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Headword Date Article Type
Two Dutch Anabaptists are burnt at Smithfield on Elizabeth's orders 1575 Topics Short note
English Parliament draws up severe anti-Catholic legislation 1581 - 1581 Topics Short note
Parliament legislates to expel Jesuits and seminary priests 1584 - 1584 Topics Short note
The English parliament passes strict laws against Protestant dissenters 1593 Topics Short note
Henry Barrow convicted of slandering Queen Elizabeth 1593 Topics Short note
John Penry is executed for denying Queen Elizabeth's royal supremacy 1593 Topics Short note
Jesuit Robert Southwell is hanged at Tyburn 1595 Topics Short note
James I removes the £20 per month fines levied on Catholic recusants 1603 Topics Short note
A General Assembly of Presbyterian ministers meets in defiance of James VI 1605 Topics Short note
English Parliament imposes severe penalties against Roman Catholics 1606 Topics Short note
Episcopacy restored in Scotland; Presbyterian ministers are banned 1606 Topics Short note
Scottish Catholic leader found guilty of forging a letter from the King 1609 Topics Short note
John Cowell's law dictionary is censured 1610 Topics Short note
An Arian is burnt for heresy at Smithfield 1612 Topics Short note
James I forbids the discussion of state affairs 1620 Topics Short note
Parliamentary Protestation denies the King's right to imprison MPs 1621 Topics Short note
James I imprisons Sir Edward Coke for his share in the Protestation 1621 Topics Short note
James I tears the Protestation from the Commons Journal 1621 Topics Short note
James I places John Pym, the Parliamentary leader, under house arrest 1622 Topics Short note
Trial of the Lancashire witches 1633 Topics Short note

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