Exhibit 517

Act repealing the sacramental qualification for certain offices, 9 George IV c. 17

Exhibit 517 · Statute

Act repealing the sacramental qualification for certain offices, 9 George IV c. 17

An Act for repealing so much of several Acts as imposes the Necessity of receiving the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper as a Qualification for certain Offices and Employments.

Repeals the parts of the 1661 Corporation Act, the 1673 Test Act and a 1743 indemnity Act that required officeholders to receive the sacrament according to the Church of England, and substitutes a declaration.

Source: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Date: 9 May 1828
Quoted from: 9 Geo. IV c. 17, long title (9 May 1828)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo4/9/17/pdfs/ukpga_18280017_en.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding REL-2.6: Primary record Between 1661 and 1673 Parliament required officeholders to receive the sacrament according to the Church of England and fined nonconforming ministers and attenders at conventicles with part of the fines going to informers, and the Toleration Act of 1689 excused Protestant dissenters from the attendance penalties while saving tithes, parochial duties and ecclesiastical-court prosecution.