Acts of Parliament concerning sanctuary, debtors and imprisonment in England and Wales to 1707, Great Britain 1707 – 1800, and Great Britain and Ireland 1800 on, in chronological order.
- 1535-6: 27 Henry 8 c.19: An Act limiting an order for sanctuaries and sanctuary persons
- 1604: 2 James 1 c.25: Repeal of sanctuary laws
- 1623: 21 James 1 c.28: Abolition of Sanctuary
- 1696: An Act for the enforcing the Laws which restrain Marriages without Licence or Banns
- 1697: An act for the more effectual relief of creditors in cases of escapes
- 1701: 1 Ann 2 c.6: Preventing escapes from the Queen’s Bench and the Fleet
- 1701: 1 Anne stat 1 c.25: An act for the relief of poor prisoners for debt
- 1704: 2 & 3 Anne c.16: An act for the discharge of Insolvent debtors
- 1705: 4 Anne c.17: Fraudulent Bankrupts Act
- 1705: 6 Anne c.22: An Act Explaining the Bankrupts Frauds Act
- 1706: 6 Anne c.9: Escape from Prisons
- 1708: 7 Anne c.12: Diplomatic Privileges Act
- 1711: 10 Anne c.15: Repealing the description of a bankrupt
- 1711: 10 Anne c.19: Customs and Excise Act
- 1712: 10 Anne c.20 / c.29: An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors
- 1719: An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors
- 1722: 9 Geo 1 c. 28: The Southwark Mint Act
- 1723: The “Black Act”
- 1724: 11 George 1 c.21: An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors
- 1724: The Wapping Mint act
- 1725: 12 George 1 c.29: Preventing frivolous and vexatious arrests.
- 1729: 2 Geo 2 c.20: Insolvent Debtors Relief Act
- 1729: 2 George 2 c.22: For the relief of imprisoned debtors.
- 1730: 3 Geo 2 c.27: Act for explaining and amending the 1729 relief act.
- 1736: 10 George 2 c.26: An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors
- 1738: 11 George 2 c.9: Extending the 1737 Relief Act
- 1741: 14 George 2 c.34: Continuing debtor acts
- 1742: 16 George 2 c.17: Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
- 1747: 21 George 2 c.31: Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
- 1748: 21 George 2 c.33: Continuing laws for the relief of debtors
- 1753: 26 Geo. 2 c.33: Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act
- 1756: 29 George 2 c.18: To obviate a doubt concerning the relief of insolvent debtors
- 1760: 1 George 3 c.17: Relief of Insolvent Debtors
- 1761: 2 George 3 c.2: Repeal of compulsion clauses in Relief Act
- 1786: 26 George 3 c.38: Time of Imprisonment of Debtors
- 1786: 26 George 3 c.44: Relief of imprisoned debtors.
- 1793: 33 George 3 c.5: Renewing the Lords Act of 1758
- 1805: 45 George 3 c.3: Remedying omissions in the 1804 insolvents relief act.
- 1812: 52 George 3 c.160: Parochial Relief for Debtor Prisoners.
- 1812: Amending the 1811 Insolvent Debtors Relief Act
- 1869: 32 & 33 Victoria c.62: Abolition of Imprisonment for debt
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