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    An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery (2 Anne c. 6 (I); commonly known as the Popery Act or the Gavelkind Act) was an Act of the Parliament of...
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    The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English...
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    Gordon Riots (redirect from No-Popery Riots)
    against the Papists Act 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics enacted by the Popery Act 1698. Lord George...
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    The Popery Act 1698 (11 Will. 3. c. 4) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted in 1700. The long title of the Act was "An Act for...
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    The Popery Act 1627 (3 Cha. 1. c. ) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England. Its long title is "An Act to restrain the passing or...
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    Act and Popery Act, to close a loophole whereby they had not applied to priests ordained after the original act first came into force. The 1704 act,...
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    Catholic, his legatee could benefit by conversion to the Church of Ireland; Popery Act – Catholic inheritances of land were to be equally subdivided between...
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  • the Education Act 1695, the Banishment Act 1697, the Registration Act 1704, the Popery Acts 1704 and 1709, and the Disenfranchising Act 1728. Under pressure...
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  • 1695 Marriage Act 1697 Banishment Act 1697 Registration Act 1704 Popery Act 1704 and 1709 Occasional Conformity Act 1711 Disenfranchising Act 1728 Roman...
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    Titles Act 1896. The short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 (40 Geo. 3. c. 38 (I)), assigned by a 1951 act of the...
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