The point of this query is what was happening in 1830. After the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 England was plunged into a time of great change. The end of the wars brought hardship, with bad harvests, increasing unemployment and soaring food prices. Many soldiers returned to find themselves unemployable. The 1820s saw riots throughout the country. This led to demands for change, culminating in further riots throughout the country in 1831 following the rejection of Russell's Reform Bill. These upheavals affected religious observances as well: Dissenters and Catholics could not hold office until the Test and Corporation Acts were passed in 1828 and the Catholic Emancipation Bill in 1829. Naturally there were those who did not approve of the emancipation of Dissenters and Catholics, and this was manifested by many 'Declarations of Loyalty to the Church of England'. David ldo ldo wrote: > I have found several mentions of my GG Uncle George > OSMOND, and others, in the Coventry Archives online > catalogue, "Corporators and Coroners declarations of > Loyalty to the Church of England". This would be early > to mid 1830's. Can anyone explain this to me please? > Thank you, Lynne. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- David Franks, Cambridge, England Researching Castle and Tallis, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, and Thomas Castle, convict transported to Van Diemen’s Land Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html