Answer: The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1559. It set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to go to church once a week or be fined 12 pence, a considerable sum for the poor. It set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. All persons had to go to church once a week or be fined 12 pence (equivalent to just over £11 in 2007), a considerable sum for the poor.
Explanation: Uniformity, Act of
It required all ordained clergy to follow the Book of Common Prayer. The Act also required the clergy to repudiate the Solemn League and Covenant, to forswear the taking up of arms against the Crown, and to adopt the liturgy of the Church of England.
