AS FP2 : Henry VIII, Legislative reformation of the Church

Question 1

What was the first act of reformation parliament and when?

Answer 1

First Act of Restraint of Annates - witholding the first year’s income from the office of the bishop which would usually go to the Pope, some argue that this was Henry trying to gain a bargaining chip over the Pope.
1531

Question 2

What and when was the supplication of the Ordinances?

Answer 2

1532 - English Church gives up power to make church law without the king’s consent in a document called the submission of the Clergy.

Question 3

What and when was the Act of Restraint of Appeals and what did it allow Henry to do?

Answer 3

It meant that people could no longer appeal to the Pope to overturn Henry’s rulings on the Church. This meant that Henry was free to divorce Catherine of Aragon ( Caused by Court of BlackFriars)
1533

Question 4

What and when was the FIRST act of succession?

Answer 4

1534 - Made Elizabeth heir and Mary illegitimate

Question 5

What and when was the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 5

1534 - Henry had always been supreme head of the English church, Government took control of the church

Question 6

What and when was the Treason Act

Answer 6

1534, made opposing act of succession and act of supremacy punishable by death

Question 7

What and when was the dissolution of the lesser monasteries act? + Valor Ecclesiasticus

Answer 7

1536. Dissolving monasteries under £200. Churches were valued by the Valor Ecclesiastic in 1535 which was exaggerated to raise money for the second french war.

Question 8

What court was established to deal with the property and income of the dissolved monasteries?

Answer 8

1536 - Court of Augmentations

Question 9

What was passed by Cromwell that showed he was pushing for more radical protestant reforms?

Answer 9

The Act of Ten Articles in 1536 , rejected the 7 Catholic Doctrines except for Baptism, The Eucharist and Penance.

Question 10

What and when was the second set of injunctions?

Answer 10

1538 Placed and English Bible in every Parish Church and began to remove rood screens and icons (though this wasn’t fully enforced and the appearance of churches did not change much)

Question 11

When was Henry excommunicated?

Answer 11

1538

Question 12

When was the Act that dissolved the larger monasteries passed?

Answer 12

1539 all monasteries were dissolved by 1540

Question 13

What Act was passed in 1539 that showed Henry’s increasing Paranoia after he was excommunicated?

Answer 13

Act of Six Articles, reasserted Mass and confession in front of a priest.

Question 14

What and when was the SECOND succession Act?

Answer 14

Named Edward as heir, then Mary, then Elizabeth. Excluded his sister Margaret.

Question 15

Give evidence that religion under Henry changed.

Answer 15

There were bureaucratic and constitutional changes, such as the emergence of the Privy Council resulting in the curbing of Clerical Power in Government.

1534 Act of Supremacy and treason made Henry the figure head of the Church and made opposing this religion treasonous.
1538 - Second Set of Injunctions had every Parish Bible in English [Language of Worship]

Dissolution of the monasteries.

Question 16

Give evidence that religion stayed the same under Henry.

Answer 16

Act of of Six Articles reinstated 2 catholic doctrines, therefore 5/7 reasserted.

After 1538 changes were made back to Catholicism such as Act of Six Articles, the King’s Book 1543.

Removal of Idols and Rood Screens were not fully enforced - the interior of churches remained largely the same.

Catholic practices still accepted. Act of Dispensations 1534 had the English Church follow Catholic Beliefs.

Question 17

What element of Reformation Parliament led to Cromwell’s downfall?

Answer 17

Henry was still a Catholic at heart however Cromwell took advantage of his deteriorating relationship with the Pope to push for more radical protestant reforms. Going against Henry’s wishes.