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 1682 - 1707 (~ 25 years)
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| 1 | 1689 | - 1689: Act of Toleration
Enacted by William and Mary this Act gave everyone freedom to worship at their choice, Roman Catholics excepted. Few registers of dissenters exist prior to this time.
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| 2 | 1690 | - 1690: United Brethren
Presbyterians became closely affiliated as the United Brethren.
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| 3 | 1694 | - 1694—1706: Parish Register Taxation
A short-lived Act was passed whereby a tax of 2/- was levied on each birth, 2/6 for a marriage and 4/- for a burial. In order to assure that tax was collected, the incumbent was to be notified of any births within 5 days whereupon he was to receive a fee of 6d for recording them in the parish register. Bachelors and widowers were also taxed. The tax was rescinded in 1706.
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| 4 | 1696 | - 1696: Association Oath
This oath was a loyalty oath embodied in the "Act for the better security of his majesty's royal person and government" pledging loyalty to the Sovereign was administered to holders of public office following the discovery of an attempt to assassinate William III and was reminescent of the 1584 Association. Subscribers were to "heartily, sincerely, solemnly profess, testify and declare, That his present Majesty, King William, is rightful and lawful King of these Realms", and promised to revenge the King's death should an assassination attempt prove successful. Under the Act of Parliament only officeholders were required to swear the oath. In some parts of the country the rolls were also subscribed by most residents of substance. Many rolls for 1696 are located in The National Archives among the Chancery records (class mark C213/68-92). Other rolls can be found at the county record offices as part of the Quarter Sessions series.
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| 5 | 1700 | - 1700: Non-conformists
Onset of many Baptist and Independent meeting houses. Roman Catholics still prohibited from worshipping, buying or inheriting land
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| 6 | 1702 | - 1702: Abjuration Oath
This Oath was required to be signed by all holders of public office pursuant to an "Act for the further Security of His Majesties Person, and the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line", declaring that "our Sovereign Lord King William is Lawful and Rightful King of this Realm" and abjuring "any Allegiance or Obedience" to the young James III. Following the death of William III a further Act was passed amending the text of the oath to account for the change of monarch.
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| 7 | 1707 | - 1707: Act of Union
United Scotland with England and Wales to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
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