List of Acts of the Parliament of England, 1660–99

English, Scottish, Irish

and Great Britain

legislation
Acts of Parliament by states preceding the United Kingdom
Royal statutes, etc. issued before the development of Parliament

This is a list of Acts of the Parliament of England for the years 16601699.

For Acts passed during the period 17071800 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 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; 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.

1660-1669

1660 (12 Cha. 2)

Session of Convention Parliament (1660) (25 April 1660 – 29 December 1660)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1661

13 Cha. 2 St. 1

First session of Cavalier Parliament (March 8, 1661 – June 30, 1661)

Public Acts
Private Acts

13 Cha. 2 St. 2

First session (cont'd) of Cavalier Parliament (November 20, 1661 – December 30, 1661)

Public Acts
Private Acts

1662 (14 Cha. 2)

First session (cont'd) of Cavalier Parliament (January 7, 1662 – May 19, 1662)

Label given as 14 Cha.2 in Statutes of the Realm, and 13 & 14 Cha. 2 in Ruffhead-Pickering Statutes at Large[1]

Public Acts

Private Acts

1663 (15 Cha. 2)

Second session of Cavalier Parliament (February 18, 1663 – July 27, 1663)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1664

16 Cha. 2

Third session of Cavalier Parliament (March 16, 1664 – May 17, 1664)

Public Acts
Private Acts

16 & 17 Cha. 2

Fourth session of Cavalier Parliament (November 24, 1664 – March 2, 1665)

Public Acts
Private Acts

1665 (17 Cha. II)

Fifth session of Cavalier Parliament (October 9, 1665 – October 31, 1665) (held at Oxford)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1666-67 (18 & 19 Cha. 2)

cc. 1-5 are from Sixth session of Cavalier Parliament (September 21, 1666 – February 8, 1667)
cc. 6-13 are from Seventh session of Cavalier Parliament (October 10, 1667 – December 19, 1667)

Label given as 18 & 19 Cha.2 in Statutes of the Realm, and separately as 18 Cha. 2 and 19 Cha.2 in Ruffhead-Pickering Statutes at Large. Equivalences: 18 & 19 Cha. 2 (cc. 1-5) = 18 Cha. 2 (cc.1-5); 18 & 19 Cha. 2 (cc.6-13) = 19 Cha. 2 (1-8).[1]

Public Acts

Private Acts

1667-68 (19 & 20 Cha. 2)

cc. 1-5 are from Seventh session of Cavalier Parliament (October 10, 1667 – December 19, 1667)
cc. 6-13 are from Seventh session (cont'd) of Cavalier Parliament (February 10, 1668 – May 9, 1668)

Label given as 19 & 20 Cha.2 in Statutes of the Realm, but separately as 19 Cha. 2 and 20 Cha. 2 in Ruffhead-Pickering Statutes at Large. Equivalences: 19 & 20 Cha. 2 (cc. 1-5) = 19 Cha. 2 (cc.9-13); 19 & 20 Cha. 2 (cc.6-13) = 20 Cha. 2 (cc.1-8).[1]

Public Acts

Private Acts

1670-1679

1670

22 Cha. 2

Ninth session of Cavalier Parliament (February 14, 1670 – April 11, 1670)

(note: Eight Session, Oct-Dec 1669 did not pass a public act).

Public Acts
Private Acts

22 & 23 Cha. 2

Ninth session (cont'd) of Cavalier Parliament (October 24, 1670 – April 22, 1671)

Public Acts
Private Acts

1672 (25 Cha. 2)

Tenth session of Cavalier Parliament (February 4, 1673 – March 29, 1673)

(Acts dated "1672" because passed before March 25, 1673, the end of the civil and legal year "1672").

Public Acts

Private Acts

1675 (27 Cha. 2)

Fourteenth session of Cavalier Parliament (October 13, 1675 – November 16, 1675)

(Note: neither 11th Session (Oct-Nov 1673) nor 12th Session (Jan-Feb 1674) nor 13th Session (Apr-Jun, 1675) passed a public act).

Public Acts

Private Acts

1677

Fifteenth session of Cavalier Parliament (February 15, 1677 – April 25, 1677)

29 Cha. 2

Public Acts
Private Acts

29 & 30 Cha. 2

Fifteenth session (cont'd) of Cavalier Parliament (January 28, 1678 – May 13, 1678)

Public Acts
Private Acts

1678

Sixteenth session of Cavalier Parliament (May 23, 1678 – June 20, 1678)

30 Cha. 2

Public Acts
Private Acts

30 Cha. 2 St. 2

Seventeenth session of Cavalier Parliament (October 21, 1678 – December 30, 1678)

Public Acts

1679 (31 Cha. 2)

Session of Habeas Corpus Parliament (March 6, 1679 – July 12, 1679)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1680-1689

1680 (32 Cha. 2)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1685 (1 Ja. 2)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1688

1 Will. & Mar.

Public Acts
Private Acts

1 Will. & Mar. sess. 2

Public Acts
Private Acts

1689 (2 Will. & Mar.)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1690-1699

1690 (2 Will. & Mar. sess. 2)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1691 (3 Will. & Mar.)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1692 (4 Will. & Mar.)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1693 (5 Will. & Mar.)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1694

5 & 6 Will. & Mar.

Public Acts
Private Acts

6 & 7 Will. & Mar

Public Acts
Private Acts

1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1697 (9 Will. 3)

Public Acts

Private Acts

1698

10 Will. 3

Public Acts
Private Acts

1699

11 Will. 3

Public Acts
Private Acts

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes, 2nd. ed. 1873: table of variances between Statutes of Realm and Ruffhead-Pickering Statutes at Large.