- Crown of Ireland Act 1542
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- Crown of Ireland Act 1542
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- Treaty of Union 1706
- Acts of Union 1707
- Irish Constitution of 1782
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- Government of Ireland Act 1920
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- Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
- Government of Wales Act 1998
- Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Scotland Act 1998
- Government of Wales Act 2006
The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland (33 Hen 8 c. 1), declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland. The long title of the Act read An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland.
The Act was introduced in 1541 and was read out to parliament in English and Irish. A key provision was the status of the new Kingdom of Ireland "depending and belonging to the imperial crown of England".[1]
As the Act was passed after Henry VIII had been excommunicated twice by the Papacy, the title "King of Ireland" was not recognised initially by Europe's Catholic monarchs. To rectify this, Pope Paul IV issued a papal bull in 1555 declaring Philip II of Spain and Queen Mary as King and Queen of Ireland.[2] After Mary died in 1558, Philip made no claim to the crown, but the principle was established that the Crown of Ireland, and its personal link to the English monarchy, was recognized from 1555 by the Holy See.[citation needed]
This Act has been repealed in the Republic of Ireland[3] by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962,[4] but is still in force in Northern Ireland,[5] where its short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.[5]
In Northern Ireland the Act makes it treason to endanger the Sovereign or her possession of the Crown. This was still a capital offence until capital punishment in the United Kingdom was formally abolished in 1998.
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Notes
- ^ http://www.ancestryireland.com/hip_statutes.php?filename=1
- ^ Documents on Ireland, Heraldica website
- ^ Statutes which have already been repealed, Irish Attorney General website
- ^ Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962, Acts of the Oireachtas
- ^ a b Official text of the Crown of Ireland Act (I) 1542 (c. 2) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
References
- The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time, Sir William Blackstone and James Stewart, 1839, p. 92.
See also
External links
- Official text of the Crown of Ireland Act (I) 1542 (c. 1) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
Major constitutional laws affecting Ireland Pre-Union Laudabiliter (1155) · Poynings' Law (1495) · Crown of Ireland Act (1542) · Grattan's constitution (1782) · Act of Union (1800)
UK Acts Roman Catholic Relief Act (1829) · Irish Church Act (1869) · Reform Acts: 1884 and 1918 · Government of Ireland Act (1920) · Statute of Westminster (1931) · Ireland Act (1949) · Northern Ireland Constitution Act (1973) · Northern Ireland Act (1998)
Constitutions Proclamation of the Irish Republic (1916) · Dáil Constitution (1919) · Free State Constitution (1922) · Constitution of Ireland (1937)
Oireachtas Acts Ministers and Secretaries Act (1924) · Courts of Justice Act (1924) · External Relations Act (1936) · Republic of Ireland Act (1948) · Human Rights Act (2003)
Treaties Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) · European Convention (1950) · Treaties of the EU (1973–2007) · Good Friday Agreement (1998)
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