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Chantries Dissolution Act Enacted

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1547Date range
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Chronological records

1547

Edward VIDecember 1547

Westminster · House / House of Tudor

A new Chantries Act transfers chantry foundations and much of their property to the Crown, weakening institutions devoted to intercessory masses.

Names involved

Edward VI

Provenance

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