MDSTMARY-L Archives

Archiver > MDSTMARY > 2003-07 > 1057610356


From: "Family Tree Bookshop" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] "Recusant"
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:39:16 -0400
References: <173.1ce218ab.2c3b150b@cs.com>


Dear Charley:
I believe the exemptions would have related to England only. Don't
forget Maryland's Act of Toleration which would have allowed for Catholics
to worship in their own churches. It would not be until the Glorious
Revolution and the loss of Maryland from the Calverts to the period in which
the province was a crown colony that Catholics began to lose their rights.
Also, don't forget that Puritans are members of the Church of England--they
were not separatists a.k.a the Pilgrims. The Puritans were indeed hard-core
Calvinists but were for maintaining the Church of England--only purifying it
of its papist trappings and hierarchy--thus "Puritans." We tend to lump the
Pilgrims who colonized Plymouth and the Puritans together but there was a
lot of difference between the two.
Hope this finds all well
<<<Neil>>>
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] "Recusant"


> In over 20 years of research, the only "Exemptions" purchases that I can
> recall had to do with purchasing land. Buying a land "exemption" then
may have
> had to do with an exemption of paying the annual rent; however, I have
never
> seen any record in Maryland relating to the sale of "exemptions" to church
> attendance by any church. If my memory serves me rightly, the Puritans in
Maryland
> generally attended the Episcopal Church aka Church of England.. And, it
may
> have occurred in Maryland.
>
> Charley
>
>
> writes:
>
>
> > One of these was the selling of
> > an exemption to Recusants, so that they were exempt from attending
Anglican
> > services. She stated that the fine was one shilling to be given to the
> > parish poor fund for a Recusant to miss a required Anglican service.
>
>
>
>

This thread: