Wikipedia's article on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, community-edited. Reliable for the Interregnum's prohibition of prayer book worship, culminating in 1645 with the introduction of the Puritan Directory for Public Worship in its place, and for the Restoration's Act of Uniformity 1662, passed 19 May 1662, which reinstated the Book of Common Prayer and, on Bartholomew Day that August, evicted an estimated 1,200 to 2,000 Puritan clergy who would not conform to it.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1662)
Source Typereference
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the 1645 prohibition and 1662 restoration of Anglican worship, both stated with specific dates in the article's own text. NotesUsed for the Interregnum's suppression of the Church of England's established worship and its 1662 restoration.
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