Third Succession Act

Succession to the Crown Act 1543

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act concerning the establishment of the King's Majesty's Succession in the Imperial Crown of the Realm.
Citation	35 Hen. 8. c. 1
Territorial extent	Kingdom of England
Dates
Royal assent	29 March 1544
Commencement	14 January 1544 [O.S. 1543]
Repealed	30 July 1948
Other legislation
Amended by	See of Rome Act 1554 Act of Supremacy 1558 Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Relates to	First Succession Act Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession Second Succession Act Treason Act 1547
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Third Succession Act of King Henry VIII's reign, passed by the Parliament of England, returned his daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the line of the succession behind their half-brother Edward. Born in 1537, Edward was the son of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour, and heir apparent to the throne.