The Schism Act 1714 or Established Church Act 1713 ( 13 Ann. c. 7) was a never-enforced 1714 Act of the

Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707, Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a ...

which was repealed in 1718. The Act stipulated that anyone who wished to ''keep'' (manage or own) a public or private school, or act as tutor, must first be granted a licence from a bishop. Also, he (or she) must conform to the liturgy of the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

and to have taken in the past year the rites of that Church. The Act sought to constrain, convert or curtail

Dissenter A dissenter (from the Latin , 'to disagree') is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc. Dissent may include political opposition to decrees, ideas or doctrines and it may include opposition to those things or the fiat of ...

schools (

dissenting academies The dissenting academies were schools, colleges and seminaries (often institutions with aspects of all three) run by English Dissenters, that is, Protestants who did not conform to the Church of England. They formed a significant part of educatio ...

), but on the day the Act was due to come into force, Queen Anne died and the Act was never enforced. Upon the Hanoverian succession in 1714 and the subsequent supremacy of Whigs, the Act was repealed by the

Religious Worship Act 1718 The Religious Worship Act 1718 ( 5 Geo. 1. c. 4) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It repealed the Schism Act 1714 The Schism Act 1714 or Established Church Act 1713 ( 13 Ann. c. 7) was a never-enforced 1714 Act of the Parliament ...

.Dudley Julius Medley, ''A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition'' (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 649.

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