Where can I find the Acts, Proclamations and Instruments concerning the royal succession?
Some Acts , Proclamations and Instruments passed by the Parliaments of England and Great Britain are online. The selected documents in the following list feature a brief explanation followed by an URL for online viewing (except for the Sophia Naturalization Act) 1. Bill of Rights, 1689 The “Bill of Rights” (its official name since the Short Titles Act 1896) was a statute passed in 1689 guaranteeing the rights of Parliament against the arbitrary rule by the Sovereign. It limited the Sovereign’s power and subjected Him to law, and decided that the succession to the Throne would no longer be based only on hereditary right but could be altered by Parliament. Thus, succession to the Throne was denied to King James II , his heirs general and to those who were Catholic or married to Catholics. (There isn’t any ban on marriages to atheists, Hindus, Mormons, Muslims, Rastafarians, or any religion other than the “Popish” religion.) Note that the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, seen bel
