An Act prohibiting the proclaiming any person to be King of England or Ireland, or the Dominions thereof

An Act prohibiting the proclaiming any person to be King of England or Ireland, or the Dominions thereof

"An Act prohibiting the proclaiming any person to be King of England or Ireland, or the Dominions thereof" purported to be an Act of the Parliament of England, enacted without royal assent on the same day as the execution of King Charles I of England on 30 January 1649, during the English Civil War. ['January 1649: An Act prohibiting the proclaiming any person to be King England or Ireland, or the Dominions thereof.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 1263-264. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=56306&strquery=1263. Date accessed: 02 May 2007.] The purpose of the Act was to prevent the automatic succession of Charles's son as King, or the proclamation of another person as King. The monarchy was abolished shortly afterwards on 7 February 1649. [ [http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page76.asp History of the Monarchy, Charles I] .] Following the Restoration the Act was declared void because it had not received royal assent.

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