Reformation Acts
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- Act of Supremacy 1534
- Made Henry\'s supremacy over the Church in England official. As it was now a law a Treason Act could be passed to enforce it.
- The Act of Succession 1534
- Mary was excluded from the succession, in favour of any children from Henry and Anne. All nobles had to swear an oath confirming the terms of the succession. This gave assent to the issue of annulment and remarriage.
- Act for the Submission of the Clergy 1534
- Made into law the surrender of 1532
- Dispensations Act 1534
- Stopped all remaining payments to Rome and ensured that all licenses and dispensations from canon law were to be granted by English authority
- Act of First Fruits and Tenths 1534
- Forbade the payment of old papal taxes to the Crown
- Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533
- Recognised England\'s sovereignty and prevented appeal in legal matters to outside jurisdiction
- Supplication against the Ordinaries 1532
- Organised by Cromwell and presented to the King. Attacked many aspects of the Church, canon law and the independence of convocation. Henry accepted the criticisms and the clergy was forced to formally apologise
- Collectanea 1530
- Not an Act but it established the King\'s supremacy as supported by various historical texts (the Bible, traditional Catholic texts and English histories)
- Act in Restraint of Annates 1533
- Brought in the conditional Act of 1532 (Was Henry trying to put pressure on the Pope to grant his annulment, still trying to avoid a break with Rome?)
- Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome 1536
- This was needed as the Acts of 1533-34 had omitted to proscribe the pope\'s rights as a teacher who might offer moral guidance or interpret scripture
- Act for the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries 1536
- The work of Cromwell. Closed all religious houses with less than £200 income pa. (approx 285 houses)
- Act for the Dissolution of the Larger Monasteries 1539
- Extended the closure of monasteries to all religious houses in England, Wales and Ireland. About 850 monastic houses were closed between 1536 and 1540. The last one to close was Waltham Abbey in Essex in 1540. Some houses became cathedrals e.g. Gloucester
- Treason Act 1534
- This widened the definition of treason to include any denial of the King\'s supremacy