Key Religious Legislation of the Henrician Reformation

• When was the Act in Restraint of Appeals?

  - Early 1533
• What did the Act in Restrain of Appeals do?

  - Placed all ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the King's hands

  - Prevented appeals in legal cases being made to Rome.
• What was the importance of the Act in Restraint of Appeals?

  - This prevented Catherine of Aragon appealing to Rome in the case of the Annulment

  - It had the support of Parliament, and thus allowed Henry to be granted the Annulment

  - overall it was a significant step towards ending Papal authority in England.
• When was the Act forbidding papal dispensation and payment of Peter's pence?


  - 1534
• What did the Act Forbidding Papal Dispensation and Payment of Peter's Pence do?

  - This restricted the archbishops right to allow priests to hold more than one Parish.

  - It also prevented payments of taxation to Rome.
• What was the importance of the Act Forbidding Papal Dispensation and Payment of Peter's Pence?

  - It meant that all ecclesiastical powers were now in the hands of the King

  - It was popular with the laity as many saw the clergy as greedy.
• When was William Tyndale's Bible burnt?

  - May 1530

  - This was an attack on heresy against Catholicism
• When was the First Act of Annates?


  - 1532
• What did the First Act of Annates do?


  - Banned the payment of Annates to Rome

  - It also threatened that bishops could be consecrated by English authorities
• What was the significance of the First Act of Annates?

  - It removed the chief source of papal revenue in England and challenged one of the Pope's main functions as leader of the church
• What was the Supplication of the Ordinaries?

  - March 1532

  - Clergy were to enact no Church law without royal permission

  - Existing Church law was to be examined by Royal commission
• What was the Submission of the Clergy?

  - May 1532

  - The Clergy accepted the King and not the Pope as their lawmaker

  - This led to the resignation of Thomas More
• What was the Second Act of Annates?


  - January 1534

  - confirmed the First Act of Annates

  - Abbots and bishops were now to be appointed by the King, rather than the Pope
• What was the Act for the Submission of the Clergy?

  - March 1534

  - This meant that appeals in ecclesiastical matters were now to be handled by the King's Court of Chancery rather than the Archbishop's court.
• What was the First Act of Succession?

  - March 1534

  - This registered Henry's marriage to Catherine as invalid, and replaced it with his marriage to Anne.

  - The Crown was also now to pass to Henry and Anne's children

  - Nation was to take an oath to uphold their marriage, with it being treason to deny this.
• When was the Act of Supremacy?

  - November 1534
• What did the Act of Supremacy do?

  - declared that Henry was 'justly and rightfully Supreme Head of the Church of England'.

  - allowed Henry the right to carry out visitations of the monastaries
• What was the Treason Act?


  - December 1534

  - This listed key treasonable crimes

  - some examples were calling the King a heretic

  - Treason could now be defined as intent expressed in word, writing or in deed.
• What was the Act for First Fruits and Tenths?

  - December 1534

  - This meant that clerical taxes were to go to the King, rather than the Pope.
• When was Cromwell made Vice-gerent in Spirituals?

  - January 1535

  - Shows that Henry was leaning towards more reformist ideas at this time
• What was the Valor Ecclesiasticus?


  - January 1535

  - This was a survey commissioned by Cromwell into the wealth and condition of the Church
• When was the Act for the Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries?

  - February 1536

  - This closed down the smaller monasteries which were under £200 in value
• When was Anne Boleyn beheaded?


  -May 1536

  - He married Jane Seymour the next day
• What was the Act of Ten Articles?

  - July 1536

  - This rejected the 'Seven Sacraments' of the Catholic doctrine, leaving only 3 - baptism, eucharist and pennance.

  - This was a clear move towards Protestantism.
• What were the Royal Injunctions to the Clergy?

  - August 1536

  - These ordered the clergy to

  1 - defend the Royal Supremacy in sermons

  2 - abandon pilgrimages

  3 - give money for educational purposes to teach children the Lord's Prayer, the 10 commandments and other scriptures
• What was the Bishops Book?


  - July 1537

  - This rediscovered the four 'lost' sacraments, but they were to be of lesser value.

  - THere was also a drift towards Protestantism, as there was no discussion of transubstantiation, Mass was glossed over, the special status of the priests was understated and purgatory was present only by implication.
• What was the 'Matthew Bible'?

  - This was a distinctly Protestant version of the Bible that had the King's permission.
• When was the Truce of Nice signed by Charles V and Francis I? What impact did this have on English religion?

  - This truce brought a temporary end to the conflict between the two Catholic powers

  - It severely threatened Henry, as it risked him being invaded by both powers

  - It prompted Henry to move closer to Catholicism in the Act of Six articles
• What was the Second Royal Injunctions issued by Cromwell?

  - September 1538

  - The English Bible was to be placed in all parishes within two years

  - all births, marriages and deaths were to be registered by parishes

  - people actively discouraged from pilgrimages

  - relics removed from churches
• When was Henry excommunicated?

  - December 1538 by Pope Paul III
• When was the 'Great Bible' published?

  - April 1539
• What was the Act of Six Articles?


  - June 1539

  - radical shift back to Catholicism

  - confirmed - transubstantiation, mass, confession

  - banned - marriage of priests (or anyone who had taken vow of chastity), communion by lay people

  - severe penalties to those who disobeyed
• What was the Act for the Dissolution of Greater Monasteries?

  - All monasteries were closed and their land passed to the Crown
• When was Cromwell executed?

  - July 1540
• When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves?


  - January 1540
• When did Henry annul Anne of Cleves?


  - July 1540
• When did Henry marry Catherine Howard?


  - July 1540
• What was the Act for the Advancement of True Religion?

  - May 1542

  - This restricted access to the English Bible to upper-class men and women in private
• What was the King's Book?

  - May 1542

  - This revised the Bishops Book, but confirmed Transubstantiation and the Six Articles

  - It was written by Henry himself, encouraging preaching and attacking images.

  - also known as the 'Necessary Doctrine and Erudition of a Christian Man
• When did Henry marry Catherine Parr?

  - July 1543