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

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passed by the

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during the reign of

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. It received the

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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.

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