Rescissory Act 1661

Rescissory Act 1661
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Scotland
Long titleAct rescinding and annulling the pretended parliaments in the years 1640, 1641 etc.

The Rescissory Act 1661 or Act rescinding and annulling the pretended parliaments in the years 1640, 1641 etc.[1] was added to the Scottish Parliamentary register on the 28 March 1661.[2] At one stroke, it annulled the legislation of 1640–1648 (and in effect the legislation of all parliaments since 1633), covering the time of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Commonwealth.[3][4] This parliament was sometimes known disparagingly as the "Drunken Parliament".[5]

  1. ^ Fitzgerald, Timothy (2007). Discourse on Civility and Barbarity. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-19-804103-0.
  2. ^ Scottish Parliament (28 March 1661). "Act rescinding and annulling the pretended parliaments in the years 1640, 1641 etc. (1661/1/158)". Scottish Parliament Project based at the University of St Andrews.
  3. ^ Brown, Keith M.; Mann, Alastair J.; Tanner, Roland J. "Restoration, Revolution and Union, 1660–1707". The Scottish Parliament: An Historical Introduction. Scottish Parliament Project based at the University of St Andrews. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ^ Kennedy, W.P. (1867). The North British review (Public domain ed.). W.P. Kennedy. p. 216.
  5. ^ McCrie, Charles Greig (1893). The Free Church of Scotland : her ancestry, her claims, and her conflicts. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. pp. 48–52. Retrieved 17 August 2018.