Editing Test Acts 1673 & 1678 (section)

== Corporation Act 1661 ==
{{main|Corporation Act 1661}}
The [[Naturalisation and Restoration of Blood Act 1609]] ([[7 Jas. 1]]. c. 2) provided that all such as were naturalized or restored in blood should receive the sacrament of the [[Eucharist|Lord's Supper]] (repealed by [[Naturalization Act 1870]] ([[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 14)) but this did not affect most people born in England.

It was not, however, until the reign of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] that actually receiving [[Eucharist|communion]] in the [[Church of England]] was made a precondition for holding [[public office]]. The earliest imposition of this test was by the [[Corporation Act 1661]] ([[13 Cha. 2 St. 2]]. c. 1) requiring that, besides taking the [[Oath of Supremacy]], all members of corporations (i.e. municipal authorities) were, within one year after election, to receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the rites of the Church of England. This was targeted at Presbyterians and other non-conformists following the English Civil War and Restoration, though also affected Roman Catholics.<ref name="EB1911"/>