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This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body's existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after that date see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.
The numbers after the titles of the acts are the chapter numbers. Acts before 1962 are referenced using 'Year of reign', 'Monarch', c., 'Chapter number' — e.g. 16 Charles II c. 2 — to define a chapter of the appropriate statute book. Since 1962, the regnal year has been replaced by the calendar year. All recent Acts have a short title, or citation (e.g. Local Government Act 2003, National Health Service Act 1974).
For Acts passed prior to the Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793, the year after the Act's name is in accordance with the previous law in which Acts came into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed, and therefore may be the year before they were actually passed by Parliament.
[edit] 1660-1669
[edit] 1660 (12 Cha. II)
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- Augustine and William Skinner's estate: power to sell land for payment of debts. c.11
- Confirmation of sale of manor of Hitcham by Sir John Clarke to Charles Doe and settlement and disposition of other lands of him and his wife Dame Philodelphia. c.32
- Disappropriating Preston (Lancashire) rectory, uniting and consolidating the rectory and vicarage and assuring the advowson to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. c.34
- Earl of Cleveland's estate: sale of manors and lands for payment of his and his son Thomas Lord Wentworth's debts. c.33
- Earl of Inchequin: restoration of honours, manors, lands and tenements in Ireland. c.3
- Earl of Winchelsea's estate: settling priory of Walton and other lands (Yorkshire) in trustees for payment of debts. c.5
- George Faunt's estate: sale of land for payment of debts and legacies charged thereon by Sir William Faunt deceased, for raising portions for younger children and providing a jointure for his wife. c.28
- Great Level of the Fens drainage. c.2
- Henry Lord Arundel of Warden: restoration of his estate. c.16
- John Lord Culpeper: restoration of honours, manors and lands. c.9
- John Newton and William Oakeley estates: sale of land for payment of debts and raising portions. c.19
- Joseph Micklethwaite's (infant) estate: sale of land for payment of father's debts. c.30
- Levying monies due on the collection for the Protestants of Piedmont. c.24
- Lord Gerrard: restoration of honours, manors and lands. c.8
- Maintenance of Vicar of Royston (Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire) and his successors. c.21
- Making the precinct of Covent Garden parochial. c.35
- Marquis of Hertford: restoration to Dukedom of Somerset . c.10
- Marquis of Newcastle: restoration of honours, manors, lands and tenements in England. c.4
- Marquis of Ormond: restoration of honours, manors and lands in Ireland. c.15
- Naturalization of Abraham Watchtor. c.26
- Naturalization of Countess of Derby, Countess of Ossory, Lady Culpeper, Lord Wotton and Dame Emilia Kirkhoven. c.13
- Naturalization of Frances Hyde and others. c.29
- Naturalization of Gerrard Vantethusen, Daniel Demetrius, Theodore Cocke, John Cravenburgh and others. c.23
- Naturalization of John Boreel. c.25
- Naturalization of Peter and John de la Pierre or Peters. c.1
- Newport (Salop.) school and almshouses: settlement of land for their maintenance and incorporation of Company of Haberdashers, London, as governors. c.12
- Raising portions and provision for maintenance for the younger children of Sir Edward Gostwicke. c.31
- Regulating bay [baize] making in Colchester. c.7
- Sir George Booth's estate : power to lease and sell. c.14
- Sir George Hamilton: restoration of lands and estates in Ireland. c.20
- Sir George Lane: restoration of manors of Rathclive and Lisduff and other lands in Ireland. c.6
- Sir Thomas Crimes: restoration of his estate. c.27
- Sir William Wray's estate: sale of land for payment of debts and raising of portions for younger children. c.22
- Thomas Earl of Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk: restitution to Dukedom of Norfolk. c.17
- Wentworth Earl of Roscomon: restoration of honours, manors and lands in Ireland. c.18
