Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st1535
Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation
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Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation
The valor ecclesiasticus book is drawn up by Cromwell containing wealth of the Church
Richs own share of the spoil, acquired either by grant or purchase, included Leez (Leighs) Priory and about a hundred manors in Essex. Rich became the Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations established for the disposal of the monastic revenues
The wealth of the Church goes to the crown & Church lands are sold to the new nobility. Cromwell directs the dissolution of the monasteries
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