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The Restoration ( 1660 ) valued Episcopacy and limited the rights of the dissenters. The Act Of Uniformity ( 1662 ) required episcopal Ordination for all ministers, but many Clergy men instead withdrew from the Official State Church .

These English Dissenters were also known as Nonconformists . Among the several groups, there were:

Ancient

As of 1660


Present-day

Those ancient Dissenters that survived


SOME NOTABLE DISSENTERS



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