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Elton’s thesis, was that Cr. Created…

• a unified, independent sovereign state
• a constitutional monarchy in which a leg. Supremacy of the ‘king in parl.’ Was acknowledged
• a modern bureaucratic state

…this was achieved by the following reforms….

• H. was made ‘supreme head of the church in eng.’, ending papal supremacy
• eroded ancient privileges of the nobility
• used parl. Statute to bring about these changesÞincreasing the importance of parl.
• made the admin. Of gov. more efficient and bureaucratic and less dependent on the kings household

Elton believed the architect of the T.rev.in gov.,= Thomas Cromwell, through these reforms…

• 1529
  • Wolsey fell from office
  • Sir Thomas Moore=Lord chancellor
  • Ref. Parl summoned

• 1531
  • Convacation recognises the king as the supreme head of the church

• 1532
  • Cr. Becomes H.’s Chief Minister

• 1533
  • H. secretly marries AB
  • T.Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
  • The Act of Resyraint of Appeals prohibited appeals from Eng. Church courts to Rome in cases concerning marriages and wills
  • Cranmer says C.of.A’s marriage to H. is invalid and the marriage to AB=legal

• 1534
  • The Act in Restraint of Appeals abolished the traditional payment by newly appointed bishops of their first years income to the pope
  • The Act of the Submission of the Clergy gave the king a veto over canons passed by convacation
  • The Act of Supremacy acknowledged the king as the head of the church with the right to determine doctrine
  • The Treason Act made it treason to deny the royal supremacy over the church
  • The Act for First Fruit and Tenths demanded the payment of the first yrs income of bishops and other church officials to the crown, followed by an annual payment of a tenth of their income
  • Cromwell became Secretary of State

• 1535
  • Thomas Moore and Bishop John Fisher were executed for refusing to recognise the kings supremacy over the church

• 1536
  • The Statute of Uses made lands held in trust liable to the payment of feudal dues, increasing the the crowns feudal revenue by preventing a popular method of avoiding feudal payments.

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