List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1623
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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1623.
For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland, the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.
For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
For medieval statutes, etc. that are not considered to be acts of Parliament, see the list of English statutes.
See also the List of ordinances and acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–1660 for ordinances and acts passed by the Long Parliament and other bodies without royal assent, and which were not considered to be valid legislation following the Restoration in 1660.
The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".
Acts passed by the Parliament of England did not have a short title; however, some of these acts have subsequently been given a short title by acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896).
Acts passed by the Parliament of England were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular act was passed.
21 Jas. 1
The 4th Parliament of King James I (the 'Happy Parliament') which met from 12 February 1624 until 29 May 1624.
This session was traditionally cited as 21 Jac. 1.
Public acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long title | ||||
Hospitals Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 1 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the reviving and making perpetual of one act made in the nine and thirtieth year of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, "An Act for erecting of hospitals, and abiding and working houses for the poor."[a] (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948) | ||||
Crown Suits, etc. Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 2 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the general quiet of the subjects against all pretences of concealment whatsoever. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
21 Jas. 1. c. 3 | 29 May 1624 | |||
An Act concerning monopolies and dispensations with penal laws and the forfeitures thereof. | ||||
Common Informers Act 1623[1] (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 4 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the case of the subject, concerning informations upon penal statutes. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1959) | ||||
Sheriffs Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 5 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act that sheriffs, their heirs, executors and administrators, having a Quietus est, shall be absolutely discharged of their accounts. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Female Convicts Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 6 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act concerning women convicted of small felonies. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Drunkenness Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 7 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the better repressing of drunkenness, and refraining the inordinate haunting of inns, alehouses, and other victualling houses. | ||||
Certiorari Abuses Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 8 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to prevent and punish the abuses in procuring process and Supersedeas of the peace and good behaviour, out of his Majesty's courts at Westminster, and to prevent the abuses in procuring writs of Certiorari out of the said courts, for the removing of indictments found before justices of the peace in their general sessions. | ||||
Welsh Cloths Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 9 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the free trade and traffick of Welsh clothes, cottons, frines, linings and plains in and through the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Laws in Wales (Amendment) Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 10 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act of repeal of one branch of the statute made in the session of parliament holden by prorogation at Westminster the twenty-second day of January in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, "An Act for certain ordinances in the King's majesty's dominion and principality of Wales."[b] | ||||
Heron's Fish-Curing Patent Void Act 1623[4] (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 11 | 29 May 1624 | ||
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948) | ||||
Public Officers Protection Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 12 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An act to enlarge and make perpetual the act made for ease in pleading against troublesome and contentious suits prosecuted against justices of the peace, mayors, constables and certain other his Majesty's officers, for the lawful execution of their office, made in the seventh year of his Majesty's most happy reign.[c] | ||||
Jeofails Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 13 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the further reformation of jeofails. | ||||
Intrusions Act 1623[1] (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 14 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to admit the subject to plead the general issue in informations of intrusions brought on behalf of the King's majesty, and retain his possession til trial. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1958) | ||||
Forcible Entry Act 1623[1] (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 15 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to enable judges and justices of the peace to give restitution of possession in certain cases. (Repealed by Criminal Law Act 1977) | ||||
21 Jas. 1. c. 16 | 29 May 1624 | |||
An Act for limitation of actions, and for avoiding of suits in law. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986) | ||||
Usury Act 1623[2] (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 17 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An act against usury. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Woollen Cloths Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 18 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for continuance of a former act made in the fourth year of the King's majesty's reign of England, &c., intituled, "An Act for the true making woolen clothes, and for some additions and alterations in and to the same."[d] | ||||
Bankrupts Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 19 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the further description of a bankrupt, and relief of creditors against such as shall become bankrupts, and for inflicting corporal punishment upon the bankrupts in some special cases. | ||||
Profane Swearing Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 20 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to prevent and reform profane swearing and cursing. (Repealed by Profane Oaths Act 1745) | ||||
21 Jas. 1. c. 21 | 29 May 1624 | |||
An Act concerning Hostlers and Inn-holders. | ||||
Butter and Cheese Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 22 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the explanation of the statutes made in the third, fourth and fifth years of King Edward the Sixth, concerning the traders of butter and cheese.[e][f] (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Inferior Courts Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 23 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for avoiding of vexations delays caused by removing actions and suits out of inferior courts. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948) | ||||
Execution Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 24 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for the relief of creditors against such persons as die in execution. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948) | ||||
21 Jas. 1. c. 25 | 29 May 1624 | |||
An Act for the relief of patentees, tenants and farmers of crown-lands and duchy-lands, or of lands within the survey of the court of wards and liveries, in cases of forfeiture for not payment of their rents, or other service or duty. | ||||
Fines and Recoveries Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 26 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Concealment of Birth of Bastards Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 27 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of bastard children. | ||||
Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 28 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act for continuing and reviving divers statutes, and repeal of divers others. | ||||
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 29 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to enable the most excellent prince Charles to make leases of lands, parcel of his Highness duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948) | ||||
Exchange of Lands (King and Archbishop of York) Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 30 | 29 May 1624 | ||
21 Jas. 1. c. 31 | 29 May 1624 | |||
21 Jas. 1. c. 32 | 29 May 1624 | |||
An Act for making the river of Thames navigable for barges, boats and lighters, from the village of Bercot, in the county of Oxon, unto the university and city of Oxon. | ||||
Taxation Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 33 | 29 May 1624 | ||
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Taxation (No. 2) Act 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 34 | 29 May 1624 | ||
