King Henry VIII

1. Statue of Proclamation

1. The Act of Supremacy

   Annotations:

   • The Act of Supremacy (1534) declared that Henry (not the Pope) was the ‘only supreme head of the Church in England’.
2. The Treason Act

   Annotations:

   • The Treason Act (1534) made all priests and monks swear that Henry was Head of the Church (those who didn’t were executed).

1. The Restraint of Appeals Act

   Annotations:

   • Henry hugely increased the power and wealth of the king. The Act in Restraint of Appeals (1533) said there was no higher authority in England than the king

Annotations:

• In 1535, Henry ordered a survey of the monasteries (the Valor Ecclesiasticus). The survey reported that the monks were immoral and rich. Henry dissolved all 825 monasteries over a period of four years, and took their wealth. This gave the king an extra £120,000 a year (and more than doubled his income). The gentry bought land during the dissolution of the monasteries.

1. Mary I.
2. 16th December 1485
3. 7 January 1536 (aged 50)