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| 1 | 1741 | - 1741—1837: Protestant Dissenters' Registry
A registry for Protestant events was set up at Dr. Williams Library in London, closed 1837 with 50,000 entries.
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| 2 | 1778 | - 1778: First Catholic Relief Act
First Catholic Relief Act to relieve the burden of followers of that faith.
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| 3 | 1783 | - 1 Oct 1783: The Stamp Act
23 Geo. Ill, c. 71: Tax of 3p per entry instituted which was to be paid on every entry of a birth, christening, marriage or burial. Some churches and parishioners refused to record their vital events - baptisms and marriages. Some families took their children to be baptised, or marriages to be performed, to parishes that were sympathetic to the burden that had been placed on them by the government. The levy was collected directly by the incumbent of the parish and he was allowed to retain 10 percent as a commission.
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| 4 | 1785 | - 1785: The Stamp Act Extended
Provisions in this act were extended to non-conformist events.
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| 5 | 1791 | - 1791: Second Catholic Relief Act
Permitted the conduct of ceremonies and the registration of churches and priests.
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| 6 | 1794 | - 1794: The Stamp Act Repealed
The Stamp Act was repealed.
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| 7 | 1800s | - 1800s: Congregationalists
Independents became known as Congregationalists.
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| 8 | 1801 | - 1801: First census
Taken for statistical reasons only, but a few returns that give names have survived from 1801-1831 and are usually to be found stored in the parish chest of a parish.
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