Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652

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The Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 was an English parliamentary law that confiscated land from Irish Catholics and redistributed it to English soldiers and settlers following the Cromwellian conquest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
confiscation law
aimedAt Irish Catholic landowners
supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1641
supporters of the royalist cause in Ireland
alsoKnownAs Act for the Settling of Ireland
Cromwellian Settlement Act
appliesToTerritory Ireland
associatedWithPolicy Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland
plantation policy in Ireland
country England
dateEnacted 1652
follows Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
hasEffectOn Irish Catholic aristocracy
demographic patterns in Ireland
land distribution in 17th-century Ireland
historicalPeriod Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
implementedBy English Commonwealth government
Oliver Cromwell's administration
language English
legalConsequence forfeiture of estates by many Irish Catholic landowners
mass transfer of land ownership from Catholics to Protestants
transplantation of many Irish landowners to Connacht
legalForm statute
legalStatus public act
legislativeBody English Parliament
mainSubject land confiscation in Ireland
punishment of Irish Catholics
redistribution of Irish land
motivatedBy English victory in the Irish Confederate Wars
partOf Cromwellian land settlement in Ireland
English colonial policy in Ireland
providesFor confiscation of land from Irish Catholics
redistribution of confiscated land to English adventurers
redistribution of confiscated land to English settlers
redistribution of confiscated land to English soldiers
relatedTo Act of Explanation 1665
Act of Settlement 1662
Adventurers Act 1642
temporalContext Interregnum (England)
linked to: Interregnum

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland legalConsequence Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
Acts of Settlement and Explanation hasPart Act of Settlement 1662
linked to: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
Acts of Settlement and Explanation follows Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
Commonwealth of Ireland event Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 alsoKnownAs Cromwellian Settlement Act
linked to: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
Act of Satisfaction 1653 relatedTo Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652