[edit] 13 Cha. II. St. 1
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- Ascertaining and establishing the fees of the Masters of the Chancery. c.1
- Confirmation and explanation of an Act [1660 (c.33)] for sale of some of the manors and lands of Earl of Cleveland for payment of his debts and those of his son Thomas Lord Wentworth. c.9
- Confirmation of sale of manor of Holm and certain lands in Manchester by Sir Thomas Prestwich to Sir Edward Mosely. c.2
- Confirming and continuing an Act [1660 (c.2)] for draining the Great Level of the Fens. c.14
- Inclosing of former common highway from Parsons Green to Southfield in Fulham and settling other land for a common highway in lieu. c.15
- John Harbin's estate: sale of lands in Somerset and Dorset for payment of debts and provision for younger children. c.4
- John Lord Abergavenny's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts and preferment of siblings. c.11
- Naturalization of Francis Brudenell and Anna Countess of Shrewsbury. c.12
- Reviving a settlement of certain lands on John Orlibeare for life with the remainder to his sons and to their male heirs. c.13
- Richard Gipps' estate: sale of lands and tenements in Suffolk and Norfolk for payment of debts and provision of portions for younger children. c.16
- Settling manors of Knoll, Seale and Kempsing (Kent) upon Earl of Dorset and heirs and charging manors of Bexhill and Cowding and other lands (Sussex)with a yearly rentcharge of £130 in lieu. c.6
- Sir Edward Baesh's estate: settling lands upon his heir Sir Ralph Baesh. c.8
- Thomas and John Hunt's estate: sale of land for payment of debts. c.5
- Thomas Radcliffe: restoration of lands and possessions in England and Ireland. c.3
- Uniting parsonages of St. Andrews and St. Mary Witton in Droitwich (Worcestershire). c.10
- Worcester weavers, fullers and clothiers: confirmation of charter and privileges. c.7
[edit] 13 Cha. II. St. 2
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- Algernon Peyton's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.3
- Confirmation of an Act [1660 (c.10)] for restoring the *Marquis of Hertford in the Dukedom of Somerset. c.1
- Confirmation of an Act [1660 (c.17)] for restitution of Thomas Earl of Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk to the Dukedom of Norfolk. c.4
- Confirmation of private Acts [1660 cc.8, 11, 16, 19, 23, 27, 28 and 32]. c.5
- Division of Trinity Church, Hull, from Hasle. c.2
[edit] 1662 (14 Cha. II)
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- Anthony Etrick's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.31
- Bengeworth Bridge (Worcestershire) repair. c.34
- Confirmation of agreements between Thomas Bushell and the miners of Rowpits (Somerset) for recovering their drowned and deserted works. c.38
- Confirmation of an Act [1660 c.9] for Lord Culpeper's restoration. c.7
- Confirmation of decree made for Thomas Derham and the improvements, exchanges and allotments mentioned in it. c.18
- Confirmation of estates of a number of his Majesty's copyhold tenants within the honour of Clitheroe (Lancashire). c. 22
- Confirmation of estates of several tenants and copyholders of the manors of Rannes, Irchester, Rushdon and others (Lancashire). c.23
- Confirmation of John Marquis of Winchester's estate in certain manors and lands whose deeds and evidences were burnt and lost at the taking of Basing castle [Hampshire]. c.3
- Confirmation of several Acts [1660 cc.6, 15, 20 and 25]. c.10
- Confirmation of three Acts [1660 cc.21, 31 and 34]. c.40
- Confirmation of two Acts [1660 cc.5 and 14]. c.11
- Discharge of manors of Stodscomb and Holwell and other lands in Devon from the trust of 150 years made to Earls of Exeter, Bridgewater and Bolingbrooke. c.20
- Disuniting the hundreds of Dudston and Kings Barton from the county of the city of Gloucester and restoring them to the county of Gloucester. c.13
- Duke of Albermarle: confirmation of letters patent granting him honours, manors and hereditaments. c.2
- Edward Rivers' estate: sale of lands and houses for payment of debts and provision for younger children. c.36
- Enabling Bishop of London to lease out tenements built on the site of his palace in London. c.8
- Ferdinando Earl of Huntingdon's estate: confirmation of sale of land for payment of his and his father's debts. c.4
