Five Mile Act 1665

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The Five Mile Act 1665 was an English law that barred nonconformist ministers from coming within five miles of incorporated towns or their former parishes, aiming to suppress dissenting religious influence after the Restoration.

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Five Mile Act 1665 canonical 8
Five Mile Act of 1665 1

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
penal law
affectedRight freedom of movement
freedom of worship
aimedAt suppressing dissenting religious influence
alsoKnownAs Five Mile Act of 1665
linked to: Five Mile Act 1665
appliesTo dissenting clergy
nonconformist ministers
country Kingdom of England
dateEnacted 1665
era Stuart period
geographicScope England
Wales
historicalContext Restoration of the monarchy in England
post-English Civil War religious settlement
ideologicalBasis Anglican supremacy
Erastian church–state relations
influenced development of religious toleration debates in England
inForceStatus repealed
languageOfDocument English
legalConsequence banishment from specified areas
penalties for violation
legalSubject freedom of religion
religious nonconformity
legalSystem English common law
linked to: English law
legislativeBody Parliament of England
monarchAtEnactment Charles II of England
opposedBy nonconformist communities
some Whig politicians
partOf Clarendon Code
prohibitedDistance within five miles
prohibitedFromApproaching incorporated towns
parishes where they had formerly served
purpose to enforce religious uniformity to the Church of England
to weaken nonconformist influence in municipal corporations
relatedTo Act of Uniformity 1662
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Conventicle Act 1664
Corporation Act 1661
Test Act 1673
repealedBy later 19th-century religious toleration legislation
restrictionType movement restriction
residence restriction
shortName Five Mile Act
targetedGroup Baptists
Independents
Presbyterians
linked to: Presbyterian

Protestant Dissenters
title An Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations

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