First Statute of Repeal
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The First Statute of Repeal was an act of the Parliament of England (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2), passed in 1553 in the first Parliament of Mary I's reign, that nullified all religious legislation passed under the previous monarch, the boy-king Edward VI, and the de facto rulers of that time, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland.
Provisions
Section 1 of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in that section, namely:
- The Sacrament Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 1)
- The Election of Bishops Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 2)
- The Act of Uniformity 1548 (2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 1)
- The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 (2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 21)
- The Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c. 10)
- The Consecration of Bishops, etc. Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c. 12)
- The Act of Uniformity 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 1)
- The Holy Days and Fasting Days Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 3)
- The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 12)
Section 2 of the act provided that from and after 20 December 1553, divine services and administration of sacraments would be performed as used in the last year of the reign of Henry VIII (1547).
Section 3 of the act provided that divine services may be performed under the repealed acts before 20 December 1553.
Legacy
The act was nullified by Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 2), which stated that:
The whole act was repealed by section 8 of Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 25).