- Conventicles Act 1670
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A Covenanters Conventicle.[1] The Conventicles Act 1670 is an Act of the Parliament of England (22 Car. II. c. 1) with the long title "An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles." [2] The Act imposed a fine on any person who attended a conventicle (any religious assembly other than the Church of England) of five shillings for the first offence and ten shillings for a second offence. Any preacher or person who allowed their house to be used as a meeting house for such an assembly could be fined 20 shillings and 40 shillings for a second offence. [3]
References
- ^ Lawson, Rev. R. (1885). Maybole Past and Present. Pub. J. & R. Parlane. P. 49.
- ^ 'Charles II, 1670: An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles.' Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 648-51, accessed 8 March 2007.
- ^ 'Book 1, Ch. 15: From the Fire to the death of Charles II' A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 230-55, accessed 7 March 2007.
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