Conventicles Act 1670
The Conventicles Act 1670 is an Act of the Parliament of England (22 Car. II. c. 1) with the long title "An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles." [2] The Act imposed a fine on any person who attended a conventicle (any religious assembly other than the Church of England) of five shillings for the first offence and ten shillings for a second offence. Any preacher or person who allowed their house to be used as a meeting house for such an assembly could be fined 20 shillings and 40 shillings for a second offence. [3]
References
- ^ Lawson, Rev. R. (1885). Maybole Past and Present. Pub. J. & R. Parlane. P. 49.
- ^ 'Charles II, 1670: An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles.' Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 648-51, accessed 8 March 2007.
- ^ 'Book 1, Ch. 15: From the Fire to the death of Charles II' A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 230-55, accessed 7 March 2007.