Adventurers' Act 1640
The Adventurers' Act was an Act of the Parliament of England which specified its aim as "the speedy and effectual reducing of the rebels in His Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland".
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| Long title | An Act for the speedy and effectuall reducing of the Rebells in his Majesties Kingdome of Ireland to theire due obedience to his Majesty & the Crowne of England. |
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| Citation | 16 Cha. 1. c. 33 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 19 March 1642 |
| Commencement | 19 March 1642 |
| Repealed | 23 May 1950 |
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Status: Repealed | |
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The Irish Rebellion of 1641 had broken out five months earlier, and the Act was designed to pay the army needed to subdue the rebellion by using borrowed money. Repayment would come from confiscating the rebels' lands and selling them.
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