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Bill Number	0571	Session	1695
Title	For taking away the benefit of the clergy in some cases.
Variant Title(s)	To take away the benefit of clergy for some time. [14 Dec. 1695] For taking away the benefit of the clergy in some cases, and regulating the manner of allowance thereof in others. [16 Sept. & 12 Oct. 1697]
Heads of Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		14 Dec 1695	Leave or Order to	Mr Weaver senior	[2194]
Read & Committed		—
Reported		—
Sent to Chief Governor		14 Dec 1695
Privy Council Stages
Decision of the Irish Privy Council		Approved
Received & Referred to Law Officers		16 Sep 1697
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Amended
Engrossed		12 Oct 1697
Returned Bill Stages
House Presented		Commons
Presented		9 Nov 1697
Sent to Other House		15 Nov 1697
Royal Assent		19 Nov 1697
Statute Number		9 William III c.7
[+] Further Details
Privy Council Notes: The title of the bill as it appears at the EPC was 'For taking away the benefit of the clergy in some cases, and regulating the manner of allowance thereof in others'. Though the title was not amended by the council, on its return to the Irish parliament the bill appears as 'To take away the benefit of clergy for some time'. Subjects: [309] Law And Order - Law - Miscellaneous [405] Religion - Anglicanism - Authority (e.g. church courts) Committee: Not Committed