Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547

Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte wherby certaine Chauntries Colleges Free Chapelles and the Possessions of the same be given to the Kinges Majestie.
Citation1 Edw. 6. c. 14
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent24 December 1547
Commencement4 November 1547
Repealed1 January 1961
Other legislation
Repealed byCharities Act 1960
Relates toDissolution of Colleges Act 1545
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 14), also known as the Abolition of Chantries Act 1547 or the Chantries Act 1547, was an act of the Parliament of England.

The whole act was repealed by section 39(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the Charities Act 1960.