Jesuits etc. Act 1603

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

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{{Infobox UK legislation

|short_title = Jesuits etc. Act 1603

|type = Act

|parliament = Parliament of England

|long_title = An Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants.

|year = 1603

|citation = 1 Jas. 1. c. 4

|territorial_extent = England and Wales

|royal_assent = 4 July 1604

|commencement = 19 March 1604{{efn|Start of session.}}

|repeal_date = 18 August 1846

|amendments =

|related_legislation =

|repealing_legislation= Religious Disabilities Act 1846

|status = Repealed

|original_text = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915502&seq=268

}}

The Jesuits etc. Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 4), full title An Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants, was an act passed by the Parliament of England during the reign of James I. It received the royal assent on 4 July 1604 and confirmed the Elizabethan penal laws. It also enacted new penalties for Catholics who sent their children abroad to be educated in Catholic colleges.Albert J. Loomie, 'Toleration and Diplomacy: The Religious Issue in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1603–1605', Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 53, No. 6 (1963), p. 31. In order to placate the Catholic powers, James privately reassured the French envoy that he had no intention of enforcing the statute.