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1661 - 16701661 Persecution of Non-conformists in England Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland Board of Trade founded in London Hand-struck postage stamps first used Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office 1662 Hearth Tax Poor Relief Act "Act of Settlement" – gave JPs the power to
return any wandering poor to the parish of origin Act of Uniformity – About 2,000 vicars and rectors driven from their
parishes as nonconformists (Presbyterians and Independents) – Persecution of
all non-conformists – Presbyterianism dis-established – Episcopalian Church
of England restored Tea introduced to Britain 1663 Earliest Roman Catholic registers 1665 Great Plague of London 1666 September 2-6: Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester Act of Parliament – burials to be in woollen 1666-1689 Considerable religious unrest on Scotland (The Covenanters) –
Covenanters Rising at St John's Town of Dalry 1669 Earliest Lutheran registers survive from this year 1670 Earliest Synagogue registers – Bevis Marks
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