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Papists (Amendment) Act 1688

WillandMar/1/17

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An Act for rectifying a Mistake in a certaine Aft of this present Parliament For the amoveing Papists from the Cities of London and Westminster.

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Abbreviated title derived from Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971 (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972)

Contents

  1. Sussex changed into Essex.

Sussex changed into Essex.

Whereas in an Act of this present Parliament intituled An Act for the amoveing Papists and reputed Papists from the Cities of London and Westminster and ten miles distance from the same the County of Sussex is by mistake in the said Act inserted for the County of Essex Bee it enacted by the King and Queens most excellent Majestyes with the advice and consent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authoritie of the same That all and every the Powers and Authorities by the said recited Act given to the Justices of the Peace for the County of Sussex be and are hereby declared and enacted to extend to the County of Essex and the Justices of Peace of the said County of Essex and Limitts thereof.