The British nation a history / by George MWrong . icy was revived. No legislationwas necessary to make the Churchof England once more the Estab-lished Church, for all statutes en-acted since the civil Avar broke out,and to which the king had notgiven his consent, were deprived bishops and clergyreturned to their sees and par-ishes. Of course the union be-tween England, Scotland, and Ire-land was broken wp. So far as necessary these proceed-ings were sanctioned by the Convention Parliament«whichrestored Charles. But in law it had an incomplete man-date since it was not summoned by r
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . icy was revived. No legislationwas necessary to make the Churchof England once more the Estab-lished Church, for all statutes en-acted since the civil Avar broke out,and to which the king had notgiven his consent, were deprived bishops and clergyreturned to their sees and par-ishes. Of course the union be-tween England, Scotland, and Ire-land was broken wp. So far as necessary these proceed-ings were sanctioned by the Convention Parliament«whichrestored Charles. But in law it had an incomplete man-date since it was not summoned by royal authority. Earlyin 1661 there was an election, and the new Parliamentsat for no less than eighteen years, until 1079. It wasfanatically devoted to the king and the Anglican returning Charles had pledged him- TheSavoy gg]f ^q g^ tolerant religious policy, at least Conference. . towards Presbyterianism, but though a con-ference between the leaders of the Church of Englandand of the Presbyterians met in the palace of the Savoy. Edward Hyde, Earl ofClarendon (1609-1674). 408 THE BRITISH NATION in IGGl, a conciliatory temper was wanting, and Charlesspromise to do something for the Presbyterians was notredeemed. Parliament was eager to destroy every vestigeof Cromwells religious system and by the CorporationAct of 1661 forced all municipal officeholders to takeThe Act of ^^^® Anglican sacrament. The Act of Uni-Uniformity, formity of 1662 made episcopacy the only^^^^ recognised form of Church governmenl. By it the clergy were ordered to declare their assent to every-thing in the Book of Common Prayer, and to admit thatno one might in any circumstances take up arms againstthe king. Absolutely nothing was offered by way of con-ciliation, and on St. Bartholomews Day, August 24, 1662,some two thousand incumbents of English parishes, unwill-ing to accept the terms of the act, were driven from theirplaces. About five hundred others had already been were in
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