Dissolution of the Monasteries

£200

March 1536 Act specified the dissolution of smaller monasteries with incomes less than this

67

Number of smaller monasteries that were exempted from the first wave of dissolution

Tower of London

Valuable goods belonging to the monasteries taken here

Cromwell

Michael Sherbrook (a priest who witnessed it) blamed this person for the destruction of Roche Abbey

Pilgrimage of Grace

This revolt was partly due to the dissolution of the monasteries

1539

The Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries

1540

All monasteries had been dissolved by this year

Abbots

Offered large pensions in return for accepting the dissolution

Priests

Monks often found work as these after the dissolution

House of Lords

Abbots could resist further political changes here

France

Finances from the monasteries could fund the war

£3311

Annual net income of Glastonbury Abbey

Patronage

Henry could use finances and land from the monasteries to reward the nobility

Pope

The monasteries could potentially continue their allegiance to him

Commissioners

Were sent to investigate the monasteries

Valor Ecclesiasticus

Survey of the Church in England, including its value

Monks

Accused of being greedy, lazy and having sexual relatiions