What is Act of Settlement 1701?
The '''Act of Settlement''' is an [[Acts of the Parliament of England|Act of the Parliament of England]]. It passed in 1701.{{efn|The act received royal assent in 1701. However, it is formally dated as 1700 in official use, such as the listing for the act in the ''[[Chronological Table of the Statutes]]'', because acts passed before the [[Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793]] came into force are dated by the year in which the relevant parliamentary session began, which, in this case, was 6 February 1700 ([[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) (6 February 1701 NS).}} It settled the [[order of succession|succession]] to the [[English Monarchs|English]] and [[List of Irish monarchs|Irish]] crowns to only [[Protestant]]s. More specifically, anyone who became a Roman Catholic, or who married one, was not able to inherit the throne. ==Related page== *[[Acts of Union 1707]] == Notes == {{wikisource}} {{notelist}} {{UK-stub}} <!--Categories--> [[Category:1701]] [[Category:18th century in the Kingdom of Great Britain]] [[Category:Acts of the Parliament of England]] [[Category:1700s in Europe]]