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
Act of General Pardon 1623 (repealed) | 21 Jas. 1. c. 35 | 29 May 1624 | ||
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863) | ||||
- ^ Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597 (39 Eliz. 1. c. 5)
- ^ Laws in Wales Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 26)
- ^ Public Officers Protection Act 1609 (7 Jas. 1. c. 5)
- ^ Woollen Cloths Act 1606 (4 Jas. 1. c. 2)
- ^ Butter and Cheese Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c. 21)
- ^ Forestallers Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 14)
Private acts
| Short title, or popular name | Citation | Royal assent (or the start of session) | ||
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| Long title | ||||
Confirmation of Wadham College, Oxford, and its possessions. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 1 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Philip Burlemacchi Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 2 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Giles Vandeputt Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 3 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Earl of Hertford and Sir Francis Seymour: sale of lands for payment of debts, and establishment of others in lieu and of better value. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 4 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Sir Robert Anstrother, Sir George Abercromy and John Cragge Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 5 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Manors of Stepney and Hackney, confirmation of copyholders' rights. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 6 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Confirmation of sale of lands by Sir Thomas and Dame Elizabeth Beamond to Sir Thomas Checke. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 7 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Erection of free school, almshouses and house of correction in Lincolnshire. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 8 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Martin Calthrope's Estate Act 1623: sale of lands for preferment of children and payment of debts. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 9 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Assurance of manor of Goodneston and other lands of Sir Edward Engham. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 10 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Elizabeth and Mary Vere. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 11 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Alice Dudley's Estate Act 1623: enabling her to assure her estate in manor of Killingworth and other lands in Warwickshire to the Prince. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 12 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Confirmation of exchange of lands between Prince Charles and Sir Lewis Watson. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 13 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Viscount Montagu's Estate Act 1623: payment of debts and raising daughters' portions. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 14 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Sir Richard Lumley's Estate Act 1623: sale of lands for payment of debts and preferment of children. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 15 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Manor of Painswick (Gloucestershire) Act 1623: confirmation of Chancery decree between lord of the manor and customary tenants. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 16 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Sir Francis Stewart, Walter Maxwell, William Carr and James Levingston Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 17 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of John Young Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 18 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Conveyance of manor of Little Munden (Hertfordshire) by Sir Peter Vanlore and Sir Charles and Dame Anne Cesar to Edmund Woodhall. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 19 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Jane Murrey and William Murrey Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 20 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Vincent Lowe's Estate (Derbyshire) Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 21 | 29 May 1624 | ||
An Act to enable Vincent Lowe of Denbigh in the County of Derby, Esquire, to sell Part of his Lands for Payment of his Debts | ||||
Toby Pallavicine's Estate Act 1623: sale of lands for payment of debts and preferment of family. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 22 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Sir Robert Carre Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 23 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Assurance of manors of Newlangport and Sevans or Sephans and other lands in Kent, late the inheritance of Sir Henry James, convicted in a praemunire, to Martin Lumley, Alice Woodroffe and Edward Cropley. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 24 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Stephen Leisure Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 25 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of the Marquis of Hamilton Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 26 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Sir William Anstrother, Walter Bellcanquall and Patrick Abercromy Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 27 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Sir Edward Heron's Estate Act 1623: confirmation of sale of lands to Bevell Molesworth, enabling sale of others for payment of debts and settlement of others upon Robert and Edward Heron in lieu. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 28 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Naturalization of Abigail and William Little Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 29 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Establishment of manors and lands in Cornwall, Devon and Dorset on John Mohun. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 30 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Edward Alcocke's Estate Act 1623: enabling the sale of the manor of Rampton, and lands in Rampton, Wivelingham and Cottenham (Cambridgeshire). | 21 Jas. 1. c. 31 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Estates of Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and Fisher: explanation of the Act of 1580 [assurance of a rent of £82 10s. to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield]. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 32 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Establishment of Thomas Whetenhall's lectures in divinity. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 33 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Colchester Improvement Act 1623 | 21 Jas. 1. c. 34 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Sir Francis Clerke's Estate Act 1623: sale of lands for payment of debts and provision of portions for children. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 35 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Alteration of tenure and custom of lands formerly of Thomas Potter and of Sir George and Sir John Rivers in Kent from gavelkind to the common law, and to settle them on Sir John Rivers and his heirs. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 36 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Earl of Middlesex's Estate Act 1623: subjecting lands to the payment of debts. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 37 | 29 May 1624 | ||
Sale of manor of Abbotts Hall (Essex) for payment of Sir James Pointz's creditors. | 21 Jas. 1. c. 38 | 29 May 1624 | ||
- ^ Peter Vanlore
- ^ 23 Eliz. 1. c. 5
Sources
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes: James I
- Journal of the House of Commons. Vol. 1–1547-1629. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1802 – via British History Online.
- Journal of the House of Lords. Vol. 3: 1620-1628. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1830 – via British History Online.
- Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes. Vol. 1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) (13th ed.). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1896. pp. 66–67 – via Google Books.
- Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-0-11-840096-1 – via Google Books.
- "Acts of the English Parliament from 1623". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Short title assigned by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948
- ^ a b c Merkin, Rob (2021). Marine Insurance: A Legal History. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-78811-675-6.
- ^ Gardiner, Samuel Rawson. "Charles I". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10: 1885-1900.
- ^ a b Belofsky, Nathan (2010). The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities: Pizza Police, Illicit Fishbowls, and Other Anomalies of the Law That Make Us All Unsuspecting Criminals. Penguin. ISBN 9781101188965.
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
External links
- Pickering, Danby, ed. (1763). The Statutes at Large. Vol. 7: From the Thirty-ninth Year of Q. Elizabeth to the Twelfth Year of K. Charles. Inclusive. Cambridge: Joseph Bentham – via Internet Archive.
