26 September 2019
Word of the Day: Recusants
RECUSANTS. Persons who violated the law that commanded attendance at
the services of the Church of England. Penalties for violation were suffered
most often by Catholics. Conviction resulted in a fine, disability to hold office,
keep arms, maintain suits at law, prohibition from guardianship, practicing
law, or holding military office. Three months after conviction recusants were
to renounce the supremacy of the Pope over the Anglican Church or to abjure
the realm. These laws were enforced with varying degrees of strictness from
the reign of Elizabeth I to George III, and gave the Church many martyrs.
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