The break with Rome part 2 (3)
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1532 Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates
- Henry still did not have his divorce and he knew that if he demanded his clergy to pronounce it, Catherine would appeal to Rome
- As the Commons discussed the legislative powers of the Church, the Lords considered the Bill of Annates
- Annates - the payments made by bishops to the Pope on taking up their place, at the rate of 1/3 their annual income
- Annates were the papacy's main source of income from Henry's kingdom, and thei proposed abolition was likely to cause distress in Rome
- Henry knew that the Pope may retaliate by refusing to offer 'Papal bulls' (legal…
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