Oaths of Supremacy, etc., Ireland Act 1691

II. The Persons who are bound to take the new Oaths.

Persons within Thirty Miles of Dublin to take them in the Chancery or King's Bench; Persons above Thirty Miles off, in the Sessions; and also repeat the Declaration.; Fee.; Clergyman not taking the Oaths, &c.; Penalty.; Other Persons offending; Penalty.

And be it further Enacted That the Oaths appointed intended or required by this Act to be taken from and after the First day of January next in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety one be taken by the p[er]sons herein and hereafter menc[i]oned and by every such other p[er]son and p[er]sons as were appointed and required by the said recited Act or any other Statute whatsoever made in Ireland to take the said Abrogated Oath before such p[er]son or p[er]sons and in such Court as hereafter in this Act is exp[re]ssed (that is to say) all and every Archbishop and Bishop of the Realm of Ireland that now is and all and every p[er]son of or above the Degree of a Baron of Parliament there and all and every other p[er]son and p[er]sons Inhabitants of or residing within the said Realm of Ireland now having any p[er]motion office or imployment Ecclesiasticall Civil or Military or receiving any Pay Salary Fee or Wages by reason of any Patent or Grant of their Majesties or [X1 any of] their p[re]decessors or being Master Governor Head or Fellow of the Colledge or University of Dublin or Master of any Hospitall or School or Barrester at Law Clerke in Chancery Attorney or p[ro]fessor of Law Physick or other Science that shall inhabit be or reside within the City of Dublin or within thirty miles of the same on the First day of Hillary Terme next or at any time during the said Terme in their Majesties High Court of Chancery in that Kingdom or in the Courte of Kings Bench there in publick and open Court between the hours of nine of the Clock and twelve in the Forenoon and all the said persons which inhabite at greater distance from the said Citty at the Generall Quarter Sessions to be holden for that [X1 County] Barony or Place in Ireland aforesaid where he or they shall bee or reside in open Court between the [X1 s^d] hours of nine and twelve in the Forenoon at any time before the Five and twentieth day of July next And shall likewise make and subscribe and audibly repeat the Declaration herein and hereafter menc[i]oned and exp[re]ssed all which shall be put on Record in the said respective Courts And every p[er]son taking the same shall pay to the Clerk for recording thereof one Shilling and no more And if any Archbishop or Bishop or any other p[er]son having any Ecclesiasticall Dignity or p[ro]motion or being a Lecturer or Curate shall neglect or refuse to take the said Oaths and make and subscribe the said Declarac[i]on as aforesaid Then hee or they shall be ipso facto deprived and is and are hereby adjudged to be deprived of his and their Offices Dignities and p[ro]motions Ecclesiasticall and incapable to be Lecturer or Curate in any place or cure whatsoever And all and every other p[er]son having any Office or receiving any Pay Salary Fee or Wages by reason as aforesaid or being Master Governor Head or Fellow of the said University or Colledge or Master of any Hospital or School Barrester at Law Clerk in Chancery Attorney or p[ro]fessor of Law Physick or other Science as aforesaid that shall neglect or refuse to take the said Oaths and make and subscribe the said Declarac[i]on within the time and in the manner aforesaid respectively shall be ipso facto thenceforth adjudged uncapable and disabled in Law to all intents and purposes whatsoever to have occupy or enjoy such Office Pay Salary Fee Wages Mastershipp Governors Place Headship Fellowship Imployment or Imployments or any parte of them or any matter or thing aforesaid or any p[ro]fitt or advantage app[er]teyning to them or any of them and every such Office and Place shall be void and is [X1 hereby] adjudged to be void

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