Corporation Act 1661
E452373
The Corporation Act 1661 was a key Restoration-era English law that enforced Anglican conformity among municipal officials, forming a central component of the Clarendon Code’s religious and political settlement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corporation Act 1661 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4557450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corporation Act 1661 Context triple: [Clarendon Code, hasPart, Corporation Act 1661]
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A.
Royal Charter of the East India Company
The Royal Charter of the East India Company was the 1600 English crown decree that granted the company a trade monopoly in Asia, laying the foundation for British commercial and later political dominance in India.
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B.
Navigation Act 1663
The Navigation Act 1663 was an English mercantile law that tightened control over colonial trade by requiring that most goods bound for the American colonies be shipped through England first, reinforcing the economic dominance of the mother country.
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C.
Navigation Act 1660
The Navigation Act 1660 was a key English mercantile law that restricted colonial trade to English ships and markets, strengthening England’s control over its empire and laying groundwork for later colonial tensions.
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D.
Supreme Court of Judicature Act
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act is a key Singaporean statute that establishes the structure, jurisdiction, and powers of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
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E.
Royal Charter of 1662
The Royal Charter of 1662 was a colonial charter granted by King Charles II that established Connecticut’s governmental structure and extensive self-governing rights, forming the legal foundation for the colony’s (and later state’s) political system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corporation Act 1661 Target entity description: The Corporation Act 1661 was a key Restoration-era English law that enforced Anglican conformity among municipal officials, forming a central component of the Clarendon Code’s religious and political settlement.
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A.
Royal Charter of the East India Company
The Royal Charter of the East India Company was the 1600 English crown decree that granted the company a trade monopoly in Asia, laying the foundation for British commercial and later political dominance in India.
-
B.
Navigation Act 1663
The Navigation Act 1663 was an English mercantile law that tightened control over colonial trade by requiring that most goods bound for the American colonies be shipped through England first, reinforcing the economic dominance of the mother country.
-
C.
Navigation Act 1660
The Navigation Act 1660 was a key English mercantile law that restricted colonial trade to English ships and markets, strengthening England’s control over its empire and laying groundwork for later colonial tensions.
-
D.
Supreme Court of Judicature Act
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act is a key Singaporean statute that establishes the structure, jurisdiction, and powers of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
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E.
Royal Charter of 1662
The Royal Charter of 1662 was a colonial charter granted by King Charles II that established Connecticut’s governmental structure and extensive self-governing rights, forming the legal foundation for the colony’s (and later state’s) political system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
ⓘ
Restoration-era statute ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
excluding religious dissenters from municipal office
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securing Anglican political dominance ⓘ strengthening royal authority in towns ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
municipal corporations in England
ⓘ
municipal officials in England ⓘ |
| componentOf | Restoration religious and political settlement ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| effect |
marginalization of Presbyterians and other dissenters in local office
ⓘ
removal of nonconformists from municipal corporations ⓘ restructuring of town governments in favor of royalists ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Crown-appointed commissioners ⓘ |
| follows | English Interregnum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
institutionalization of Anglican tests for officeholding
ⓘ
tightening of central control over boroughs ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | statute ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignment |
Anglican establishment
ⓘ
royalist ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English Restoration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
reign of Charles II of England ⓘ |
| inception | reign of Charles II ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
constitutional law
ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ local government law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded and effectively obsolete in modern UK law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anglican supremacy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local government ⓘ religious conformity ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Baptists
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Independents NERFINISHED ⓘ Presbyterians NERFINISHED ⓘ religious dissenters ⓘ |
| partOf | Clarendon Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRequirement |
oath of non-resistance
ⓘ
oaths of allegiance ⓘ oaths of supremacy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Act of Uniformity 1662
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 NERFINISHED ⓘ Five Mile Act 1665 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousRequirement |
Anglican conformity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
communion according to the rites of the Church of England ⓘ |
| startTime | 1661 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Corporation Act 1661 Description of subject: The Corporation Act 1661 was a key Restoration-era English law that enforced Anglican conformity among municipal officials, forming a central component of the Clarendon Code’s religious and political settlement.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clarendon Code