1623: 21 James 1 c.28: Abolition of Sanctuary

1623: 21 James 1 c.28: An act for continuing and reviving divers statutes, and repeal of divers others.

Note: only sections 6 and 7 are concerned with sanctuary, and only those two are posted here.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all statutes heretofore made, that take away sanctuary for any offence, shall for so much as concerneth the taking away of such sanctuary be revived, and shall be and stand in force and power; any words of repeal contained in the statute made in the first session of parliament held in the first year of his Majesty’s reign of England, intituled An act for continuing and reviving divers statutes, and for repealing of some others, or in this present act to the contrary notwithstanding.

VII. And be it also enacted by the authority of this present parliament, That no sanctuary or privilege of sanctuary shall be hereafter admitted or allowed in any case.

Source: Danby Pickering, The Statutes At Large, volume 7, p.303.