Henry VIII Biography and Timeline — Page 14

Legislation

It becomes treason to rebel against royalty by words.

Role range: 1509-1547

Legislation

The Act in Restraint of Annates is passed.

Role range: 1509-1547

Legislation

The Convocation of the Clergy has its legislative powers curtailed.

Role range: 1509-1547

Legislation

The King is to appoint Bishops & Abbots.

Role range: 1509-1547

Legislation

The Treason Act is passed

Role range: 1509-1547

Legislation

The Treason Act is passed. The 2nd Act of Annates, financial links with Rome are severed. Act for Payment of First Fruits, increases clerical taxation

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Church Governance

Act for the Submission of the Clergy to the King's Majesty is passed.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Church Governance

An Act is passed for the Submission of the Clergy.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Church Governance

The Convocation of the Clergy has its legislative powers curtailed.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Church Governance

The King is to appoint Bishops & Abbots.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Government

It becomes treason to rebel against royalty by words.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Government

The Act in Restraint of Annates is passed.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Royal Titles

It becomes treason to deny royal titles or call the King a heretic or usurper.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Taxation

Abolition of Peters Pence & other Papal Taxes.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reform of Treason Law

The Treason Act is passed. The 2nd Act of Annates, financial links with Rome are severed. Act for Payment of First Fruits, increases clerical taxation

Role range: 1509-1547

Treason

The Treason Act is passed. It becomes treason to rebel against royalty by words. It becomes treason to deny royal titles or call the King a heretic or usurper

Role range: 1509-1547

Treason

The Treason Act is passed

Role range: 1509-1547

Ecclesiastical Appointments Brought under Crown

New legislation strengthens royal control over episcopal appointments by replacing papal provision with procedures directed by the Crown.

Role range: 1509-1547

Ecclesiastical Dispensations Act Passed

Parliament redirects authority for many dispensations previously obtained from Rome to English ecclesiastical institutions under royal supremacy.

Role range: 1509-1547

Imprisonment

Thomas More writes devotional works while imprisoned for refusing to accept the royal religious settlement.

Role range: 1509-1547

Papal Dispensations Ended in England

Legislation removes routine dependence on Rome for dispensations and redirects ecclesiastical authority toward English institutions.

Role range: 1509-1547

Succession

The Succession Act recognises Anne Boleyn as Henry's lawful wife and her children as legitimate heirs.

Role range: 1509-1547

Constitution of England

Given authority by the Act of Supremaycy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which makes Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England, separating England from Papal authority & by the First Suppression Act (1536) and the Second Suppression (1539)

Role range: 1509-1547

Dissolution

Although some monastic foundations dated back to Anglo-Saxon England, the majority of the 825 dissolved by Henry VIII owed their existence to the wave of monastic enthusiasm that swept England and Wales in the 11th & 12th Centuries

Role range: 1509-1547

Dissolution

Given authority by the Act of Supremaycy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which makes Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England, separating England from Papal authority & by the First Suppression Act (1536) and the Second Suppression (1539).

Role range: 1509-1547

Dissolution

Henry had Parliament authorise Thomas Cromwell to "visit" all the monasteries, including those like the Cistercians previously exempted by Papal dispensation, to purify them in their religious life, and to instruct them in their duty to obey the King.

Role range: 1509-1547

Legislation

Given authority by the Act of Supremaycy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which makes Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England, separating England from Papal authority & by the First Suppression Act (1536) and the Second Suppression (1539)

Role range: 1509-1547

Reformation, The

Parliament passes the Treasons Act 1534, which makes it high treason punishable by death to deny Royal Supremacy. Cromwell initiated a Visitation of the Monasteries ostensibly to examine their character, but in fact, to value their assets with a view to expropriation.

Role range: 1509-1547

Reformation, The

The Crown was undergoing financial difficulties, and the wealth of the church, in contrast to its political weakness, made appropriation of church property both tempting and feasible

Role range: 1509-1547

Reformation, The

The break with Rome was effected by a series of Acts of Parliament passed between 1532 and 1534, among them the 1534 Act of Supremacy which declared that Henry was the "Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England".

Role range: 1509-1547

Supremacy

Henry decided to remove the Church of England from the authority of Rome. The Act of Supremacy recognizes Henry as "the only Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England"

Role range: 1509-1547

Supremacy

Parliament passes the Treasons Act 1534, which makes it high treason punishable by death to deny Royal Supremacy. Cromwell initiated a Visitation of the Monasteries ostensibly to examine their character, but in fact, to value their assets with a view to expropriation.

Role range: 1509-1547

Supremacy

The Crown was undergoing financial difficulties, and the wealth of the church, in contrast to its political weakness, made appropriation of church property both tempting and feasible

Role range: 1509-1547

Supremacy

The break with Rome was effected by a series of Acts of Parliament passed between 1532 and 1534, among them the 1534 Act of Supremacy which declared that Henry was the "Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England".

Role range: 1509-1547

Supreme Head of Church of England

Henry decided to remove the Church of England from the authority of Rome. The Act of Supremacy recognizes Henry as "the only Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England"

Role range: 1509-1547

Reformation, The

Separates the Church from the Roman Catholic Church

Role range: 1509-1547

First Succession Act Excludes Mary

The First Succession Act confirmed Anne Boleyn's children as heirs and excluded Henry VIII's daughter Mary from the succession.

Thomas Cromwell Appointed Vicegerent

Henry appoints Thomas Cromwell as vicegerent in spirituals, giving a lay minister exceptional authority to supervise reform of the English Church.

Role range: 1509-1547

Treasons Act

The Treasons Act comes into force and gives legal force to penalties against opponents of royal supremacy.

Role range: 1509-1547

Treasons Act

The Treasons Act comes into force, increasing the danger for those who reject the king's supremacy.

Role range: 1509-1547