Acts of Reformation Parliament Flashcards
What happened to churchmen in 1530?
Charged with praemunire
Property to be surrendered to the crown
All duties require the monarch’s explicit permission
January 1531
Henry wants:
Title ‘Supreme Head of the Church of England and Wales’
£100,000 from churchmen to pardon charge of praemunire
Negotiated:
‘… as far as the word of God allows’
Five-year payment period
1532
Supplication Against the Ordinaries
The Submission of the Clergy
Act in Restraint of Annates
What was the Supplication Against the Ordinaries?
King demands a review of all canon law (never goes ahead)
Church directly responsible to the King
What was the Submission of the Clergy?
Henry gave convocation members 24 hours to vote unanimously in favour of all demands
What was the Act in Restraint of Annates?
Annates: payment of 1/3 of churchmen’s income to the Pope
Reduced to 5% of original sum
What was the Act in Appeals?
1533 - Papacy’s right as final court of law removed
Archbishop of Canterbury assumes Pope’s powers
1534:
Pope Clement VII declares that Catherine is still Henry’s wife
Act of Supremacy
Act of First Fruits and Tenths
What was the Act of Supremacy?
Legal clarification of the fact that the King is the supreme head of the Church
What was the Act of First Fruits and Tenths?
Taxation of clergy
One year’s income then 10% annually
Royal revenue increased by 40%
What was the final act granted against the Pope?
1536 - Act of Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome
What did the Act of Extinguishing (1536) mean?
Pope now must be referred to as Bishop of Rome
Pope sympathisers are traitors and threatened with loss of land
What acts were passed in 1534?
Succession
Supremacy
Treason
Restraint of Annates (second act)
Which act declared Henry’s annulment?
Act of Succession
What became treason under the various acts passed in 1534?
Denying Henry’s new marriage (Succession)
Calling him a heretic (Treason Act)
