1559: Oath of Supremacy By the Second Act of Supremacy enacted during the first years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth all beneficied clergy and crown officials were bound to swear an oath against papal authority on penalty of death. The registration injunctions were also again issued in almost the identical phraseology used under Henry VIII and Edward VI, with the slight alteration that the defaulting penalty was to be divided equally between the poor and the repair of the church.
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1560
1560: Presbyterians Founded by John Knox through his "Confession of Faith", provided the basis for the Church of Scotland. John Knox had been fiercely antagonistic toward Mary, Queen of Scots after her ascension to the throne.
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1584
1584: Instrument of Association The murder of William of Orange and the uncovering of the Throckmorton plot by Francis Throckmorton, a nephew of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I led to the drawing up of an 'Instrument of Association' binding those taking it to give their 'lyves, landes and goodes' in defence of the Queen.
1559 - Bef 1593 (~ 33 years)