recusancy

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Charles found himself embarrassed by a request to put in force the recusancy laws, while at the same time he was angered by an open attack upon his favourite.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

He laughed and cried: "Thou hast a ready tongue, young mistress; and when tried for recusancy I warrant thou'lt give the judge a piece of thy mind."

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

James’s first act, when his succession was peaceably ensured, was to remit the fines for recusancy.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Daring in design, precipitate and violent in execution, and going to the very extremity of the most rigid recusancy, it was his ambition to place himself at the head of the presbyterian interest.

From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir

The fact was that Sir Nicholas had again been summoned for recusancy.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh