Episode 1 of 1

Royal Assent

When: 5 April 1710
Where: Parliament of Great Britain
Part of: Statute of Anne becomes effective

The bill received royal assent on 5 April 1710 after amendments.

Introduced by Edward Wortley in January 1710, the bill underwent substantial amendments before being granted royal assent on 5 April 1710. It became known as the Statute of Anne due to its passage during the reign of Queen Anne.

Sources

Statute of Anne Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.