Act of Supremacy 1558

Act of Supremacy 1558^[a][b]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte restoring to the Crowne thauncyent Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall, and abolyshing all Forreine Power repugnaunt to the same.
Citation	1 Eliz. 1. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent	8 May 1559
Other legislation
Amended by	Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1661 Religious Disabilities Act 1846 Statute Law Revision Act 1863 Promissory Oaths Act 1871 Criminal Justice Act 1948 Statute Law Revision Act 1948 Criminal Law Act 1967 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Act of Supremacy 1558 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1), sometimes referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1559,^[a] is an Act of the Parliament of England, which replaced the original Act of Supremacy 1534, and passed under the auspices of Elizabeth I. The 1534 Act was issued by Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, which arrogated ecclesiastical authority to the monarchy, but which had been repealed by Mary I. Along with the Act of Uniformity 1558, the Act made up what is generally referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.

The Act remained in place until the 19th century, when some sections began to be repealed. By 1969, all provisions, bar section 8 (which still remains in force), had been repealed by various Acts, with the whole Act repealed in Northern Ireland between 1950 and 1953.^[3]

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