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Acts of the Parliament of England
Acts of the Parliament of England during the reign of Edward VI

These are the Acts of the Parliament of England, which remained in existence until the Act of Union 1707, during the reign of Edward III. Preceded by the reign of Henry VIII and followed by the reign of Mary I .

1547 (1 Edw. VI)[edit]

Public Acts[edit]

Private Acts[edit]

  • Assurance of lands to Crown from Earl of Rutland. c. 2
  • Assurance of lands to Lord Riche and Sir William Shelley. c. 3
  • Establishment of Wells Deanery. c. 1
  • Restitution in blood of Griffith Rise. c. 6
  • Restitution in blood of John Lumley. c. 5
  • Restitution in blood of Lord Stafford. c. 4

1548 (2 & 3 Edw. VI)[edit]

Public Acts[edit]

Private Acts[edit]

  • Assignment of lands to Lord Thomas Howard's sons. c. 13
  • Assurance of lands to Earl of Bath, Margaret Long, Lord Fitzwarren and Frances Kitson. c. 18
  • Bartholomew Burgoyn's abscondence overseas. c. 12
  • Confirmation of the foundation of Stamford School. c. 21
  • Exeter City: enlargement of the boundary. c. 10
  • Foundation of Berkhamstead School. c. 20
  • Foundation of St. Alban's school by Richard Bourman. c. 14
  • Kent Gavelkind lands. c. 1
  • Maintenance of the Isle of Anglesey Sessions and Court Days at Beaumaris. c. 15
  • Mayor of Newcastle and Edward Lawson. c. 19
  • Restitution in blood of Edward Charleton. c. 4
  • Restitution in blood of Frances Carewe. c. 3
  • Restitution in blood of Henry Weston. c. 6
  • Restitution in blood of Ralph Bygode. c. 7
  • Restitution in blood of Sir George Darcy. c. 2
  • Restitution in blood of Sir Ralph Bulmer. c. 5
  • Restitution in blood of Thomas Percy. c. 8
  • Union of churches in Lincoln. c. 9
  • Uniting of churches in Stamford. c. 11
  • Uniting of Ongar and Greenstead Churches ( Essex). c. 16
  • Uniting of the churches of St. Clements and St. Nicholas, Rochester. c. 17

1549 (3 & 4 Edw. VI)[edit]

Public Acts[edit]

Private Acts[edit]

  • Creation of a churchyard at West Drayton. c. 1
  • Disinheriting William West. c. 4
  • Duke of Somerset's fine and ransom. c. 7
  • Restitution in blood of Sir William Hussey. c. 6
  • Restitution in blood of Thomas Isleye. c. 5
  • River Dee weirs (Chester). c. 2
  • Wells Church dividends and quotidians. c. 3

1551 (5 & 6 Edw. VI)[edit]

Public Acts[edit]

Private Acts[edit]

  • Assurance of Lady Abergavenny's jointure. c. 6
  • Assurance of lands sold by the King to the City of London. c. 2
  • Assurance of manor of Merevale (Warwickshire) and other lands to Sir William Devereux. c. 1
  • Denization of wives and children of Edward Allen, John Rogers, John Madwell and James Bylney.8 c. 7
  • Erection of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter of Westminster, and uniting it to the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London. c. 10
  • Foundation of Pocklington Grammar School [Yorkshire]. c. 8
  • Frustration of assurance of lands to Duke of Somerset by Earl of Oxford. c. 9
  • Limitation of the late Edward, Duke of Somerset's estate. c. 11
  • Marquis of Northampton's marriage. c. 4
  • Restitution in blood of Sir John Fortescue. c. 5
  • Restitution of the heirs of Sir John Nevill. c. 3

1553 (7 Edw. VI)[edit]

Public Acts[edit]

Private Acts (7 Edw. VI)[edit]

  • Bishopric of Durham dissolution and re-erection; erection of new bishopric at Newcastle. c. 1
  • Denization of children of Richard Hills and Nicholas Wheler. c. 3
  • Restitution in blood of Sir Edward Seymour. c. 2


  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Short title from the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, Second Schedule.
  2. Short title from the Short Titles Act 1896, First Schedule.

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