Henry VIII: Religion - Religious Events, 1530 - 1547

Question 1

What were the Praemunire accusations?

Answer 1

• September 1530
- Henry accuses whole clergy of praemunire

• February 1531

• Clergy pardoned after paying £100,000
• Convocation at Canterbury recognised Henry as the ‘Protector and only supreme head of the Church in England - so far as the law of Christ allows’

Question 2

What was the First Act of Annates?

Answer 2

• 1532
• Banned the payment of annates to Rome
• Annates - a special tax paid by higher clergy to Rome during their first year in office
• Chief source of papal revenue in England removed
• Used to persuade the Pope to grant divorce

Question 3

What was the Submission of the Clergy?

Answer 3

• 1532
• Law passed stating that no church law could be written without the king’s permission
• Thomas More resigned the next day

Question 4

What was the Act in Restraint of Appeals?

Answer 4

• February 1533
• Ended the Pope’s right to act as the final court of appeal
• Anne marries Henry
• Catherine of Aragon can no longer appeal like she did in 1527

Question 5

What was the 2nd Act of Annates?

Answer 5

• January 1534
• Confirmed First Act of Annates
• Abbots and bishops were to be appointed by the King

Question 6

What was the Act for the Submission of the Clergy?

Answer 6

• March 1534

- Appeals in ecclesiastical matters to be handled by King’s Court of Chancery and not by Archbishop’s court

Question 7

What was the First Act of Succession?

Answer 7

• March 1534
• Registered Henry’s marriage to Catherine as invalid and replaced it with Anne
• The Crown was now to pass to Henry and Anne’s children
• The nation was to take an oath upholding their marriage

Question 8

What was the Execution of Elizabeth Barton (Nun of Kent)?

Answer 8

• April 1534

- Shows Henry’s lack of toleration of religious diversity

Question 9

What was the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 9

• November 1534

- Declared the king to be head of the Church rather than the Pope

Question 10

What was the Treason Act?

Answer 10

• December 1534

- Can be executed for not recognising Henry as Supreme Head of Church

Question 11

What was the Act for First Fruits and Tenths?

Answer 11

• December 1534

- Clerical taxes go to King, not Pope

Question 12

What was the Valor Ecclesiasticus?

Answer 12

• January 1535

- Cromwell commissioned this survey of the finances of the church in England

Question 13

What was the execution of Carthusian Monks?

Answer 13

• January 1535

- Opposition to break with Rome quashed

Question 14

What was the Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries?

Answer 14

• February 1536

- Monasteries worth under £200 were closed

Question 15

When was Anne Boleyn executed?

Answer 15

• May 1536

- Henry married Jane Seymour the next day

Question 16

What was the Act of Ten Articles?

Answer 16

• July 1536

- Seven Sacraments of Catholic Doctrine were rejected, leaving a belief in only three (baptism, Eucharist, penance)

Question 17

What was the Truce of Nice?

Answer 17

• July 1538
• Signed by Charles V and Francis I
• Brought a halt to the Habsburg-Valois War and created the possibility of a joint invasion of England
• Threat lasted until 1540 and prompted Henry to move back to Catholicism in the Act of Six Articles

Question 18

What was the execution of John Lambert?

Answer 18

• 1538

- For his rejection of transubstantiation

Question 19

When was Henry excommunicated?

Answer 19

• December 1538

- Henry declared a heretic by Paul III

Question 20

What was the Act of the Six Articles?

Answer 20

• June 1539
• Radical shift: confirmed transubstantiation, celibacy of priests, communion in one kind
• Denial of transubstantiation led to burning

Question 21

What was the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries?

Answer 21

• June 1539

- All Monasteries were closed and their land passed to the Crown

Question 22

When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves?

Answer 22

• January 1540

- Sister of the Protestant Duke of Cleves

Question 23

When was Cromwell executed?

Answer 23

• July 1540

Question 24

When did Henry marry Catherine Howard?

Answer 24

• July 1540

- Niece of the Catholic Duke of Norfolk

Question 25

When was Catherine Howard executed?

Answer 25

• February 1542

- Due to affairs

Question 26

When did Henry marry Catherine Parr?

Answer 26

• July 1543

Question 27

What was the introduction of English litany?

Answer 27

• May 1544`

- Replaced Latin use of litany but was optional

Question 28

What was the execution of Anne Askew?

Answer 28

• July 1546

- Executed for denying transubstantiation

Question 29

What was the significance of Henry naming a heavily Protestant Council of Regency for his heir?

Answer 29

• July 1546

- Ensured Protestant influence for Prince Edward