Then no
gunpowder could be conveyed by land over 25 barrels or by water
over 200 barrels.
It was customary for officers to take the oaths of allegiance and
supremacy to any new monarch. When George I became king in 1714,
all civil and military officers, clergy, schoolmasters, and
lawyers, solicitors, clerks, etc. living within 30 miles of London
had to take an oath of allegiance and a new oath that the person
was not Papist and agreed that no foreigners had jurisdiction in
the realm, such as to excommunicate someone and thus declaring he
could be legitimately killed. Soon after, it was required that
Papists had to register their names and real estates.
Commissioners were appointed to make inquiries. If a person did
not take the oaths or did not register, he was to forfeit 2/3 of
his land to the king and 1/3 to a Protestant who sued for such.
This was in order to deter future rebellions against the king and
efforts to destroy the Protestant religion.
Papists enlisting in the army are liable to corporal punishment,
but not death, as determined by a court martial.
Any mayor, bailiff, or other magistrate who is present at any
meeting for public worship other than the Church of England will
lose office and is barred from any public office or employment.
As late as 1722, there was a Papist conspiracy to take the Tower
of London and the King, and make a Catholic king.
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