King's Great Matter

Question 0

Believed it would be easy

Answer 0

Annulment granted for Louis XII

Decree of Nullity for Margaret of Scotland

Question 1

Line of argument

Answer 1

Leviticus ‘they shall be childless’
Papal dispensation contravened divine law
Deuteronomy says ‘his brother shall take her’
Henry tried to prove she consummated marriage with Arthur

Question 2

Role of reformation parliament

Answer 2

Probate, pluralities and mortuaries act

Pressured Rome

Question 3

Problems with getting divorce

Answer 3

Charles V had influence over Clement
French cardinals didn’t support Wolsey
Henry wanted and official annulment from Rome
Catherine had powerful supporters - Bishop Fisher
Julius II had sent another dispensation to Spain

Question 4

Henry’s views on Great Matter

Answer 4

7 Unis supported Henry’s
1530 Collectanea by Foxe and Cranmer
Feb 1531 - subsidy of £118,000 on Church
1531 Pardon of the Clergy

Question 5

1532

Answer 5

Thomas More resigned due to submission
March, Conditional Restraint of Annates
December, Anne pregnant

Question 6

Importance of Cromwell

Answer 6

1532 introduced petition against Church courts which was the Supplication against Ordinaries
Submission guided by Cromwell