Succession to the Crown Act 1603

Succession to the Crown Act 1603

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	A most joyful and just recognition of the immediate, lawful and undoubted Succession, Descent and Right of the Crown.
Citation	1 Jas. 1. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent	7 July 1604
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Status: Repealed

The Succession to the Crown Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 1), full title A most joyful and just recognition of the immediate, lawful and undoubted Succession, Descent and Right of the Crown, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of James I. The Act recited the loyalty of Parliament to James, and stated that the English crown, on the death of Elizabeth I, had come to him "by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession". It acknowledged him as the legitimate king "of England, Scotland, France and Ireland". The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, having become obsolete in the intervening three centuries.

See also

• Succession to the British throne

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