Act of Settlement 1662

:This article describes the Act of Settlement passed by the Irish Parliament in Dublin, 1662. For the (English) Settlement Act of the same year, see Poor Relief Act 1662

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The Act of Settlement 1662 was described as An act for the better execution of His Majesty's gracious declaration for the Settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland, and the satisfaction of the several interests of adventurers{{fn|1}}, soldiers, and other his subjects there. The Act was the partial reversal of the Cromwellian Act of Settlement 1652, which punished Irish Catholics and Royalists for fighting against the English Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms by the wholesale confiscation of their lands and property.

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His Majesty's - Act of Settlement 1652 - Wars of the Three Kingdoms

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