The Papists Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, enacted in response to the Jacobite Atterbury PlotConspiracy named after Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, aimed at restoring the House of Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. uncovered that year, a thwarted attempt to restore the Catholic Stuart dynasty to the British throne. Catholics had been “hounded” because of their association with the Stuarts, and since 1715 it had been a requirement that all estates held by Catholics had to be registered with the authorities.[1]
The 1722 Act additionally required all Catholics who refused to take the oaths of allegiance, supremacy and abjuration,[a]The oaths of allegiance and supremacy acknowledged the monarch as the supreme head of the Church of England. The oath of abjuration renounced the temporal power of the pope.[2] to register their names and estates with the authorities by 25 December 1723,[3] or face seizure of their property.[4]
The Papists Act 1722 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).
See also
- Taxation Act 1722Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, imposing a tax on the estates of all Catholics to reimburse the government for the expenses of suppressing recent conspiracies.
Notes
| a | The oaths of allegiance and supremacy acknowledged the monarch as the supreme head of the Church of England. The oath of abjuration renounced the temporal power of the pope.[2] |
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