Henry VIII: Government - Establishment of Royal Supremacy Flashcards

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What was the ‘Act of Restraint of Annates’?

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  • Introduced in January 1532
  • Annates were a tax paid by senior clergy in their first year of post - paid to Pope
  • Henry VIII transferred this payment to himself instead
  • Suspended for a year - controversial
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What was the ‘Supplication Against the Ordinaries’?

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  • Introduced in March 1532 by Thomas Cromwell
  • Petition passed into House of Commons, calling on king to deal with abuses and corruption of clergy
  • Cromwell then appointed into Royal Council - shows Henry approved his ideas
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What was the ‘Submission of the Clergy’?

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  • Introduced in May 1532 by Henry VIII - demanded Church should agree to it
  • Document giving Henry power to veto Church laws and choose bishops, even if not approved by Rome
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What was the ‘Act of Restraint in Appeals’?

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  • Introduced in 1533
  • Act passed by parliament
  • Stopped Henry’s subjects appealing to Pope against decisions made by English Church courts
  • Tried preventing Catherine of Aragon from appealing to Pope when divorce hearing came to court
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What was the ‘Act of Supremacy’?

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  • Introduced in November 1534
  • Recognised Henry as head of the Church of England
  • Made Henry’s supremacy over the Church legally binding
  • Made break from Rome a legal reality
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What was the ‘Treason Act’?

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  • Introduced in November 1534
  • Imposed death penalty for those who denied Henry’s supremacy over the Church
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