Henry VIII - Dissolution of the monasteries

What year were the clergy accused of praemunire and, when they were pardoned the next year how much did Henry fine them?

1530, £119,00

When was the Act of Appeals to Rome created? [what was Henry’s reasoning]

1533

What was the key thing within the Act of Succession and when was it?

Mary would lose her inheritance, 1534

What other act was created in 1534 that defined Henry as the rightful Head of the Church of England severing ecclesiastical links with Rome.

Act of Supremacy.

What act was installed in 1534 that allowed Henry control over the Churches wealth?

Act for the first Fruits and Tenths

In what year were smaller monasteries destroyed, what counted as a ‘smaller monastery’

1536, worth under £200

What was the Act of Ten Articles and what year was it created?

Promoted protestant traditions and ideas, 1536.

In what two years were Royal Injunctions created?

1536 and 1538

In what year was Henry excommunicated by the Pope?

1538

What year were the Six Articles created? What did they include?

1539, AAAAAAAA

In which year were all other monasteries dissolved?

1539

What year was Cromwell executed?

1540

In what year was the Act for the Advancement of true religion and what did it do?

1543, AAAAAAA

Which book was published in 1943 AAAAAA

The Kings Book

In order to justify dissolving the monasteries, Henry got Cromwell to investigate the monasteries. What year did these happen and what were the investigations called?

1535, Valor Ecclesiasticus.

In Cromwell’s investigations, specifically Bury St Edmund’s, what did the reports claim to find in monasteries?

• Gambling

• lots of women

• rich monks and abbots

• Relics

What relics did Cromwell find the monasteries had during his investigations (give 2 examples)

• St Edmunds toenails

• The coals that St Lawrence was toasted on.

In total how many monasteries were dissolved and how many monks were pensioned off?

563, 8000

From £120,000 how much did the crown’s income raise after the dissolution of the monasteries?

£250,000

How did Elizabeth Barton oppose the dissolution? What was her nickname, when was she executed?

• Record visions against Anne Boleyn

• Maid of Kent

• 1534