Act of Uniformity 1548

Act of Uniformity 1548^[1]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for the unyformytie of Service and Admynistracion of the Sacramentes throughout the Realme.
Citation	2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent	14 March 1549
Other legislation
Repealed by	Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974;
Relates to	Act of Uniformity 1552; Act of Uniformity 1558;
Status: Repealed

The Act of Uniformity 1548,^[1] the Act of Uniformity 1549,^[3] the Uniformity Act 1548,^[4] or the Act of Equality was an act of the Parliament of England, passed on 21 January 1549.^[5]

It was the logical successor of the Edwardian Injunctions of 1547 and the Sacrament Act 1547 which had taken piecemeal steps towards the official introduction of Protestant doctrine and practice into England and Wales.^[6] It established the 1549 version of the Book of Common Prayer as the sole legal form of worship in England. Before 1549, the churches of England used various different versions of the Latin-language Missal.^[7]

^ ^a ^b The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^ These words are printed against this act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
^ Bourne v Keane [1919] AC 815 at 836, (1919) 121 LTR 426 at 428, HL
^ "Uniformity Act 1548". vLex.
^ Haigh, Christopher. English Reformations Clarendon Press (1993) p. 173
^ Documents of the English Reformation, Gerald Bray (ed)Cambridge, James Clark & Cº(1994), pp 247ff
^ Concerning the Service of the Church (par. 5) in the Book of Common Prayer 1662

[st-1] The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

[2] These words are printed against this act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".

[3] Bourne v Keane [1919] AC 815 at 836, (1919) 121 LTR 426 at 428, HL

[4] "Uniformity Act 1548". vLex.

[5] Haigh, Christopher. English Reformations Clarendon Press (1993) p. 173

[6] Documents of the English Reformation, Gerald Bray (ed)Cambridge, James Clark & Cº(1994), pp 247ff

[7] Concerning the Service of the Church (par. 5) in the Book of Common Prayer 1662

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