Clarendon Code was a series of four Acts of Parliament aimed at enforcing religious conformity with the Church of England. The Acts were the Corporation Act, the Act of Uniformity, the Conventicle Act, and the Five Mile Act. The Code promoted the persecution of Roman Catholics as well as the suppression of extreme Protestants. The laws were passed between 1661 and 1665, during the reign of Charles II. They were named after the Earl of Clarendon, though he did not originate the legislation.
