Popish Recusants Act 1592

Popish Recusants Act 1592
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Citation	35 Eliz 1 c 2

The Popish Recusants Act 1592 (35 Eliz. I, c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was one of many acts imposed by the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I to restrict and punish recusants for not joining the Church of England.

The Act

The Act forbade Roman Catholic recusants from moving more than five miles from their house or otherwise they would forfeit all their property.[1] [2]

Notes

Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 639.
"The Act Against Recusants (1593)". history.hanover.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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[1] Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 639.

[2] "The Act Against Recusants (1593)". history.hanover.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2023.