- Francis Tindal's estate: sale of land for payment of debts. c.39
- Henry Nevil's estate: sale of lands (Yorkshire and Leicestershire) for payment of his and his son William's debts and confirmation of sales already made. c.27
- Making void certain fines levied by Sir Edward and Dame Mary Powel. c.28
- Naturalization of Anna Ferrers and others. c.32
- Naturalization of Mark le Pla and others. c.33
- Naturalization of Philadelphia, Lady Wentworth. c.9
- Piedmont Protestants collection Act [1660 c.24] confirmation, explanation and enlargement. c.24
- Rectification of defect in a deed for settling manors and lands on Sir Henry Frederick Thynne. c.21
- Reversing the Earl of Strafford's attainder. c.5
- River Ancholm Level (Lincolnshire): confirmation of commissioners' decrees of sewers. c.17
- Rivers Stour and Salwarpe navigation (Worcestershire, Staffordshire). c.14
- Rivers Wye and Lugg navigation (Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire). c.15
- Rowland Okeover's estate: sale of lands in Derbyshire. c.35
- Settlement of estate of James Duke of Richmond and Lenos [Lennox] according to the agreement between Charles Duke of Richmond and Lenos, Mary Dowager Duchess of Richmond and Lenos, her trustees and her daughter Lady Mary. c.1
- Settling upon Viscount Campden a mansion house in Kensington. c.6
- Sir Anthony Brown's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.30
- Sir James Enyons' estate: sale of land for payment of debts. c.16
- Sir Robert and William Dallison's estate: sale of lands in Bleesby for payment of debts. c.26
- Sir Robert Slingsby's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.29
- Sir Thomas Lee's estate: exchange of lands settled upon marriage of Dame Ann Lee his wife in lieu of other lands. c.19
- Thomas Peck's estate: sale of manor and lands in Norfolk for payment of debts. c.37
- Viscount Scudamore's endowment of churches in Ireland. c.12
- William Milward's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.25
[edit] 1663 (15 Cha. II)
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- Bedford Level drainage. c.9
- Confirmation of an Act [1660 c.1] naturalizing Peter and John de la Pierre or Peters. c.13
- Confirmation of Charles Pitcarne's deed. c.10
- Empowering Sir John Drake and others to sell lands for payment of the portion of Ellen Briscoe c.21
- Enabling Edward Chaloner to make provision for his wife Anne and his younger children. c.19
- Enabling the Bishop of Winchester to lease out tenements built on the site of his mansion house in St Saviour's parish Southwark (Surrey) and two parks and other desmenses at Bishops Waltham, and other lands, in Hampshire. c.4
- Estates of Earl of Kent and Lord Lucas: settling of lands on marriage of the Earl of Kent with the daughter and heir apparent of Lord Lucas. c.2
- Free school in Witney (Oxfordshire): endowment and erection by Henry Box. c.3
- Governing of St. Oswald's Hospital, Worcestershire. c.6
- John Robinson's estate: sale of lands for payment of his debts and leasing other lands for provision for his younger children. c.7
- Making void certain conveyances made by Caril Lord Mollineux. c.8
- Naturalization of Charlotte Hessen Killigrew and others. c.20
- Naturalization of Dame Elizabeth Jacob and others. c.11
- Naturalization of George Willoughby and others. c.12
- Repair of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire highways. c.14
- Repairing and better preserving the quay of the port of Wells (Norfolk). c.5
- Richard and Anthony Senior's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.22
- Settlement of an annuity of £300 per year upon Charles Earl of Portland, and for the benefit of Willoughby Whitelocke, Bulstrode Whitelocke and Carleton Whitelocke infants and for confirming agreements made to compose law suits against them. c.16
- Settling Post Office profits and power to grant wine licenses on Duke of York.6 c.1
- Settling the charitable gift of John Guest. c.17
- Sir John Packington's estate: sale of land for payment of debts and raising portions for younger children. c.18
- To enable Edward, Marquis of Worcester, to receive the benefit of a water commanding engine invented by him, a tenth part of which is appropriated for the King's Majesty, his heirs and successors. c.15
