The break with Rome part 2 (5)

1533 The Act in Restraint of Appeals

• This Act ended appeals to Rome, and ordered them to be heard by English Church courts instead
• Appeals relating to the King were to go straight to convocation where they would be heard by the Archbishop of Canterbury
• The Act clearly prevented Catherine from challenging any legal decision made on the Great Matter in England
• Also allowed Cranmer to open his court at Dunstable to preside over the legitimacy of the King's first marriage
• 23rd May 1533, Henry's marriage to Catherine was declared…