The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".
Acts passed by the Parliament of England did not have a short title; however, some of these acts have subsequently been given a short title by acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (such as the Short Titles Act 1896).
Acts passed by the Parliament of England were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular act was passed.
4 Jas. 1
The third session of the 1st Parliament of King James I (the 'Blessed Parliament') which met from 18 November 1606 until 4 July 1607.
This session was traditionally cited as 4 Jac. 1 or 4 J. 1; it is listed in the "Chronological Table of the Statutes" as 4 Ja. 1
Note that this session is also cited as4 & 5 Jac. 1.
An act for the utter abolition of all memory of hostility, and the dependence thereof, between England and Scotland, and for repressing of occasions of disorders, and disorders in time to come. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125))
An Act for repealing of so much of One Branch of a Statute made in the First Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act concerning Tanners Curriers Shoemakers and other Artificers occupying the cutting of Leather,"[a] as concerneth the sealing of Sheepskins and to avoid selling of tanned Leather by Weight. (Repealed by Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 64))
An Act to explain a former act made in the last session of this parliament, intituled, "An Act to enable all his Majesty's loving subjects of England and Wales to trade freely into the dominions of Spain, Portugal and France."[b] (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125))
An act for confirmation of some part of a charter granted by King Henry the Sixth to the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of the town of Southampton, and for the relief of the said town.
An Act for the better provision of meadow and pasture for necessary maintenance of husbandry and tillage in the manors, lordships and parishs of Marden, alias Mawarden, Bodenham, Wellington, Sutton St. Michael, Sutton St Nicholas, Murton upon Lug, and the parish of Pipe, and every of them, in the county of Hereford.
An Act for explanation a statute made the third year of the reign of King James, intituled, "An Act for the bringing in of a fresh stream of running water to the north parts of the city of London."[c]
An Act for the draining of certain fens and low grounds in the isle of Ely, subject to hurt by surrounding, containing about six thousand acres, compelled about with certain banks commonly called and named the ring of Waldersey and Cooldham. (Repealed by Great and Little Waldersley Drainage Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. lxxxix))
An Act for the assurance of the house of Theobalds, and divers manors and other lands, to the Queen's majesty for term of her life, and of the same house, manors and lands, with other manors and lands, to the King's most excellent Majesty, his heirs and successors, and for the assurance of other manors and lands to the earl of Salisbury and his heirs.
An Act whereby Richard Sackvile, esquire, is enabled to make a surrender unto the King's majesty of the offices of chiefe butler of England and Wales, notwithstanding his minority of years.
An Act for the assuring of the advowson of the vicarage of Chesthunt to Robert earl of Salisbury and his heirs, and of the advowson of the rectory of Orset to Richard bishop of London and his successors.
An Act for confirmation of the King's majesty's letters patents made to Robert Bathurst, esquire, of the manor and borough of Lachlad in the county of Gloucester.
An Act for the confirmation of the King's majesty's letters patents made to William Bourcher, esquire, of the manor of Bardisley in the county of Gloucester.
An Act for confirmation of certain lands to the warden and college of the souls of all faithful people deceased of Oxon, and of other lands to sir William Smith, knight.
An Act for securing and confirming of the lands, tenements and rents heretofore granted, devised or conveyed to several companies within the city of London, and to the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of London.
An Act for further assurance to the purchasers of certain lands late sir Jonathon Trelawney's, knight, deceased, appointed by act of parliament to be sold for payment of his debts.
An Act for the assignment of a jointure to such wife as John Thompson, son and heir of Robert Thompson a lunatick, shall marry, and for present maintenance of the said John.
Raithby, John, ed. (1963) [1819]. "4° Jac.". Statutes of the Realm. Vol. 4 Part 2: The Statutes of Queen Elizabeth (An. 28-43) and of King James (1586–1623). London: Dawsons. pp. 1132–1152 – via Hathi Trust.
Raithby, John, ed. (1963) [1819]. "4° Jac.". Statutes of the Realm. Vol. 4 Part 2: The Statutes of Queen Elizabeth (An. 28-43) and of King James (1586–1623). London: Dawsons. p. 1132-1152 – via Google Books.
Raithby, John, ed. (1963) [1819]. "4° Jac.". Statutes of the Realm. Vol. 4 Part 2: The Statutes of Queen Elizabeth (An. 28-43) and of King James (1586–1623). London: Dawsons. p. 1132-1152 – via Internet Archive.
Pickering, Danby, ed. (1763). "Anno quarto Jacobi". The Statutes at Large. Vol. 7: From the Thirty-ninth Year of Q. Elizabeth to the Twelfth Year of K. Charles. Inclusive. Cambridge: Joseph Bentham. pp. 195–215 – via Internet Archive.