Henry VIII 4: Acts

Question 0

When was The Act in Restraint of Annates act passed?

Answer 0

1532

Question 1

Which act was passed in 1532?

Answer 1

The Act in Restraint of Annates

Question 2

What was the Act in Restraint of Annates of 1532?

Answer 2

It banned payment of all but 5% of annates. Annates were the pope’s main source of income from Henry’s kingdom.

Question 3

What was the first official step taken to lessen the Pope’s influence in England?

Answer 3

The Act in Restraint of Annates of 1532

Question 4

What does it mean that The Act in Restraint of Annates of 1532 was conditional?

Answer 4

It meant that it didn’t come into effect until the king activated it, which suggests the measure was part of a programme aimed to make it worth the pope’s while to grant henry’s divorce.

Question 5

When was the Act in Restraint of Appeals passed?

Answer 5

1533

Question 6

Which act was passed in 1533?

Answer 6

The Act in Restraint of Appeals.

Question 7

The drafted the radical measure of the Act in Restraint of Appeals?

Answer 7

Thomas Cromwell.

Question 8

What did the Act inRestraint of Appeals of 1533 lay down?

Answer 8

It laid down that in the future, the highest Court of Appeal in all religious matters now lay in England and that there would be no outside interference in such matters.

Question 9

What did the statement of the Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 declare?

Answer 9

That England was an empire, free from foreign influences.

Question 10

Because of the Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 what specific matter could now be dealt with?

Answer 10

The royal divorce between henry and Catherine of Aragon

Question 11

What could Catherine of Aragon no longer do because of the Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533?

Answer 11

Appeal to the Pope against the divorce.

Question 12

What did the Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 lead to?

Answer 12

The excommunication of Henry by Pope Paul III

Question 13

So all in all, what did the Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 enable Henry to do?

Answer 13

To get his divorce from Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn before the baby was born.

Question 14

When was the Act for First Fruit and Tenths passed?

Answer 14

1534

Question 15

What did the Act for First Fruit and Tenths force everyone who held clerical office to do?

Answer 15

To pay about a years income on appointment and 10% of their income anually.

Question 16

What happened because of the 1534 Act for First Fruit and Tenths?

Answer 16

Crown revenue increased by about 40%

Question 17

When was the Act of Supremacy passed?

Answer 17

1534

Question 18

What did the Act of Supremacy 1534 declare?

Answer 18

That Henry “Justly and rightfully and ought to be Supreme Head of church in England and Wales.”

Question 19

What did the Act of Supremacy 1534 give Henry?

Answer 19

Enormous influence over the doctrines and beliefs of the church.

Question 20

When was the Act of Succession passed?

Answer 20

1534

Question 21

What did the Act of Succession 1534 declare?

Answer 21

That the crown would go to the children of Henry and Anne’s marriage and that Mary I was illegitimate.

Question 22

What did the Act of Succession 1534 condemn?

Answer 22

It condemned any judgement on the marriage as treason.

Question 23

When was the Act for the Dissolution of the Monasteries passed?

Answer 23

February 1536.

Question 24

When was the Act of 10 Articles passed?

Answer 24

July 1536

Question 25

What did the Act of 10 Articles of July 1536 do?

Answer 25

Rejected the 7 sacraments of Catholic belief, leaving only three: the Eucharist, baptism and penance.

Question 26

What was the Act of 10 Articles of July 1536? (In general)

Answer 26

A clear move towards Protestantism.

Question 27

When was the Bishop’s Book published?

Answer 27

July 1537

Question 28

What did the Bishop’s Book of July 1537 say?

Answer 28

It said what the church believed.

Question 29

What did the Bishop’s Book of July 1537 emphasise?

Answer 29

The authority of scriptures. This meant that God’s word is what’s important, not the church’s interpretation.

Question 30

When was the Matthew Bible published?

Answer 30

1537

Question 31

What was the 1537 Matthew Bible?

Answer 31

A distinctly Protestant version that had the King’s permission.

Question 32

What did the 1537 Matthew Bible mean people could do for the first time?

Answer 32

Analyse God’s word themselves for the first time.

Question 33

Who was the King persuaded by to publish the Matthew Bible of 1537?

Answer 33

Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer.

Question 34

What were priests now ordered to do after the publishing of the Matthew Bible of 1537?

Answer 34

Preach 4 times a year in the people’s language.

Question 35

What did the Matthew Bible of 1537 mean people could now do?

Answer 35

People could now question religion.

Question 36

When was The Act of Six Articles passed?

Answer 36

June 1539

Question 37

What was The Act of Six Articles of June 1539?

Answer 37

A shift in doctrine.

Question 38

By 1539, what was happening in the country?

Answer 38

By 1539 the country was divided by religious arguments and disagreements.

Question 39

What did The Act of Six Articles of June 1539 confirm?

Answer 39

It confir,ed transubstantiation, private masses and the hearing of confession by priests.

Question 40

What is a possible explanation as to why Henry passed The Act of Six Articles of June 1539?

Answer 40

He was possibly worried of an attack by papal powers.

Question 41

When was the Act for The Dissolution of Greater Monasteries passed?

Answer 41

June 1539

Question 42

When was The King’s Book published?

Answer 42

1543

Question 43

What was The King’s Book of 1543?

Answer 43

A revised Bishop’s Book which defended transubstantiation and the 6 Articles.

Question 44

What did The King’s Book of 1543 encourage?

Answer 44

Preaching and it attacked the use of images.

Question 45

When was the Chantries Act passed? (But not enforced)

Answer 45

1545

Question 46

What did Henry do in 1546?

Answer 46

He named a heavily Protestant Council of Regency for Edward which ensured him a Protestant influenced inheritance.