Religion [M1 Overview]

What did the First Statute of Repeal achieve in 1553

Repealed all of the Protestant religious legislation enacted during the reign of Edward VI

What instructions did the March 1554 Royal Injunctions give to English bishops

Ordered bishops to aggressively repress heresy and remove all married priests from parishes

What percentage of parish clergy were stripped of their jobs for being married under the 1554 Injunctions

Approximately 25 percent of all parish clergy in England were deprived of their livings

What major anti Protestant judicial measures were officially restored to the English legal system in 1554

The Heresy Laws were fully restored

What was the primary legal function of the 1555 Second Statute of Repeal

Restored the Catholic Church to its institutional status from before 1529 and reversed Henrician reforms

Why did the 1555 Second Statute of Repeal fail to recover dissolved church property

Mary was unable to get monastic land back because she had to appease the land owning nobility

What severe escalation in religious persecution began in England in 1555

The government carried out the first burnings of Protestants for heresy

Which high ranking English church reformer was famously burned at the stake in 1556

The execution and burning of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer