Anno Regni / ANNAE REGINAE / Anglia, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, PRIMO. / At the Parliament begun at Westminster the thirtieth Day of December, Anno Dom 1701. In the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord William the Third: And from thence Continued to the Eight Day of March, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ANNE, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, & c.

Published by Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas¿d; Printers to the Queen most Excellent Majesty., London, Great Britain, 1702

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Two leaves. [Second leaf, paginated as: (453) and with a page signature: Yyyyy 3:] Anno Primo / Annae Reginae / An Act to Oblige the Jews to Maintain and Provide for the Protestant Children. / To the end that sufficient maintenance be provided and allowed for the children of Jewish Parents, who shall turn Protestants; Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent majesty [ . . .] OCLC: Libraries worldwide that own item: 2 Government publication (gpb); National government publication (ngp) Uniform Title: Public General Acts. 1702. 1 Anne. stat.1.c.30. Parliamentary Act. 453-454. Trace foxed. Modern wrappers. Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, page 246, number 1. First specifically Jewish Act of Parliament post Re-Admission. This Act issued in the year of Queen Anne's accession to the throne, prevents attempts by Jewish parents to force their apostate children to return to the Jewish fold. In such case that children born to Jewish parents convert to the majority religion of Protestantism, the parents are enjoined by English law to continue to support their children and may not disown them. The events leading up to passage of the Bill are as follows: in May 1701, eighteen-year old Mary Mendez de Breta, raised a Jewess, was baptized into the Church of England, after which her father, Jacob Mendez de Breta disowned her. Soon after, a petition was presented to the House of Commons to oblige de Breta in particular and the Jews in general, to provide for their Protestant children. A Parliamentary Committee heard witnesses on both sides, including the father himself, who claimed that Mary had never been his daughter, but had been laid at his door when a baby, and that he had maintained her all the years purely as an act of charity. The Committee, however, found that the allegations against the father were true and the Bill was passed in the House of Lords without amendment and with virtually no debate. Seller Inventory # 005637

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Title: Anno Regni / ANNAE REGINAE / Anglia, Scotiae...

Publisher: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas¿d; Printers to the Queen most Excellent Majesty., London, Great Britain

Publication Date: 1702

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good