Acts of Parliament 1533-34

When was the Act in Restraint of Appeals drafted and who did it?

Cromwell in April 1533

What was the Act in Restraint of Appeals founded on?

Evidence in the Collectanea

What did the Act in Restraint of Appeals do?

Declare that appeals could not be made to Rome regarding Church court decisions

What did the Act in restraint of appeals mean by Catherine?

She couldn’t appeal to Rome against her marriage annulment

When was the first Act of Succession?

April 1534

What did the Act of Succession April 1534 declare?

H8 marriage to Catherine was void

Succession should be secured in the children of his marriage to Anne

Denying the validity of H8 marriage to Anne was treasonable

An oath should be taken to affirm an individual’s acceptance of the new marriage

When was the second Act of Supremacy?

November 1534

What did the Act of Supremacy give and declare?

Legislative force to the Royal Supremacy

Declared H8 as the Supreme Head of the Church of England

What did the Act of supremacy achieve?

Break from Rome

When was the Treason Act?

November 1534

What did the Treason Act do?

Treason could be committed by spoken word as well as deed or writing

How was H8’s use of the Treason Act?

Fairll selective

Who did the authorities have no real interest in prosecuting?

Ordinary people who had made incautious remarks about royal supremacy

What was the Treason Act used to do?

Ensnare high-profile victims eg Thomas More

When was Thomas More executed?

July 1535

Why was Thomas More executed?

Denying the royal supremacy

When was the Act Annexing First Fruits and Tenths to the Crown?

November 1534

What was the Act Annexing First Fruits and Tenths to the Crown?

Annates paid by a bishop was paid to the King not the Pope

What did the Act Annexing First Fruits and Tenths to the Crown increase ad strengthen?

Financial burden on the clergy

Strengthened royal supremacy

How had the supremacy largely come around?

Parliamentary stature

What role of Parliaments had strengthened?

Role as a law-making body

What could H8 now control?

Church of England and religious policies

When did the dissolution of monasteries begin?

1536

When was the dissolution of monasteries completed?

1542

What did the dissolution ensure?

Vast amount of the Church’s land was confiscated by the Crown

How did the dissolution help the Crown?

Increased wealth and power

Why was the benefit of the dissolution short-lived?

Much of the property was granted or sold below market price so the Crown could raise money to finance foreign policy