commonly known as the
PENAL LAWS
STATUTES BY SUBJECT -- EDUCATION
7 Will III
c.4 (1695):
An Act to Restrain foreign Education
Sec. 1. In case any of his Majesty's subjects of Ireland shall
go or send any child or other person beyond the seas to be trained
in any popish university, college or school, or in any private
popish family, or shall send any money for the support of any
such person, then the person sending and the person sent shall,
upon conviction, be disabled to prosecute any action in a court
of law, or be a guardian or executor, or receive any legacy or
gift, or bear any public office, and shall forfeit all their lands
and estates during their lives.
7 Will III. c.4 (1695):
An Act to Restrain foreign Education
Sec. 2. Justices of the peace shall make prompt examination, upon
the filing of any information that a person, child, or money has
been sent beyond the seas contrary to this Act. A finding that
such offences have been committed, shall be a conviction as well
of the person so being sent as of the parties so sending, and
they shall forfeit and incur all the penalties and disabilities
before mentioned. One half of all forfeitures shall go to his
Majesty, and the other half to the informer.
7 Will III. c.4 (1695):
An Act to Restrain foreign Education
Sections 3-8. Contain detailed procedures for examining the truth
of such allegations, presumptions of intent to violate the act,
appeals, jurisdiction, etc
7 Will III c.4 (1695):
An Act to Restrain foreign Education
Sec. 9. Whereas it has been found by experience that tolerating
at papists keeping schools or instructing youth in literature
is one great reason of many of the natives continuing ignorant
of the principles of the true religion, and strangers to the scriptures,
and of their neglecting to conform themselves to the laws of this
realm, and of their not using the English habit and language,
no person of the popish religion shall publicly teach school or
instruct youth, or in private houses teach youth, except only
the children of the master or mistress of the private house, upon
pain of twenty pounds, and prison for three months for every such
offence.
7 Will III c.4 (1695):
An Act to Restrain foreign Education
Sec. 10. Those cited acts of parliament which require every incumbent
of each parish to keep a school to learn English, and provide
that a public latin free school be constantly maintained within
each diocese, (which acts have generally been kept, but have not
had the desired effect, by reason of Irish popish schools being
too much connived at), and all other statutes now in force concerning
schools shall be strictly put in execution. And for the more effectual
doing thereof, the justices of his Majesty's court of Kings Bench
each term, and the judges of assize in their respective circuits,
and the justices of peace in their general quarter sessions of
peace are required to give this and the said former acts in charge
to the several grand juries, and to be very circumspect in seeing
the same in due execution.
2 Ann c.6 (1703):
An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery
Sec. 1. Any person who shall seduce any protestant to forsake
the same and to profess the popish religion, as also any protestant
who shall be so seduced, shall incur the penalty of praemunire.
And any person who for any reason, shall send any child under
the age of 21 into France, or any place beyond the seas, except
ships boys and merchants' apprentices, without special licence
of her Majesty or the chief governors of this kingdom and four
or more privy councillors, they shall incur the penalties of 7
Will 3, ch 4.
2 Ann c.6 (1703):
An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery
Sec. 2. Where any judge or two justices of the peace shall have
reasonable cause to suspect that any child has been sent abroad,
they shall convene the father, mother, or guardian, and shall
require them to produce the child within two months. If such persons
shall not produce the child without good reasons, or prove that
the child resides elsewhere in her Majesty's dominions, such child
shall be deemed educated in foreign parts and shall incur all
the penalties established for the same.
8 Ann c.3 (1709):
An Act for explaining ... an Act to Prevent the further Growth
of Popery
Sec. 16. Whereas notwithstanding the act of 7
Will. III c.4, many persons of the popish religion continue
to keep publick schools, and when prosecuted for so doing, do
abscond to other counties to keep publick schools, and whereas
several protestant schoolmasters, to increase the number of their
scholars, so chose to combine with such papists rather than prosecute
them, and frequently become negligent of their said duties and
leave the instruction of the youth, as well protestant as popish
scholars, to the instruction of such popish assistants, whereby
popery doth continue to grow in this kingdom, whatever person
of the popish religion who shall publickly teach school or instruct
youth in learning in any private house, or as an usher or assistant
to any protestant schoolmaster, shall be prosecuted as and incur
such penalties as a popish regular clergyman.
And no person shall publickly teach school or instruct youth in
a private house, or as an usher or assistant to a protestant schoolmaster,
unless he first take the oath of allegiance,
and subscribe to the declaration
against transubstantiation, and the oath of abjuration.
And if any person shall offend herein, or hire one not qualified
herein as usher or assistant, he shall forfeit ten pounds, half
to the informer and half to the use of the poor of the parish.
8 Ann c.3 (1709):
An Act for explaining ... an Act to Prevent the further Growth
of Popery
Sec. 20. For discovering, so to lead to the apprehension and conviction
of any popish archbishop, bishop, vicar general, jesuit, monk,
or other person exercising foreign ecclesiastical jurisdiction,
a reward of 50 pounds, and 20 pounds for each regular clergyman
or non-registered secular clergyman so discovered, and 10 pounds
for each popish schoolmaster, usher or assistant; said reward
to be levied on the popish inhabitants of the county where found.
8 Ann c.3 (1709):
An Act for explaining ... an Act to Prevent the further Growth
of Popery
Sec. 31-33. Any papist clergy or schoolmaster liable to transportation
under these Acts shall within three months be transported to the
common gaol of the next seaport town, to remain until transported.
If any merchant freighting any ship outward bound for any port
not within the kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland refuse to
take such papists, not exceeding five per ship, if required by
the chief magistrate, the collector of customs shall not discharge
such ship until such merchant shall consent to receive and transport
such papists. Such merchant shall receive 5 pounds for the transportation
of every such person to any part of the West Indies not being
subject to her Majesty, and 3 pounds to Europe, and shall enter
into a recognizance in the amount of 50 pounds that he shall transport
such papist outside of her Majesty's dominions. If any such papist
shall be found in this kingdom out of the custody of the said
merchant or ships master, he shall suffer the penalties of such
regular clergyman who hath been banished and returned again.
1 Geo II c.20 (1727):
An Act for Regulating the Admissions of Barristers at Law, ...
Sec. 3. Any convert from the popish to the protestant religion
who shall after the time of their conversion, permit their children
to be educated in the popish religion shall be liable to all the
disabilities of papists.
1 Geo II c.20 (1727):
An Act for Regulating the Admissions of Barristers at Law, ...
Sec. 5. If any protestant permit his children under the age of
14 years to be educated in the popish religion, such protestant
shall be subject to all the disabilities of papists.
9 Geo II c.25 (1735):
An Act for ... providing for and educating Foundling Children
Sec.17 and 20: The work-house in Cork shall receive all exposed
or foundling children in Cork and the liberties thereof and take
due care that they be nursed, clad, and taught to read and write,
and thoroughly instructed in the principles of the protestant
religion. And whereas many of the children exposed in the streets
of Dublin and Cork are of popish parents, and many of such children,
by access of their parents and popish relations, who notwithstanding
all possible care to prevent it, find means to converse with them,
are prevented from embracing the protestant religion, the
governours of the work-houses of Dublin and Cork may exchange
children.
19 Geo II c.7 (1745):
An Act for the more effectual preventing his Majesty's Subjects
from entering into foreign Service, ...
Sec. 6. The statute of 7 Will. III, c.4
is to be read at all assizes etc.