Pages 9-16 Mrs Myers Notes Flashcards
What did Henry intend?
Parliament would declare his marriage to Cath invalid
He would manipulate the succession by law
What did the laws passed in 1529 do?
Reformed mortuary dues and probate fees, clerical pluralism and non-residency
What did Henry charge the clergy with in Jan 1531?
Breaking the law of Praemunire as Wolseys accomplices in implementing papal policy w/o the Kings approval
BUT he pardoned them
In Feb 1531, what were the clergy asked to accept Henry as?
‘Sole protector and supreme head of the English church and clergy’
Convocation would only accept this if ‘as far as Christ’s law allows’ was added onto the end
When was Thomas Cromwell admitted to the council?
1531
When was Cromwell placed in the inner ring and the Kings leading advisor?
1532
What did the Commons Supplication against the Ordinaries do?
Cromwell revived it knowing Commons would support it
Petition attacking abuses of the clergy
Why did Henry threaten to charge the bishops with treason?
When they were consecrated they took an oath of loyalty to the pope as well as to the king
When did Henry win the submission of the clergy?
15th May 1532
What did the submission of the clergy mean?
Convocation couldn’t assemble w/o the Kings permission
They couldn’t make church law w/o royal assessment
Why did Sir Thomas More resign as Chancellor?
He couldn’t accept the King as the spiritual head of the Church in England
He believed this went against gods law, the natural law, and was unacceptable
When did Henry secure the support of Francis I & what did he do after?
Summer 1532
Slept with Anne
Why was Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury?
To grant the divorce
When did Anne fall pregnant?
December 1532
Henry married Anne without ‘what’ on the 25th January 1533?
Papal dispensation
Who was the main opposition to the Act in Restraint of Appeals?
Thomas More
When did Cranmer by law annul Henry’s marriage to Catherine?
May 1533
Under what means did Cranmer annul Henry’s marriage to Catherine?
Original dispensation that had allowed Henry to marry Catherine was wrong (Leviticus)
When did Anne give birth to Elizabeth & why was Henry disappointed?
7th September 1533
It was a baby girl
Cromwell removed who and manipulated what to help the break with Rome?
Removed papal powers in England
Manipulated the succession by law
What did the redefined natural law say?
It was accepted that the law should reflect the divine will
Now the Kings will was the law
When did Henry appoint Cromwell as his vicegerent?
1535
Before 1530 the Crown had control of the church through:
Chief ministers who were church leaders
Statutes of Praemunire and Provisors
Church taxed to fund the state
The crown in 1534 had control of:
Canon law
Church courts
Supreme head of the church
Crown now had right of visitation and access to wealth of church. This money would increase power of church significantly, but where did it come from?
Taxation of clergy, first fruits and tenths
Dissolution of the monasteries
Potential wealth from taking bishops land
How did the royal supremacy increase the political power of the crown?
Increased its wealth
Removed potential challenges to its authority
Why did Henry deliberately work through parliament to pressurise the pope to give the annulment?
Show he had people behind him in his attack on the church
King acting in parliament had supreme sovereign power to do as he liked
