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Jesuits and Seminary Priests Act Passed

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1585Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1585

Elizabeth I1585

Westminster · House / House of Tudor

Parliament orders Jesuit and seminary priests to leave the realm and criminalises specified assistance to their continued missionary activity.

Names involved

Elizabeth I

Provenance

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