Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539

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The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539[1] (31 Hen. 8. c. 13), sometimes referred to as the Second Act of Dissolution[2] or as the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries,[3][4] was an act the Parliament of England that provided for the dissolution of 552 monasteries and houses remaining after the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 28).

Subsequent developments

The whole act, except section 19, was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, which came into force on 1 January 1970.[5]

Section 19 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part VIII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.[6] The Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission had advised that section 19 was "spent".[7]

References

  1. 1.The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. 2.Geoffrey Rudolph Elton. The Tudor Constitution: Documents and Commentary. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. 1982. Page vii
  3. 3.William John Hardy. Documents Illustrative of English Church History. Macmillan and Co Ltd. 1914. Page 281.
  4. 4.Carr, Dorothy. The Reformation in England: To the Accession of Elizabeth I. St Martin's Press. New York. 1968. Page vi.
  5. 5."Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1969 c. 52
  6. 6."Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1989 c. 43
  7. 7.Law Commission (12 December 1978). Thirteenth Annual Report 1977–1978 (PDF) (Report). HM Stationery Office.