Changes to the Church's STRUCTURE

Question 1

How was the Church’s administration improved?

Answer 1

Six new dioceses created

Question 2

Biggest change?

Answer 2

King became supreme head of the Church

- confirmed by the Act of Supremacy 1534

Question 3

What did Cromwell set up in 1535 to discover exactly how wealthy the Church was?

Answer 3

The Valor Ecclesiasticus

Question 4

How did Cromwell amass evidence to justify dissolving monasteries?

Answer 4

Four inspectors sent round monastic institutions

Question 5

What did the 1536 Act of Parliament do?

Answer 5

Dissolve smaller monasteries = income of under £200 per annum

Question 6

When and why did the scope of dissolution widen?

Answer 6

After the Pilgrimage of Grace, as the heads of religious houses that had been implicated in the rebellion surrendered to the Crown

Question 7

What Act was passed in 1539?

Answer 7

Dissolving the remaining monasteries

Question 8

By what month and year were all of the remaining religious houses dissolved?

Answer 8

March 1540

Question 9

By 1547, how much of the monastic land had been sold off?

Answer 9

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