1686 in England

Events from the year 1686 in England.

1686
in
England

Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
See also:Other events of 1686

Incumbents

Events

  • 21 June – judgement in the case of Godden v. Hales affirms the king's power to exercise his dispensing powers granting exemptions from anti-Catholic legislation.[1] Heneage Finch is dismissed as Solicitor General for his refusal to defend the king's case.
  • 10 July – Court of Ecclesiastical Commission created.[2]
  • 17 July – King James appoints four Catholics to the Privy Council of England.[2]
  • 5 November – Bar Convent in York established, making it the oldest surviving active Catholic convent in England.[3]

Undated

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References

  1. "Godden v. Hales | law case". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 196–197. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  3. "The Bar Convent". Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  4. Halley, E. (1686). "An Historical Account of the Trade Winds, and Monsoons, observable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to assign the Physical cause of the said Winds". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. London. 16 (183): 153–168. doi:10.1098/rstl.1686.0026. S2CID 186213939.
  5. Chappell, William (1900). "Purcell". Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 2. p. 729.
  6. "James Craggs". everything2. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
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