15. 25 Car. II, cap. 2, 1673.
All persons holding office, civil or military, or having command, or receiving pay in whatever capacity in the service or household of the King or the Duke of York, shall before a specified date appear in the court of Chancery or King’s Bench or of their respective counties openly to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
And the said officers shall receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper according to the usage of the church of England on or before August 1, 1673 in some parish church upon some Lord’s Day.
Penalty for refusing to take the oaths, incapacity to hold any office or position of trust either civil or military, and for executing office after refusal, incapacity to prosecute any suit at law and fine of £500.
16. 30 Car. II, cap. 1, 1678.
No peer or member of the House of Commons shall sit or vote until he has taken the oaths of allegiance and supremacy and subscribed to a declaration that the worship of the church of Rome is idolatrous.
Penalty for peers and members offending, disability to hold office and a fine of £500.
Provided that this does not extend to the Duke of York.
MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE POPISH PLOT
1. Manuscripts.