The Break with Rome 7

How important was Thomas Cromwell in introducing the Royal Supremacy

• 1532, the whole Structure of the Church in England began to change as the break with Rome hit the statute book and the Royal Supremacy gathered pace
• The architect was Thomas Cromwell
• In 1532 Cromwell introduced a petition against Church courts and clerical jurisdiction into the Commons
• The petition was known as the Commons Supplication against the Ordinaries 
• Cromwell's political skills lay in the fact that he convinced…