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Recusants

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A name given to persons who refused to attend the services of the Established Church, on whom legal penalties were first imposed in Elizabeth's reign, that bore heavily upon Catholics and Dissenters; the Toleration Act of William III. relieved the latter, but the Catholics were not entirely emancipated till 1829.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Recusants'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/recusants.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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