Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539
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The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539Template:Efn (31 Hen. 8. c. 13), sometimes referred to as the Second Act of Dissolution[1] or as the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries,[2][3] was an act the Parliament of England that provided for the dissolution of 552 monasteries and houses remaining after the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 28).
Legacy
The whole act, except section 19, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.
Section 19 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part VIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989. The Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission had advised that section 19 was "spent".[4]
See also
Notes
References
- Halsbury's Statutes
- The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Pages 199 to 212.
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- ↑ Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. The Tudor Constitution: Documents and Commentary. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. 1982. Page vii
- ↑ William John Hardy. Documents Illustrative of English Church History. Macmillan and Co Ltd. 1914. Page 281.
- ↑ Carr, Dorothy. The Reformation in England: To the Accession of Elizabeth I. St Martin's Press. New York. 1968. Page vi.
- ↑ The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: Thirteenth Report. Law Com 179. SLC 117. Cm 671. HMSO. London. May 1989. Page 108.
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