The Reformation Parliament

Question 1

When and why was John Fisher executed?

Answer 1

1535; for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy

Question 2

When was Clergy Legal privilege removed by Act of Parliament?

Answer 2

1529

Question 3

When were Praemunire charges brought against leading Churchmen

Answer 3

1530

Question 4

When was the Submission of the Clergy passed?

Answer 4

1532

Question 5

When was the Supplication of the Ordinaries passed?

Answer 5

1532

Question 6

When was the Act to Remove Annates?

Answer 6

1532

Question 7

When was the Act in restraint of Appeals?

Answer 7

1533

Question 8

What three acts were passed in 1534?

Answer 8

Act forbidding Papal Dispensation and the Payment of Peter’s Pence

Act of Succession

Act of Supremacy

Question 9

Explain what a charge of Praemunire means

Answer 9

To appeal to a power outside of the realm for the resolution of a situation within England that is under the jurisdiction of the crown

Question 10

What was the Supplication against the Ordinaries

Answer 10

This was a petition made by the MPs that complained that the clergy had excessive powers and control; some of those listed included mortuary fees, the number of Holy Days, and the way the Church gained money

Question 11

Explain what is meant by Annates

Answer 11

A payment made by English bishops to the Church in Rome during their first year from the income paid to them by the Diocese

Question 12

Who denied the Act of Succession and were executed and when?

Answer 12

1535; Thomas More and Thomas Fisher

Question 13

When did Henry add the title of Supreme Head of the Church to his name?

Answer 13

1535

Question 14

What did the Order of the Preachers restrict/prevent and when was it published?

Answer 14

1535; prevented Priests from talking about controversial ideas, telling them what not to talk about in their sermons, such as evangelical ideas

Question 15

What and when was the Valor Ecclesiasticus?

Answer 15

1534; A full audit of Church property instigated by Cromwell that provided Henry with the opportunity to dissolve the monasteries

Question 16

How much did Henry charge the clergymen to remove the charge of Praemunire?

Answer 16

£100,000

Question 17

How many clergymen were accused of Praemunire in 1530?

Answer 17

15

Question 18

What complaints were issued in the Supplication against the Ordinaries (1532)?

Answer 18

The number of Holy Days
Untrue charges of heresy
Mortuary fees
Tax sizes
Excessive amounts of power

Question 19

When was the Act to Remove Annates?

Answer 19

1532

Question 20

What was unusual about the Act to remove Annates that had not previously been seen in 1532?

Answer 20

It did not receive full support from the House of Commons

Question 21

What powers did Henry gain from the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 21

He held the right to collect the First Fruit and Tenths and it became treasonous to call the king a heretic or schismatic

Question 22

What is the Collectanea Stasis Capiosa and when was it compiled?

Answer 22

1530; A collection of historical documents forming an argument that kings had no superiors on Earth

Question 23

Who was Elizabeth Barton?

Answer 23

A servant girl who claimed to have visions from God - she met Henry twice

Question 24

When did Thomas More resign as Chancellor?

Answer 24

1532

Question 25

What was different about the reformation parliament of 1529?

Answer 25

The bills were put forward by the king’s ministers instead of MPs

Question 26

Which Act of succession made Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate?

Answer 26

Second

Question 27

When was Cromwell appointed vice-gerent and what did that given him?

Answer 27

1534; power over the administration of the Church

Question 28

Who in Henry’s council was an evangelical?

Answer 28

Cromwell

Question 29

Whose beliefs did the Order of the Preachers try to prevent spreading?

Answer 29

Evangelicals

Question 30

When were Cromwell’s injunctions and what did they require?

Answer 30

1536; required every parish to have a Bible in English

Question 31

What is the date range of the ‘Reformation Parliament’?

Answer 31

1529-36

Question 32

Who in the church were most parliamentarians most concerned with at the opening of parliament?

Answer 32

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Question 33

What positions in the church did Wolsey hold in 1529?

Answer 33

Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester and Bishop of Durham

Question 34

The Act to remove the Annates in 1532 involved what?

Answer 34

Ending payments from the English church to Rome

Question 35

What was the effect of the Act for the Restraint of Appeals in 1533?

Answer 35

The end of Papal authority on church matters in England

Question 36

What was the effect of the Act of Succession of 1534?

Answer 36

Henry’s marriage to Catherine declared illegitimate, children of Anne declared next in line to the throne and those not swearing an oath acknowledging this would be committing treason

Question 37

What type of laws were passed during this Parliament? What does this mean?

Answer 37

Statute laws, sometimes referred to as “King in Parliament” (laws made by the Parliament and King together) are more effective than laws made by Parliament or the King alone