henry viii

• Executed his fathers previous councillors: Empson and Dudley
• 1534: Act of Supremacy: Removed papal power and made Henry viii supreme head of the church of england.
• 1533: Act in restrain of appeals: England was an empire owned by the king under God through total obedience.

  • Catherine of aragon could not appeal the divorce in rome
• Statue law- (king-in-parliament) became the highest form of law as statue law was used to enact reformation legislation.
• 1534: Act of succession:

  • annulled marriage to catherine of aragon
  • Made Anne's children heirs
  • If refused you faced treason
• 1534: Treason Act: spoken word, dee or action as a 'heretic' was punishable by death.

  • used on Thomas More.
• 1546: henry's will confirmed 1544 succession act and Mary and Elizabeth are reinstated in the succession. Edward and his heirs then Mary then Elizabeth.
• 1513- captured Therouanne and Tournai and won 'battle of spurs'
• 1539- failed marriage to Anne of cleves as he did not like her and instead sent duke of norfolk to negotiate france to take the role of Defender of Spain's opponents, and thus the protestant alliance was not needed.
• lack of authority when his war with france ended up costing him £400,000 from 1522-23 and could not raise more due to revolts over amicable grant.
• 1527- 1528: Pilgrimage of grace - rebels against taxation and religious changes. Henry had to make concessions such as pardoning them and allowing mass in english again.