Act of Supremacy 1558 - Related Legislation

Related Legislation

An Act to the same effect was passed in Ireland in the following year, the Act of Supremacy (Ireland) 1560 (2 Eliz.1 c. 1).

The Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560 remains in force in Scotland.

Another Act (1 Eliz.1 c.5) dealing with treason was passed in 1558, which made it treason to "compass" or "imagine" to deprive the Queen (or her heirs) of the Crown, or destroy her or her heirs, or levy war against them in their dominions, or depose them, or say that they are not or ought not to be the monarch.

Another Act (1 Eliz.1 c.6) dealt with sedition.

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