Cathedral Statutes Act 1707
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1707 c. 21 |
| Year | 1707 |
(6 Ann.) C A P. XXI. (75) Anno Regni A N N Regin sexto.
An Act for the avoiding of Doubts and Questions touching the Statutes of divers Cathedraland Collegiate Churches.
'I. W H E R E A S several Doubts and Questions have arisen, and may hereafter arise, in Relation to the Validity and Force of the Statutes of divers Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, founded by King Henry the Eighth, of famous Memory, which Doubts and Questions have been occasioned, partly by a Temporary Act of Parliament made in the first Year of the Reign of Queen Mary the First, in Relation to such Statutes made by the said late King Henry the Eighth, and in order to defeat the true and pious Ends and Designs of the said Foundations, and partly by Reason of the known Loss of many Records and Evidences during the late Rebellion in this Kingdom: And whereas the said Doubts and Disputes may in Time not only turn to the great Disquiet and Prejudice of the said Foundations, but may prove a manifest Obstruction to the Peace, Order, good Government and Discipline of the Church, unless some speedy and effectual Remedybe provided;' Be it therefore enacted and declared by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, founded by the said King Henry the Eighth, such Statutes as have been usually received and practised in the Government of the same respectively, since the late happy Restoration of King Charles the Second, and to the Observance whereof the Deans and Prebendaries, and other Members of the said Churches, from the said Time have used to be sworn at their Installments or Admissions, shall be, and shall be taken and adjudged to be good and valid in Law, and shall be, and be taken and adjudged to be the Statutes of the said Churches respectively; nevertheless so far forth only as the same, or any of them, are in no Manner repugnant to, or inconsistent with the Constitution of the Church ofEngland , as the same is now by Law established, or the Laws of the Land.
II No Prosecution for non Observance of Statutes, before 9 March 1707.
II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Person or Persons shall at any Time hereafter be liable to any...
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