[edit] 16 Cha. II
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- Charles Cotton's estate: leasing of land for payment of debts. c.9
- Confirmation of Malvern Chase [Worcestershire] inclosure and improvement. c.5
- Enabling Francis or Charles Cottington to settle and dispose of lands to provide jointures for future wives. c.8
- Making Falmouth church a parish church. c.10
- Naturalization of Dame Katherine Sayer and others. c.7
- Settling Abraham Colfe's charitable gift for erecting and endowing two free schools and an almshouse at Lewisham (Kent). c.6
- Sir Sackvile Glemham: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.3
- Sir William Armin's estate: sale of lands and manor of Ingoldesby (Lincolnshire) for raising portions for his two daughters. c.2
- Sir William Keite's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.4
- Vacating of certain conveyances made by Sir John Packington to Christopher Henn and others. c.1
[edit] 16 & 17 Cha. II
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- Confirmation of a deed of settlement between the Earl of Thanet and his younger brothers. c.3
- Confirmation of an Act concerning Joseph Micklethwaite's estate [1660 (c.30)]. c.16
- Deeping Fen and other fens drainage. c.20
- Enabling Henry Lord Loughborough to make the river and sewer navigable from or near Bristowe Causey (Surrey) into the river Thames. c.6
- Enabling the Bishop of Winchester to convey 100 acres of land in the disparked Park of Bishops Waltham (Hampshire) to the rector of Bishops Waltham parish church and his successors in lieu of all tithes and tithe payments due to them for Waltham Parks. c.4
- For settling differences between Great and Little Yarmouth concerning the loading and unloading of herrings and other goods. c.14
- Francis Lee's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts and making provision for children. c.18
- Hertfordshire highways repair. c.19
- Lord Henry Powlet, George Withers and John Mompesson: power to sell manor of Abbots-Anne (Hampshire). c.5
- Lord Strangford's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.7
- Naturalization of Richard Comes and others. c.15
- Restitution in blood of Sir Charles Stanley. c.8
- River Avon navigation (Christchurch to New Sarum). c.11
- River Medway (Kent and Sussex) navigation. c.12
- Rivers (various) navigation. c.13
- Samuel Sandys' estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.2
- Settling Sir Robert Carr's estate. c.10
- Sir Edward Hungerford: power to sell lands in Devon. c.1
- Sir Jacob Astley's estate: settling of lands and manors in Norfolk or Warwickshire. c.9
- Thomas Iuckes of Trelidden's (Montgomeryshire) estate: sale of land for payment of debts and raising younger children's portions. c.17
[edit] 1665 (17 Cha. II)
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- Naturalization of Lewis Blanquefort and others. c.1
[edit] 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. II)
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- Confirming, explaining and enlarging an Act concerning Lord Abergavenny's estate [1661 (13 Cha.2. St.1) (c.11)]. c.7
- Edward Russell's estate: sale of a messuage in Chiswick for payment of debts. c.9
- Enlarging time given by a former Act [1660 (c.33)] for the redemption of the Earl of Cleveland's mortgages. c.1
- Henry Kendall's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.16
- Henry Mildmay's estate: settling lands for payment of debts and provision for children. c.17
- Illegitimation of Lady Anne Roos' children. c.8
- Lady Elizabeth Noell's jointure. c.3
- Leicester Grosvenor's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.18
- Lord Strangford's estate: additional Act for sale of lands for payment of debts. c.5
- Naturalization of Dame Mary Frazer and others. c.15
- Naturalization of Hesther Le Lou. c.6
- Naturalization of Lady Isabella Arlington. c.2
- Restitution in blood of Francis Scawen. c.14
- Settling an estate in trust for benefit of Mrs Pride and her children. c.12
- Settling John Bodnell's estate. c.4
- Settling moiety of manor of Iron Acton on Sir John Pointz. c.11
- Sir Seymour Shirley's estate: confirmation of a settlement. c.10
- Swafham Priors (Cambridgeshire), uniting of churches of *Swafham St Ciriac and Swafham St Marys. c.13
