cromwell: govt + domestic policy

Question 1

Act of parliaments

Answer 1

-1533- Cromwell passes acts of parl to establish royal supremacy

Question 2

Act in restraint of appeals

Answer 2

1533
-declared that appeals couldn’t be made to Rome regarding church court decisions.
-Meant Catherine couldn’t appeal to Rome against marriage annulment

Question 3

Act of succession

Answer 3

1534
-Declared Henrys marriage to Catherine as void
-Succession should be vested in children from his marriage to Anne.
-To deny the validity of his marriage to anne was treasonable
-An oath should be taken to affirm an individuals acceptance of the marriage.

Question 4

Act of supremacy

Answer 4

1534
-king was declared supreme head of the church of England, accomplished the break from Rome.

Question 5

Treason act

Answer 5

1534
-treason could be committed if spoken/writing described HVIII as ‘heretic, schismatic, tyrant infidel or usurper of the crown.

Question 6

Act of restraint of annates

Answer 6

1534
-allowed annates (held by papacy) to be transferred from the pope-> king= strengthening his position

Question 7

First + second suppression act

Answer 7

1536+1541
-dissolved monasteries.

Question 8

The kings great matter

Answer 8

1520s
-Concerned the annulment of HVIII’s marriage to Catherine which could only be granted by the pope
-Was Cromwell’s suggestion of breaking away from Rome which allowed Henry to secure the annulment.

Question 9

Marriage

Answer 9

Cromwell made the case of Anne’s adultery –> execution in 1536
-Helped negotiate marriage to Jane Seymour + Anne of Cleves, but Anne of Cleves led to his downfall.

Question 10

Revolution in govt

Answer 10

Developed a more modern form of govt, replacing the personal approach–> bureaucratic one e.g. court of augmentations established to look after henrys income.
-Changed composition of privy chamber= reduced to 12 men: more efficient+ higher value placed on talent.