18th century song.- The History & fall of the Conformity Bill being an Excellent new Song to the Tune of the Lady's fall &c., manuscript song, 1705.
18th century song.- [Mainwaring (Arthur)] The History & fall of the Conformity Bill being an Excellent new Song to the Tune of the Lady's fall &c., manuscript song, 5pp. with conjugate blank, inscribed at end: "Sic Ceri vit Robert Wisdome", folds, browned, edges a little chipped, City of London coat of arms watermark, folio,[1703].
⁂ The purpose of the Conformity Act was to prevent Nonconformists and Roman Catholics from taking "occasional" communion in the Church of England in order to become eligible for public office under the Corporation Act 1661 and the Test Act.
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18th century song.- [Mainwaring (Arthur)] The History & fall of the Conformity Bill being an Excellent new Song to the Tune of the Lady's fall &c., manuscript song, 5pp. with conjugate blank, inscribed at end: "Sic Ceri vit Robert Wisdome", folds, browned, edges a little chipped, City of London coat of arms watermark, folio,[1703].
⁂ The purpose of the Conformity Act was to prevent Nonconformists and Roman Catholics from taking "occasional" communion in the Church of England in order to become eligible for public office under the Corporation Act 1661 and the Test Act.