[edit] 1667 (19 & 20 Cha. II)
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- Better securing Lady Frances Savile's portion of £5000 out of part of James Earl of Sussex's estate pursuant to her father's, Thomas Earl of Sussex's, will. c.14
- Confirmation of an exchange of lands between Horatio Lord Townsend and the Rector of East and West Raynham (Norfolk). c.3
- Dawes Wimondseld's estate: sale of customary lands held of the manor of Wimbledon (Surrey). c.15
- Earl of Clare's estate: settling of part of the possessions of John, Earl of Clare and enabling Gilbert, Earl of Clare to dispose of part for payment of debts and portions. c.1
- Enabling Bishop of Durham to lease certain lead mines for three lives. c.2
- Enabling Sir William Juxon to recover part of the estate of William Juxon late Archbishop of Canterbury. c.13
- Exchange of lands and manors of William Palmes for other lands settled upon him and his issue by his wife Mary. c.6
- Execution of Richard Tayler's trust for payment of debts and provision for younger children. c.16
- Fire of London: indemnification of City Sheriffs and Warden of the Fleet for the escape of prisoners and other matters occasioned by the fire. c.7
- Great Level of the Fens: taxing and assessing the Adventurers' lands. c.8
- Horton inclosure and preservation of wood and timber: confirmation of an agreement between lord of manor and tenants. c.12
- Lucy estates: confirmation of the settlement of Sir Kingsmill Lucy and transfer of part of the real estate of Sir Richard Lucy from Francis Lucy. c.11
- Naturalization of Alvaro de Costa and others. c.4
- Settling of lands on Sir Richard Wiseman and John Plott for better performance of a trust. c.5
- Sir Charles Stanley's estate: leasing of land for payment of debts and provision for children. c.17
- Sir Thomas Heblethwaite's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts and provision for younger children. c.10
- Sir Thomas Leventhorp's estate: settlement of manors and lands in Essex and Hertfordshire. c.9
[edit] 1670-1679
[edit] 22 Cha. II
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- Assurance of lands in County Durham to Doctor Wharton by Henry and Jane Perkins. c.22
- Building a mansion house for the dean of St. Paul's Church, London. c.12
- Confirmation of purchasers' estates and settling differences between Lady Elizabeth Lee and the daughters and coheirs of Earl of Downe. c.5
- Confirmation of Sir Ralph Bankes' estate (manor of Thesbestet and other lands in the county and county and borough of Carmarthen). c.8
- Deeping Fens drainage (Lincolnshire). c.15
- Disposing of a house and lands belonging to sisters and coheirs of Margaret Strode. c.13
- Dorothy Farewell's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.10
- Enabling Anthony Ashley to acknowledge fines and suffer recoveries of lands while he is under 21 years old. c.3
- Enabling John Manners, Lord Roos, to marry again. c.1
- Enabling Sir William Gostwicke to make a jointure for his wife Dame Mary. c.7
- John Bill's estate: sale of lands in Kent and Surrey. c.19
- Naturalization of Captain Christopher Gunman and others. c.24
- Naturalization of Horatio Woodhouse and others. c.25
- Richard Beckham's estate: sale of lands to pay father's debts and to raise portions for younger brothers. c.18
- Rivers Brandon and Waveney [Norfolk, Suffolk] navigation. c.16
- Robert Hotchkin's estate: sale of land for payment of debts and raising portions for daughters. c.21
- Sale of manor of Firbeck (Yorkshire) and other lands for payment of debts. c.11
- Settlement of Bishop of Rochester's charities. c.2
- Settling part of Dame Susan Bellasis' estate. c.4
- Shadwell: endowment of a church and making it a parish church distinct from Stepney (Middlesex). c.14
- Sir Cuthbert Heron's estate: sale of land for payment of debts and raising of portions for younger children. c.9
- Thomas Davison's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts and provision for younger children. c.23
- Thomas Hord's estate: power to grant leases. c.17
- Thomas Leigh's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.20
- Viscount Strangford's estate: sale of lands for payment of debts. c.6
[edit] 22 & 23 Cha. II
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