Throughout English history, Recusancy was generally synonymous with nonconformism. From Elizabeth I to George III laws in force in England required regular attendance at services of the established Church of England. Conviction of failure to do so could lead to fines and imprisonment. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Non conformism is the term of KKK ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...

They were people who wilfully absented themselves from the Church of England, the church that was established by law in England. Recusants were subject to various civil disabilities and penalties under the penal laws. Some recusants were Protestant dissenters whose faiths arose out of the Puritan movements, although with the growth of these churches after the Restoration of Charles II they tended to go by the name "Non Conformist". The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... See also civil religion. ... In the most general sense, penal is the body of laws that are enforced by the State in its own name and impose penalties for their violation, as opposed to civil law that seeks to redress private wrongs. ... The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ... The English Restoration or simply Restoration was an episode in the history of Great Britain beginning in 1660 when the monarchy was restored under King Charles II after the English Civil War. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...

Most were Roman Catholics, and the name tended to stick to Roman Catholics. Because of the sometimes severe and expensive penalties and the difficulty of organising churches without private means, recusants tended to be more aristocratic or landed than was the norm for English society. Recusant families tended to send their children abroad for education as Catholic schools were illegal in Britain, and many Catholic public schools such as Stonyhurst and Ampleforth had their origin overseas. All Catholic seminaries were overseas, with the sole English survivors being the Venerable English College in Rome and the Royal English College in Valladolid. The Roman Catholic Church is the largest denomination of Christianity with over 1. ... A Jesuit School in Lancashire. ... A seminary is a specialized university-like institution for the purpose of instructing students in religion, often in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Valladolid is an industrial city in central Spain, upon the Rio Pisuerga. ...

Today Recusant tends to apply to English Catholics who were not converts or descended from immigrants. See: Duke of Norfolk The Duke of Norfolk is the Premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the Premier Earl. ...

The laws were not always enforced, but they were always a threat against Catholics.

Some of those convicted of recusancy were non-Catholic, but the term is in general use of the survival of a Catholic resistance to Protestantism in England. Protestants who refused to participate in the Church of England -- Puritans, Presbyterians, Baptists, Quakers, and the later Methodists -- are more typically referred to as Nonconformists, that is those refusing to conform with the practices and beliefs of the Church of England. Protestantism is a movement within Christianity. ... The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an evangelical, protestant denomination. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... A nonconformist is an English or Welsh Protestant of any non-Anglican denomination, chiefly advocating religious liberty. ...

There is a move among Catholics in England formerly known as sedevacantists to wish to be known as recusants. Sedevacantism is the belief that since the time of Pope John XXIII (who called the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s) the office of pope of the Roman Catholic Church has not been legitimately held by the persons widely acknowledged as pope, sitting in the Vatican. ...