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The Papists Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 60), [1] also known as Sir George Savile's Act, the First Relief Act, or the Catholic Relief Act 1778 is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain and was the first Act for Roman Catholic relief. Later in 1778 it was also enacted by the Parliament of Ireland as the Leases for Lives Act 1777 (17 & 18 Geo. 3. c.
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 had conferred the franchise on the forty-shilling freeholders, and landlords, to increase their own political influence, had largely created such freeholds. In the General Election of 1826, relying on these freeholders, the Catholic Association nominated Mr. Stewart against Lord Beresford for Waterford.
Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and later the combined United Kingdom in the late 18th century and early 19th century, that involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws.
The Catholic Relief Act 1778 passed through both Houses of Parliament without a division. It was a modest measure that essentially only reversed the Popery Act 1698 (11 Will. 3. c. 4), but it did put an end to the prosecution of Roman Catholic clergy and removed the restrictions on Roman Catholics holding land.
In the wake of the Catholic Relief Act 1793 the committee voted Tone a sum of £1,500 with a gold medal, subscribed to a statue of the King, and (as agreed in London) voted to dissolve. [23] As a final gesture, the Catholic Committee had issued a declaration calling for parliamentary reform.
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 was significantly greater in scope than its predecessor, the Papists Act 1778.Once again, it required an oath, this time including a promise to support the Protestant Succession under the Act of Settlement 1701.
An Act for repealing certain Provisions in Two Acts made in the First Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, One intituled, "An Act for the Relief of the Protestant Purchasers of the Forfeited Estates in Ireland;" [w] and the other, intituled, "An Act for advancing the Sale of the Forfeited Estates in Ireland, and for vesting such as remain unsold by ...
[13] [14] [15] (With other sectarian impositions of the Act, such as restrictions on admittance to Catholic religious orders and on Catholic-church processions, this was repealed with the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926.) [16] [17] [18] The one major security required to pass the Act was the Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1829 (10 Geo 4 c ...