Henry VIII Break With Rome And Dissolution Of The Monasteries

Question 1

What Years did Henry VIII Reign?

Answer 1

1509 - 1547

Question 2

State the Order of Henry VIII Wives

Answer 2

1) Catherine of Aragon
2) Anne Boleyn
3) Jane Seymour
4) Anne of Cleves
5) Catherine Howard
6) Catherine Parr

Question 3

State the Rhyme associated with Henry VIII wives

Answer 3

Divorced
Beheaded
Died
Divorced
Beheaded
Survived

Question 4

Which wife did Henry VIII want his marriage annulled by the Pope and why?

Answer 4

Marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Henry wanted his marriage annulled so he could marry Anne Boleyn and have a son with her

Question 5

Who did Henry VIII ask to help him persuade the Pope to Annull his marriage to Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 5

Thomas Wolsey

Question 6

Did Thomas Wolsey manage to persuade the Pope to Annull Henry VIII marriage to Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 6

No!

So Henry appointed Thomas Cromwell to help him instead

Question 7

What year did Anne Boleyn become pregnant with Henry Viii child and when did they secretly marry?

Answer 7

Pregnant at the end of 1532.

Married February 1533

Question 8

What was the nickname of Henry VIII problem of how to Divorce Catherine of Aragon?

Answer 8

The Kings Great Matter

Question 9

Who was Thomas Cromwell and how did he help Henry VIII?

Answer 9

Thomas Cromwell was made Archbishop of Canterbury by Henry VIII.

Cromwell managed to rule Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon unlawful by April 1533 and this allowed Anne to be crowned Queen of England in June 1533 just before she gave birth to their child

Question 10

In 1533 Thomas Cromwell set up a ‘Reformation Parliament’

What was the purpose of this Parliament?

Answer 10

The Reformation Parliament was set up to…..

• Help give Henry VIII more power
• Break away from Rome

Question 11

The Reformation Parliament passed 3 Acts which enabled the break from Rome

This is referred to as ‘ENGLISH REFORMATION’

What were the 3 Acts?

Answer 11

• 1532 - Act of Annates - Taxes stopped being paid to the Pope. They were paid to Henry VIII instead
• 1534 - Act of Supremacy - Decreed the King (Henry VIII) to be head of the Church of England
• 1534 - Act of Succession - This allowed Anne Boleyn to be Queen and their children to inherit the Throne

Question 12

After English Reformation, what year did the Monestries begin to close?

Answer 12

Small Monestries began to close in 1536

Question 13

What do you think Henry VIII’s main reason for closing the Monestries was?

Answer 13

HENRY VIII WANTED THE CASH!!!

• Monestries owned lots of land which Henry could sell
• Monestries had lots of Treasures which would go to Henry

Question 14

Henry was keen to close the Monestries so he could get hold of the land the Monestries owned.

What % of English Land did the Monestries own?

Answer 14

25% (A Quarter)

Question 15

What role did Thomas Cromwell play in the closing of the Monestries?

Answer 15

Cromwell’s part in the closing (dissolution) of the Monestries was in three stages:-

1) First Cromwell was made ‘Vicar General’ by Henry VIII
2) Then as ‘Vicar General’, Cromwell sent inspectors to all the Monestries to write reports on them (Inspectors were told to focus on the problems and not to write good reports)
3) When Cromwell got all the Reports back, he passed an Act in Parliament in 1536 to close all small Monesties

C

Question 16

When Cromwell sent his Inspectors to write reports about Monestries, he told his Inspectors that he only wanted evidence which would help him close Monestries down.

What did Cromwell do if a Report wasn’t critical enough?

Answer 16

Cromwell made his Inspector re-write the Report!!

Question 17

Name 4 major problems that Cromwell’s Inspectors found with the Monestries

Answer 17

1) Abbots having Relationships with Women
2) Abbots Gambling
3) Abbots Stealing from the Church
4) Abbots not looking after the Church Land

Question 18

In 1536 an Act enabled all small Monestries to be closed.

By what year did all the Large Monestries close?

Answer 18

1540

Question 19

What did Henry VIII do with all the Land he got when the Monestries closed?

Answer 19

He kept some of the land and he sold some of it to the highest bidder