Acts

Question 1

Act in Conditional Restraint of Appeals

Answer 1

1532 - Conditionally suspended taxes to the Pope, blackmail for grant of divorce

Question 2

Collectanae Satis Copiosa

Answer 2

1530 - Collection of documents asserting that the King’s authority was greater than the Pope’s and Caesero Papism - ‘Nation State’, ‘Soveriegn State

Question 3

Clergy charged of praemunire, charged £100,000 and demanded to call King ‘Supreme Head of the Church’

Answer 3

1531

Question 4

Clergy agree to fine, add caviat ‘As far as the law of Christ allows’

Answer 4

1531

Question 5

Supplication of the Ordinaries

Answer 5

1532 - ‘Petition against Bishops’, criticism of Bishops, Henry wants control of Canon Law

Question 6

Supplication of the Clergy

Answer 6

1532 - Clergy submit to Supplication of the Ordinaries, Henry gains control of Canon Law

Question 7

Thomas More resigns

Answer 7

1532

Question 8

Act in Restrain of Appeals

Answer 8

1533 - to prevent Catherine appealing to Rome on matter of divorce, contains line ‘England is an Empire, governed by One Supreme Head’ (Caesero Papism)

Question 9

Act in Restrain of Annates

Answer 9

1534 - no longer conditional, money from Bishops goes to King, not Pope

Question 10

Act of Dispensation / Act to Abolish Peter’s Pence

Answer 10

1534 - All dispensations (permissions to marry) can be granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Peter’s Pence is paid to King, not Pope

Question 11

Act for Submission of the Clergy

Answer 11

1534 - makes Submission of the Clergy (1532) law

Question 12

Act of Succession

Answer 12

1534 - Mary is illegitimate, Elizabeth is legitimised, Catherine marriage invalid, Anne marriage valid

Question 13

Act of Supremacy

Answer 13

1534 - Henry is head of Church, removes caviat ‘as far as the law of Christ allows’

Question 14

Act of Treason

Answer 14

1534 - illegal to speak against Henry or Anne, treasonable offence

Question 15

Act of First Fruits and Tenths

Answer 15

1534 - Priests give income and yearly 1/10th to Pope, goes to King - brings in £40,000

Question 16

Valor Ecclesiasticus

Answer 16

1535 - researches total wealth of monasteries

Question 17

First Act of Dissolution

Answer 17

1536 - closes smaller monasteries

Question 18

Pilgrimage of Grace

Answer 18

1536

Question 19

First set of Royal Injunctions

Answer 19

1536 - set up rules for clergy

• Drawn up by Cromwell
• pilgrimages are banned

Question 20

Act of 10 Articles

Answer 20

1536 - drawn up by Cranmer and Cromwell

• Only 3 sacraments
• Gets rid of transubstantiation
• No worship of of saints
• Idea of justification by faith

Question 21

Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome

Answer 21

1536 - Pope’s influence is cut off

Question 22

First English Bible

Answer 22

1537 - First English Bible

Question 23

Bishop’s Book

Answer 23

1537 - Cromwell and Cranmer

• Reviewed by King
• Refinds lost 4 sacraments (marriage, confirmation, last rites)

Question 24

Second Set of Royal Injunctions

Answer 24

1538 - Every Church must have an English Bible

Question 25

Henry is excommunicated

Answer 25

1538

Question 26

France and Charles V are at peace, following Treaty of Nice

Answer 26

1538

Question 27

John Lambert burnt at stake

Answer 27

1538

Question 28

Act of Six Articles

Answer 28

1539 - Catholic

• Brings back transubstantiation
• All 7 sacraments
• Makes England nationally Catholic

Question 29

Second Act of Dissolution

Answer 29

1539 - larger monasteries dissolved

Question 30

Alliance with Cleeves

Answer 30

1539-40

Question 31

Charles and France back at war

Answer 31

1540