List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1601

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==43 Eliz. 1== The [[10th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I]], which met from 27 October 1601 until 19 December 1601.

This session was traditionally cited as '''43 Eliz.''', '''43 Elz.''', '''43 & 44 Eliz. 1''', '''43 & 44 Eliz.''' or '''43 & 44 Elz.'''

===Public acts=== {{anchor|Woollen cloth}} {{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Confirmation of Certain Grants Act 1601|public|1|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the confirmation of grants made to the Queen's majesty, and of letters patents made by her Highness to others.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Poor Relief Act 1601|note1=<ref name=STA1896>The citation of this act by this [[short title]] was authorised by the [[Short Titles Act 1896]] ([[59 & 60 Vict.]] c. 14), section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the [[Interpretation Act 1978]] (c. 30).</ref>|public|2|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to avoid and prevent divers Misdemeanours in lewd and idle Persons.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[General Rate Act 1967]] (c. 9))}} }}

| {{|Disabled Soldiers Act 1601|public|3|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the necessary Relief of Soldiers and Mariners.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Charitable Uses Act 1601|public|4|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to redress the Mis-employment of Lands, Goods and Stocks of Money heretoforegiven to certain charitable Uses.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1888]] ([[51 & 52 Vict.]] c. 42))}} }}

| {{|Inferior Court Act 1601|public|5|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to prevent Perjury, and Subornation of Perjury, and unnecessary Expences in Suits of Law.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]] ([[11 & 12 Geo. 6]]. c. 62))}} }}

| {{|Frivolous Suits Act 1601|public|6|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to avoid trifling and frivolous Suits in Law in Her Majesty's Courts in Westminster.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Sheriffs Act 1887]] ([[50 & 51 Vict.]] c. 55))}} }}

| {{|Robbing of Orchards, etc. Act 1601|public|7|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to avoid and prevent divers {{sic|misdemeanors|hide=y}} in lewd and idle persons.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed for [[England and Wales]] by [[Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827]] ([[7 & 8 Geo. 4]]. c. 27) and for [[India]] by [[Criminal Law (India) Act 1828]] ([[9 Geo. 4]]. c. 74))}} }}

| {{|Fraudulent Administration of Intestates' Goods Act 1601|public|8|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act against Fraudulent Administration of Intestates Goods.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed with savings by [[Administration of Estates Act 1925]] ([[15 & 16 Geo. 5]]. c. 23))}} }}

| {{|Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1601|public|9|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for Continuance of divers Statutes, and for Repeal of some others.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Woollen Cloth Act 1601|public|10|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the true making and working of Cloth.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Woollen Manufacture Act 1809]] ([[49 Geo. 3]]. c. 109))}} }}

| {{|Land Drainage Act 1601|public|11|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the Recovering of many Hundred Thousand Acres of Marshes, and other Grounds, subject commonly to surrounding, within the Isle of Elie, and the Counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Northampton, Lincoln, Norfolk, and Suffolk.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]] ([[11 & 12 Geo. 6]]. c. 62))}} }}

| {{|Policies of Assurance Act 1601|note1={{br}}or the '''Merchants Assurances Act 1601'''<ref name=MarineInsurance>{{cite book |title=Marine Insurance: A Legal History |last=Merkin |first=Rob |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |page=131 |date=2021 |isbn=978-1-78811-675-6}}</ref>|public|12|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act concerning Matters of Assurances amongst Merchants.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Outrages in Northern Counties Act 1601|public|13|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the more peaceable government of the parts of Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland, and the bishoprick of Durham.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827]] ([[7 & 8 Geo. 4]]. c. 27))}} }}

| {{|Assise of Fuel Act 1601|public|14|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act concerning the Assize of Fuel.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Fines of Land Act 1601|public|15|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the levying of fines with proclamations of lands within the county of the city of Chester.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Repair of Eden Bridges (Cumberland) Act 1601|public|16|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the re-edifying, repairing, and maintaining, of Two Bridges, over the River of Eden, near the City of Carliell, in Cumbreland.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1948]] ([[11 & 12 Geo. 6]]. c. 62))}} }}

| {{|Taxation Act 1601|public|17|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the confirmation of the subsidies granted by the clergy.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Taxation (No. 2) Act 1601|public|18|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the grant of four entire subsidies, and eight fifteens and tenths, granted by the temporality.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

| {{|Act of General Pardon 1601|public|19|19-12-1601|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act of the Queen's Majesty's General Pardon.|note4={{br}}{{small|(Repealed by [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] ([[26 & 27 Vict.]] c. 125))}} }}

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===Private acts=== {{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Perfecting the Countess of Sussex's jointure.|private|1|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the Perfecting the Jointure of the Lady Bridget, Countess of Sussex, Wife of Robert Earl of Sussex.}}

| {{|Assurance of manors and lands for the Countess of Bedford's jointure.|private|2|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the Assurance of certain Manors and Lands, for Part of a Jointure to Lucie Countess of Bedford.}}

| {{|Denization of Myllet, Pope, Chaundeler, Eaton and Tooley.|private|3|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the Denization of certain Persons.}}

| {{|Nevills' Estate Act 1601|private|4|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the enabling of Edward Nevile, of Birling, in the County of Kent, and Sir Henry Nevile, Knight, his Son and Heir Apparent, to dispose of certain Copyhold Lands, Parcel of the Manor of Rotherfield,{{efn|[[Rotherfield]], East Sussex.}} in the County of Sussex, and of the Manor of Ailesley{{efn|[[Allesley]], Warwickshire.}} and Filongley,{{efn|[[Fillongley]], Warwickshire.}} in the County of Warwick.}}

| {{|Assurance of the manors or farms of Sageburie (otherwise Sadgebutie, Gageburie or Gadgeburie) and Obden to Samuel Sandis and John Harris.|private|5|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act to confirm the Assurance of the Manors, or Farms, of Sageburie, alias Sadgburie, and Obden, and Hereditaments, to Samuel Sandis, Esquire, and John Harris, Gentleman, and their Heirs.}}

| {{|Augmentation of Rachel Nevill's jointure.|private|6|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the Augmentation of the Jointure of Rachel, Wife of Edward Nevile, of Birling, in the County of Kent.}}

| {{|Naturalization of Lupo and others.|private|7|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the Naturalizing of certain Persons born beyond the Seas.}}

| {{|Assurance of the Patronage of Rotherston (Cheshire) vicarage and a Scholar's room in Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, by the Dean and Chapter to Thomas Venables.|private|8|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the assuring of the Patronage of the Vicarage of Rotherston, in the County of Chester, and a Scholar's Room, in the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxon (of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth), by the Dean and Chapter of the said Cathedral Church, to Thomas Venables, Esquire, and his Heirs for ever.}}

| {{|Appeasing differences between Francis Ketelby and Andrew Ketelby and his wife Jane.|private|9|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act for the ending and appeasing of all Controversies, Matters, and Debates, between Frauncis Kettleby of the one Party, and Andrew Kettleby and Jane his Wife of the other Party.}}

| {{|Edward Lucas' Estate Act 1601|private|10|19-12-1601|archived=n|An Act to make the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Edward Lucas, Gentleman, deceased, Executor of the last Will and Testament of John Flowerdew, Esquire, deceased, liable to the Payment of certain Legacies given by the last Will of the said John Flowerdew, and to the Payment of divers other Debts owing by the said Lucas in his Life Time.}}

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===Sources=== {{Wikisource|1=Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes/Chronological Table/Eliz|2=Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes: Elizabeth I}}

{{refbegin}} * {{cite book |chapter=43° Eliz. |editor-first=John |editor-last=Raithby |editor-link=John Raithby |date=1963 |orig-date=1819 |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915502&seq=206 |title=Statutes of the Realm |volume=4 Part 2: The Statutes of Queen Elizabeth (An. 28-43) and of King James (1586–1623) |publisher=Dawsons |location=London |via=[[HathiTrust]] |pages=958-1014}} * {{cite book |chapter=43° Eliz. |editor-first=John |editor-last=Raithby |editor-link=John Raithby |date=1963 |orig-date=1819 |chapter-url={{GBurl|rPUzAAAAMAAJ|page=958}} |title=Statutes of the Realm |volume=4 Part 2: The Statutes of Queen Elizabeth (An. 28-43) and of King James (1586–1623) |publisher=Dawsons |location=London |via=[[Google Books]] |page=958-1014}} * {{cite book |chapter=43° Eliz. |editor-first=John |editor-last=Raithby |editor-link=John Raithby |date=1963 |orig-date=1819 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/statutesrealm01etcgoog/page/958/ |title=Statutes of the Realm |volume=4 Part 2: The Statutes of Queen Elizabeth (An. 28-43) and of King James (1586–1623) |publisher=Dawsons |location=London |via=[[Internet Archive]] |page=958-1014}} * {{cite book |chapter=Anno quadragesimo tertio Elizabetheæ |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge50britgoog/page/29/ |title=The Statutes at Large |volume=7: From the Thirty-ninth Year of Q. Elizabeth to the Twelfth Year of K. Charles. Inclusive |editor-first=Danby |editor-last=Pickering |editor-link=Danby Pickering |location=Cambridge |publisher=Joseph Bentham |date=1763 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |pages=29–72}} * {{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Commons |volume=1 – 1547-1629 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol1 |publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office |date=1802 |via=[[British History Online]]}} * {{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Lords |volume=2: 1578-1614 |location=London |publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office |date=1830 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol2 |via=[[British History Online]]}} * {{cite book |title=Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes |edition=13th |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |date=1896 |volume=1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) |url={{GBurl|EfcZAAAAYAAJ|page=64}} |pages=64 |via=[[Google Books]]}} * {{cite book |title=Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |date=1972 |url={{GBurl|lUMIAAAAMAAJ|page=62}} |pages=62 |ISBN=978-0-11-840096-1 |via=[[Google Books]]}} * {{cite web |title=Chronological Tables of the Private and Personal Acts: Part 1 (1539–1601) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/changes/chron-tables/private/1 |website=[[legislation.gov.uk]] |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]}} {{refend}}

==See also== * [[List of acts of the Parliament of England]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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