Conventicle Act 1664

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The Conventicle Act 1664 was an English law that harshly penalized unauthorized religious gatherings of more than five people, aiming to suppress Nonconformist worship outside the Church of England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
penal law
alsoKnownAs Act against Conventicles 1664
appliesTo laypersons
ministers and preachers not licensed by the Church of England
country Kingdom of England
dateOfRoyalAssent 1664
effect imprisonment and punishment of many Dissenters
suppression of Nonconformist public worship
enforcementBy justices of the peace
local magistrates
historicalPeriod Restoration England
linked to: Stuart period
inspiredBy fear of sedition associated with religious gatherings
jurisdiction England
language English
legalConcept religious persecution
restriction of freedom of assembly
state control of religion
legalStatusAfter1689 largely superseded by the Toleration Act 1689
legislature Parliament of England
longTitle An Act to prevent and suppress seditious Conventicles
minimumNumberOfPersons more than five persons over the age of sixteen
monarch Charles II of England
partOf Clarendon Code
Restoration religious settlement
penalty fines
imprisonment
transportation for repeated offences
purpose to enforce religious uniformity to the Church of England
to prevent unauthorized religious assemblies
to suppress Nonconformist religious worship
region England and Wales
reignOfMonarch Charles II of England
relatedAct Act of Uniformity 1662
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Conventicle Act 1670
Corporation Act 1661
Five Mile Act 1665
religiousAffiliationFavored Church of England
restrictedActivity religious meetings of more than five persons not of the same household
unauthorized religious conventicles
scope religious meetings held outside parish churches or licensed places
targetedGroup Baptists
Dissenters
Nonconformists
Puritans
linked to: Puritanism

Quakers
typeOfSanction criminal sanction
yearOfEnactment 1664

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Clarendon Code hasPart Conventicle Act 1664
Clarendon Code hasPart Conventicle Act 1664
subject linked to: Clarendon Code enforcement
Cavalier Parliament enacts Conventicle Act 1664
Persecution of Quakers in England legalBasis Conventicle Act 1664
Persecution of Quakers in England legalBasis Conventicle Act 1670
linked to: Conventicle Act 1664
Corporation Act 1661 relatedTo Conventicle Act 1664
Conventicle Act 1664 alsoKnownAs Act against Conventicles 1664
linked to: Conventicle Act 1664
Conventicle Act 1664 relatedAct Conventicle Act 1670
linked to: Conventicle Act 1664
Five Mile Act 1665 relatedTo Conventicle Act 1664
Clarendon ministry significantEvent Conventicle Act 1664
Clarendon ministry significantLegislation Conventicle Act 1664