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United Kingdom legislation
Nonconformists Act 1665
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title
An Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations.
Citation
17 Cha. 2. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent
31 October 1665
Commencement
9 October 1665
Repealed
29 July 1812
Other legislation
Repealed by
Places of Religious Worship Act 1812
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
The Five Mile Act, or Oxford Act, or Nonconformists Act 1665, was an Act of the Parliament of England (17 Cha. 2. c. 2), passed in 1665 with the long title "An Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations". It was one of the English penal laws that sought to enforce conformity to the established Church of England, and to expel any who did not conform. It forbade clergymen from living, visiting or preaching[1] within five miles (8 km) of a parish from which they had been expelled, or to come within five miles of any city, town or borough that sends Members to Parliament unless they swore an oath never to resist the king, or attempt to alter the government of Church or State. The latter involved swearing to obey the 1662 prayer book. Thousands of ministers were deprived of a living under this act.
As an example, Theodosia Alleine and her husband Joseph Alleine were obliged to move to Taunton after her husband's conviction as a non-conformist. They moved, but they were still harassed and had to move and live with friends to escape their critics.[2]
^Raithby, John. "Statutes of the Realm: Volume 5, 1628-80". British History Online. Great Britain Record Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^"Alleine, Theodosia (fl. 1654–1677), nonconformist writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67079. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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