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Jul 1661
The Act of Settlement of 1701 was designed to secure the Protestant succession to the throne, and to strengthen the guarantees for ensuring a parliamentary system of government. The Act also strengthened the Bill of Rights (1689), which had previously established the order of succession for Mary II’s heirs.
The Act of Settlement confirms some adventurers landowning rights but allows claims from innocents and royalist supporters
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