recusancy

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In July 1603 the fines for recusancy were remitted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Had he then been an avowed Roman Catholic, or even suspected of recusancy, he would scarcely have obtained such a grant from the Government of Elizabeth.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph

James’s first act, when his succession was peaceably ensured, was to remit the fines for recusancy.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

In 1637 he was declared exempt from the recusancy laws by the king’s order, but in 1639 he again petitioned for relief.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Continued recusancy was to be punished by placing filth outside the culprit's door on feast-days.

From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.