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Act of Uniformity 1662

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X.Persons administering the Sacrament before they are ordained Priests;

Penalty £100; and Disability for One Year.

And bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that no person whatsoever shall thenceforth be capable to bee admitted to any Parsonage Vicarage Benefice or other Ecclesiastical Promotion or Dignity whatsoever nor shall presume to consecrate&administer the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper before such time as he shall be ordained Preist according to the forme and manner in and by the said Booke prescribed unlesse he have formerly beene made Preist by Episcopall Ordination upon pain to forfeit for every offence the su[m]m of One hundred pounds One moyety thereof to the Kings Majesty the other moyety thereof to be equally divided betweene the Poore of the Parish where the offence shall be co[m]mitted and such person or persons as shall sue for the same by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of His Majesties Courts of Record wherein no Essoine Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed And to be disabled from taking or being admitted into the Order of Preist by the space of one whole yeare then next following

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