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 ⓘ