Dissolution of Monastries

• Henry ordered it cus- having fall out with Rome the catholic Monastries we’re still strong supporters of the pope and refused to recognise Henry as the head of Church of England. Henry would not stand for this
• Early monasteries had provided hospitals,charity, shelter, work and education to local community. The M had become enormously wealthy leading to laziness and greed amongst many monks. Some monks and nuns were even said to be having children and getting married- this corruption resulted in the monasteries becoming unpopular
• The church owned 30% of the land in England and the M took too much of this up. the land would be rented out to farmers who often complained monks were greedy and uncaring landlords corrupted by wealth te church was earning
• Henry believed he could put their Wealth to better use and he gave Thomas Cromwell The job solving this problem