Clergy Marriage Act 1548

The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 was an act of the Parliament of England. Part of the English Reformation, it abolished the prohibition on marriage of priests within the Church of England.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was revived and made perpetual by section 8 of the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1603.
Section 3 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Section 2, from "and be it" to "aforesaide" was repealed by section 1 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.