Dissenters were in any case prohibited from serving under the Corporation Act 1661.
The Corporation Act represents the limit to which he was prepared to go in endeavouring to restrict the power of the Presbyterians.
The Corporation Act remained nominally in force throughout the eighteenth century.
The Municipal Corporation Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict c 89)
The Municipal Corporation Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict c 79)
The Municipal Corporation Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 50)
In 1787, 1789 and 1790, Dissenters again tried to repeal the Test and Corporation Acts.
In May 1828, the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed.
He and was a member of the Committee for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
One of these was the Corporation Act, which restricted the holding of any public office to Anglicans.
