitution was to be made on an indictment for forcible entry against parties who had been in possession...

c. 11
Sale of Horses Act 1588 c. 12
(Dover Haven) c. 13
(Taxation) c. 14
(Taxation) c. 15
(General pardon) c. 16

Private Acts

Preservation of Orford (Suffolk) harbour. c. 1
Naturalization of Joyce Lambert. c. 2
Assurance of Anne Nevell's jointure. c. 3
Lambourn Almshouse (Berkshire). c. 4
Relief of the City of Lincoln. c. 5
Thomas Handford's estate: sale of land for payment of debts to the King. c. 6
Thomas Hesilrigge's estate: avoidance of conveyances purported to have been made by Thomas Drury. c. 7
Assurance of lands for the maintenance of Tonbridge Grammar School. c. 8

Public Acts

Religion Act 1592
Religion Act 1592
The Religion Act 1592 was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act imprisoned without bail those over the age of sixteen who failed to attend Church; persuaded others to do the same; who denied Her Majesty's authority in matters ecclesiastical; and who attended unlawful religious conventicles...

c. 1
Popish Recusants Act 1592
Popish Recusants Act 1592
The Popish Recusants Act 1592 was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act forbade Roman Catholic recusants from moving more than five miles from their house or otherwise they would forfeit all their property....

c. 2
(Explanation of 34 & 35 Hen. 8 c. 21) c. 3
(Disabled soldiers) c. 4
(Lands of Sir Francis Englefield (Englefield attainder)) c. 5
(Restriction on building) c. 6
(Continunace of Acts) c. 7
(Cordage) c. 8
(Cloths) c. 9
(Cloth) c. 10
(Clapboard) c. 11
(Taxation) c. 12
(Taxation) c. 13
(General pardon) c. 14

Private Acts

City of Lincoln: confirmation of letters patent. c. 1
Sale or demise of the site of the dissolved House of Grey Friars, Cambridge, for the erection of a new college. c. 2
Better assurance and confirmation of the Countess of Cumberland's jointure. c. 3
Henry, late Lord Abergavenny's Estates. c. 4
Lord Hawarden's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c. 5
Restitution in blood of Sir Thomas Perrott. c. 6
Naturalization of William Sydney and Peregrine Wynckfield. c. 7
Confirmation of sale of Knightleys' estate. c. 8
Assurance of lands to Reade and Mabel Stafford. c. 9
Stonehouse water supply. c. 10
William Raven's estate: confirmation of sale of land to Lisle Cave, Thomas Andrews and Edward Haselrig for payment of a debt due to the King. c. 11
Anthony Cooke of Romford's estate: concerning the power to repeal the trusts of a deed. c. 12
Naturalization of certain Englishmen's children born overseas. c. 13

Public Acts

(Houses of husbandry) c. 1
(Tillage) c. 2
(Poor) c. 3
Vagabonds Act 1597
Vagabonds Act 1597
The Vagabonds Act 1597 is an Act of the Parliament of England . It introduced penal transportation as a punishment for the first time. During the reign of Henry VIII, it has been estimated that 72,000 people were executed...

c. 4
Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597
Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597
The Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597 , full title An Act for erecting of hospitals or abiding and working houses for the poor, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of Elizabeth I and in force until the twentieth century...

c. 5
(Charitable trusts) c. 6
(Crown debts) c. 7
(Bishops) c. 8
(Abduction) c. 9
(Navigation) c. 10
(Dyeing of cloth) c. 11
(Labourers) c. 12
(Fustians) c. 13
(Importation) c. 14
(Robbery) c. 15
(Malt) c. 16
(Vagabonds) c. 17
(Continuance, etc. of Acts) c. 18
(Highways) c. 19
(Cloth) c. 20
(Disabled soldiers) c. 21
(See of Norwich) c. 22
Newport and Caerleon Bridges over Usk Act 1597
Newport and Caerleon Bridges over Usk Act 1597
The Newport and Caerleon Bridges over Usk Act 1597 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.-Full text of the Act:...

c. 23
(Bridge over Wye near Ross (Herefordshire)) c. 24
(Hundred of Benhurst (Buckinghamshire), hue and cry) c. 25
(Taxation) c. 26
(Taxation) c. 27
(General pardon) c. 28

Private Acts

Lease from Her Majesty to William Kirkham the younger. c. 1
Lord Mountjoy's estate: enabling him to dispose of entailed lands notwithstanding a private Act of 1535 (27 Hen. 8). c. 2
Establishment of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol. c. 3
Establishment of the College of the Poor at Cobham (Kent). c. 4
Confirmation and assurance of lands for Earl of Leicester's Hospital, Warwick. c. 5
Naturalization of Baskervile, Lewkenor, Hill, Heather, Bemys and Sheppey. c. 6
Confirmation of Lady Sandys' jointure. c. 7
Wantage (Berkshire): establishment of the town lands for poor relief, highway repairs and the maintenance of a schoolmaster. c. 8
Arthur Hatche's rental of South Molton (Devon) rectory and parsonage. c. 9
Confirmation of Lady Varney's jointure. c. 10
Maintenance of Staines Bridge and Egham Causey. c. 11
Establishing land for the repair of Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire) roads, according to the will of John Bedford. c. 12
Sevenoaks School. c. 13
Establishing Sir Henry Unton's possessions and payment of debts. c. 14
William Pope's estate: enabling sale of land for payment of debts, and establishing a jointure to Lady Wentworth, his wife. c. 15

Public Acts

(Confirmation of certain grants) c. 1
Poor Relief Act 1601 c. 2
(Disabled soldiers) c. 3
(Charitable gifts) c. 4
(Inferior court) c. 5
(Frivolous suits) c. 6
(Robbing of orchards, etc.) c. 7
(Fraudulent administration of intestates' goods) c. 8
(Continuance of Acts, etc.) c. 9
(Woollen cloth) c. 10
(Land drainage in various counties) c. 11
(Policies of assurance) c. 12
(Outrages in northern counties) c. 13
(Assise of fuel) c. 14
(Fines of land) c. 15
(Repair of Eden bridges, Cumberland) c. 16
(Taxation) c. 17
(Taxation) c. 18
(General pardon) c. 19

Private Acts

Perfecting the Countess of Sussex's jointure. c. 1
Assurance of manors and lands for the Countess of Bedford's jointure. c. 2
Denization of Myllet, Pope, Chaundeler, Eaton and Tooley. c. 3
Edward Nevill and Sir Henry Nevill: disposal of copyhold lands held of the manors of Rotherfield (Sussex) and Alesley and Fylongley (Warwickshire). c. 4
Assurance of the manors or farms of Sageburie (otherwise Sadgebutie, Gageburie or Gadgeburie) and Obden to Samuel Sandis and John Harris. c. 5
Augmentation of Rachel Nevill's jointure. c. 6
Naturalization of Lupo and others. c. 7
Assurance of the Patronage of Rotherston (Cheshire) vicarage and a Scholar's room in Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, by the Dean and Chapter to Thomas Venables. c. 8
Appeasing differences between Francis Ketelby and Andrew Ketelby and his wife Jane. c. 9
Edward Lucas' estate: making his lands liable for the payment of certain legacies and debts. c. 10

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