Royal Viceregent
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
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Vicar General
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
Vicar General
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
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Birth of Guildford Dudley
Guildford Dudley is born into the Northumberland family and later marries Lady Jane Grey during the succession crisis surrounding Edward VI's death.
Birth of Martin Frobisher
Birth of Martin Frobisher
Bishop of Worcester
Appointed Bishop of Worcester.
Census
Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation
Chaplain
Appointed Chaplain to Anne Boleyn
Chief Justice
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Consecration
Is consecrated Bishop of Worcester.
Diocesan Reform
Begins reforming preaching and clerical discipline in Worcester.
Dissolution
Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation
Dissolution
The valor ecclesiasticus book is drawn up by Cromwell containing wealth of the Church
Divorce
Supports the divorce of Henry from Catherine & presides over the trial of Thomas Moore
Execution
Henry VIII commutes Fishers sentence of treason to beheading. Commutes Mores sentence of treason to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Execution
Henry VIII commutes Mores sentence to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Illness and Isolation
Mary suffers illness and isolation while separated from her mother
Interrogation
Thomas Cromwell visits Thomas More in the Tower and urges him to accept the oath and royal supremacy.
Legislation
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Marriage
Anne Boleyn remains queen while opposition to the royal marriage and succession settlement is punished.
Reform of Church-State Relations
Writes to JPs, bishops & nobility to imprison clergy who preach papal authority
Reformation, The
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affairs
Reformation, The
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell,
Reformation, The
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that gives a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction.
Reformation, The
the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affair
Reformation, The
Gardiner and other Bishops are called upon to vindicate the King's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England", the result is his celebrated treatise De vera obedientia, the ablest of all the vindications of royal supremacy
Reformation, The
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affair
Reformation, The
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Refusal
Thomas More continues to refuse the oath while avoiding an explicit public denial of Henry VIII's supremacy.
Royal Visitors Question Monastic Houses
Cromwell's commissioners question monks and nuns about observance, property and conduct, increasing direct Crown supervision of religious houses.
Supremacy
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affairs
Supremacy
Gardiner and other Bishops are called upon to vindicate the King's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England", the result is his celebrated treatise De vera obedientia, the ablest of all the vindications of royal supremacy
Supremacy
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Supremacy
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Supremacy
More had not expressly denied the royal supremacy but refuses to assent to it
Treason
Henry VIII commutes Fishers sentence of treason to beheading. Commutes Mores sentence of treason to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Treason
Sanctuary is removed from persons accused of high treason under the expanded Tudor treason law.
Treason
The Act makes hostile speech against the king's title, marriage and succession punishable as high treason.
Treason
More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534
Treason Act
More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534
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