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Acts Under Cromwell
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- 1Court of AugmentationsFinancial court that controlled land and finances previously under control of the Catholic Church
- 2Court of First Fruits and TenthsCollected money that had previously gone to Rome
- 3Court of Wards and LiveriesThe King had a feudal right to collect money from estates of minors who's inherited it (wardships)
- 4Court of General SurveysInitially handled some ex-monastic land but soon amalgamated with the Court of Augmentations
- 5Supplication of the Ordinances1532
Official petition to make Henry do something about corruption in the Church - 6Submission of the Clergy1532
Henry could appoint who he wanted as a bishop without permission from Rome - 7Act in Restraint of Appeals1533
Denied Henry's subjects right to appeal to the Pope against decisions made in English Church - 8Act of Supremacy1534
Acknowledged Henry as the head of the Church. Parliament set up the framework to make this legally enforceable - 9Treason Act1534
Treason to deny Henry as the head of the Church - 10Ten Articles1536
Only 3 sacraments remained. Kept confession but removed praying to Saints for remission of sins.
Showed Catholic ideas - 11Six Articles1539
Reasserted Catholic doctrine
Denial of transubstantiation seen as heretical
Reforming bishops resigned, but pleased conservatives - 12Bishops Book1537
English Bible required in each parish; Restored 4 sacraments but lower status; back to more catholic doctrine - 13Valour Ecclesiasticus1535
Surgery to discover the wealth of the Church.
Visitations to gather evidence of weakness and corruption - 14Act to Dissolve Smaller Monasteries1536
Those with less that £200/ anum - 15First Set of Injunctions1536
Restrictions on number of holy days
Pilgrimages discouraged - 16Second Set of Injunctions1538
Pilgrimages and veneration of relics condemned
Clergy who upheld these practices required to publicly recant - 17Act to Dissolve Remaining Monasteries1539
All other monasteries dissolved - 18King in ParliamentGovernment ruled by King, but he couldn't make laws without Parliament's approval and they could pass laws on his behalf
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