Clergy (Ireland) Act 1688

The Promotion of an Irish Clergyman in England shall not prejudice him in Ireland.; The Continuance of the Act.

The King and Queene by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons in Parlyament assembled doe hereby enact And bee it enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That noe Ecclesiasticall person of what dignity or degree soever promoted or beneficed in the Kingdome of Ireland and who hath beene enforced to forsake the said Kingdome or hath soe done for feare of the Irish Rebells and being of the Protestant Religion who are or shall be presented promoted collated instituted or inducted to any Church or Benefice with Cure or without Cure or to any Ecclesiasticall Promotion whatsoever in the Kingdome of England shall thereby or by acceptance thereof lose any Ecclesiasticall Benefice or Promotion in the said Kingdome of Ireland but that he and every of them be continued and enabled still to hold and enjoy his Benefice and Promotion in the said Kingdome of Ireland of what Dignity or Degree soever the same was any Law Statute or Canon notwithstanding This Statute to be in force till that such person preferred in England may and shall be restored to such his Promotion or Benefice in Ireland soe as he may take and enjoy the same as before the time of the Troubles he might have done