30 July – Parliament declares that any adult male not signing the Protestation of 1641, an oath of allegiance to the King and Church of England authored in May, is unfit to hold public office.[1]
7 August – ship money declared illegal by Parliament.[1]
First publication of the supposed prophecies of Yorkshire soothsayer Mother Shipton (died 1561), The prophesie of Mother Shipton in the raigne of King Henry the eighth (London).