See of Rome Act 1536
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Script error: No such module "Portal". An Act extinguishing the authority of the bishop of Rome (28 Hen. 8. c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of England passed in 1536. It consisted mostly of a violent attack on the authority of the Pope and his followers, and declared that those who committed the following offences would be liable for prosecution under the Statute of Praemunire 1392 (16 Ric. 2. c. 5):
The act also required all religious and secular officers, those taking Holy Orders, and those starting a degree at university to take an oath renouncing the jurisdiction of Rome and acknowledging Royal Supremacy. Refusing to take the oath was high treason (until 1547).
The whole act was repealed in 1554 by section 4 of the Second Statute of Repeal (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 8). This repeal was confirmed by section 4 of the Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1).
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References
- G. R. Elton, The Tudor Constitution: Second Edition (Cambridge University Press, 1982).
- The Statutes of the Realm: Volume III (London: Record Commission, 1817), pp. 663–6.