...towards the reducing of Ireland. With the speech of Henry Powle on the same. London, 1689. 604, F. 23. An act for exempting their majesties protestant subjects,...church of England, from the penalties of certain laws. 1689. 923, Q,. 9. Liberties, usages, and customs of the city of London, collected by Sir Henry Colthrop....

...where he could use freedom. At length, on May 24th, this year, the 'Act for exempting their Majesties1 Protestant Subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws,' received the royal assent. The dissenters î-ere hereupon contented and thankful; but the highflown...

...first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled ' An Act for exempting his Majesty's Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws ;' and by certain ' subsequent statutes the schools and places for religious worship, education, and...

...as by Law established; and for confirming the Toleration granted to Protestant Dissenters by an Act intituled ' An Act for exempting their Majesties Protestant...Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws,' and for supplying the Defects thereof; and for the further securing the Protestant Succession by requiring...

...in May 1689. The frosty title of the Act reveals how limited in conception it was: officially it was 'An Act for exempting their Majesties' Protestant...Church of England, from the penalties of certain laws'. At no point, in fact, did the Act 10. William Jane, dean of Gloucester, was elected Prolocutor of the...

...Anglicans acceded to the Act of Toleration in 1689 in order to secure the support of Dissenters. Merely "An Act for exempting their Majesties Protestant subjects,...Church of England, from the penalties of certain laws," the Act of Toleration only recognized the right of Dissenters to exist. They remained second-class...

...pp. 218-20, 260, 290; RT Jones, Congregationalism in England 1662-1962 (London, 1962), pp. 105-7. 1 8 An Act for exempting Their Majesties Protestant Subjects,...Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws (1 W. and M., c. 18), Sections VII-VIII, XVIII. 19 A Sketch of the History and Proceedings of the Deputies...

...to conclude the unfinished business of 10 1 W. & M., c. 18. The full title makes these points clear: 'An Act for exempting their Majesties protestant subjects,...church of England, from the penalties of certain laws.' Articles 20 and 34 through 36 dealing with rites and ceremonies, the traditions of the church, and...

...produced a wider degree of freedom, whatever its own starting point. In 1689, the Toleration Act exempted 'their Majesties' Protestant subjects, dissenting...Church of England, from the penalties of certain laws', which seemed to imply that the Catholics were excepted from its provisions. The old penal laws, as...

...reliable and full account of the making of the 'Toleration Act' (or An Act for exempting their Majestyes Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain laws as it was properly called) - 1 William and Mary c. 18. H. Horwitz, Revolution Politicks (Cambridge,...