Dissolution of the Monasteries

Question 1

5 Causes of the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Answer 1

1. Financial motives
2. Patronage and Greed
3. The Imperial Idea
4. Continental Influence
5. Break with Rome Opponents

Question 2

How many religious houses and monasteries in 1500’s?

Answer 2

825 religious houses and over 500 monasteries

Question 3

When and What was the Act of First Fruit and Tenths?

Answer 3

1534
- Allowed Henry to tax the Church which were previously paid to the Pope

Question 4

When and What was the Valor Ecclesiasticus?

Answer 4

1535
- Report initiated by Cromwell
- Sent out commissioners to value monastic land
- Gauge the true extent of the Church’s wealth
- Also manipulated to show corruption and paint in a bad light to encourage government to dissolve the monasteries

Question 5

When and what was the Acts for the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries?

Answer 5

1536
- Closed all religious houses with a lands valued under £200 per year

Question 6

When and what was the Acts for the Dissolution of the Larger Monasteries?

Answer 6

1539
- Extended closure of all religious houses except chanceries
- All properties transferred to crown

Question 7

When and what was the Court of Augmentations?

Answer 7

1540
- Handled property and income from dissolved monasteries

Question 8

Who established and was Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations?

Answer 8

Richard Rich

Question 9

How many religious houses and monks pensioned by 1540?

Answer 9

563 houses had become dissolved and 8,000 monks pensioned off