Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of England}}

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{{Infobox UK legislation

| short_title = Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of England

| long_title = An Act against corresponding with Their Majesties Enemies.

| year = 1691

| citation = 3 Will. & Mar. c. 13

| territorial_extent = England and Wales

| royal_assent = 24 February 1692

| commencement = 22 October 1691{{efn|Start of session.}}

| repeal_date = 15 July 1867

| amendments = Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697

| related_legislation = {{ubli|Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697|Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701|Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704|Treason Act 1708||Treason Act 1743}}

| status = Repealed

| original_text = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol6/p320

}}

{{Infobox UK legislation

| short_title = Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of England

| long_title = An Act to prevent all traiterous Correspondence with Her Majesty's Enemies.

| year = 1704

| citation = 3 & 4 Ann. c. 13{{br}}(Ruffhead: c. 14)

| territorial_extent = England and Wales

| royal_assent = 14 March 1705

| commencement = 25 March 1705{{efn|Section 1.}}

| repeal_date = 15 July 1867

| repealing_legislation = Statute Law Revision Act 1867

| related_legislation = {{ubli|Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691|Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697|Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701|Treason Act 1743}}

| status = Repealed

| original_text = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000033905846&view=1up&seq=411

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The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II. It was replaced by the Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 1).

After James's death, the Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) and the Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 13) made it treason to correspond with his son, and the Treason Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 39) made it treason to correspond with his son's sons.