If the Wikipedia history is correct, the first Book of Common Prayer was in 1549.
I am just grateful that we don't have events (as per Wikipedia) like this when reading from it in church:
"Following the accession of King James VI of Scotland to the throne of England his son, King Charles I, with the assistance of Archbishop Laud, sought to impose the prayer book on Scotland.[70] The 1637 prayer book was not, however, the 1559 book but one much closer to that of 1549, the first book of Edward VI. First used in 1637, it was never accepted, having been violently rejected by the Scots. During one reading of the book at the Holy Communion in St Giles' Cathedral, the Bishop of Brechin was forced to protect himself while reading from the book by pointing loaded pistols at the congregation."
Of course, King Charles I and Archbishop Laud were beheaded.
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