Suppression Act 1539

• This legalised the voluntary suppression that had been taking place since 1539.
• The act also included a rider that there could be no challenges to the validity of the king’s title of ownership once a monastery had voluntarily dissolved
• If the king then transferred ownership of titles, these too could not be contested in a court.
• There were some abbots and religious house leaders who would not be bullied. They had to face the full force of the law.
• The Abbot of Glastonbury was in charge one of the wealthiest monasteries in England. He was executed and the buildings in the monastery were all but destroyed.