Clergy Marriage Act 1548
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The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 (2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Part of the English Reformation, it abolished the prohibition on marriage of priests within the Church of England. (Before Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England, ecclesiastical matters were governed exclusively by Roman Catholic canon law, over which the English monarch had no authority.)
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Acte to take awaye all posityve Lawes againste Marriage of Priestes.[2] |
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Citation | 2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 21 |
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Royal assent | 14 March 1549 |
Status: Repealed |
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The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. (By virtue of Section 10 of the Interpretation Act 1889, this did not revive the ban.)