Simony Act 1588

The Simony Act 1588 is an Act of [Parliament (United Kingdom)|act] of the Parliament of England that stipulates penalties for simony, an offence under the ecclesiastical law of the Church of England.
, the act remains largely in force in England and Wales.
Under section 4 of the act, an unlawfully bestowed office can be declared void by the Crown, and the offender can be disabled from making future appointments and fined up to £1,000. Clergy are no longer required to make a declaration as to simony on ordination but offences are now likely to be dealt with as "misconduct" under the Clergy Discipline [Measure 2003], r.8.
Penalty by reference to the value of an ecclesiastical living was abolished by Statute [Law (Repeals) Measure 2018].