The Act Concerning Peter's Pence and Dispensations (short title 25 Henry VIII, c. 21) was passed by the Reformation Parliament in the early part of 1534 and outlawed the payment of Peter's Pence and other payments to Rome. This is a list of Parliaments of England from the reign of Henry VII to 1707. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Peters Pence is the practice of lay members of the Roman Catholic Church providing material support to the clergy and other preachers of the Gospel. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

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Peter's Pence was originally an annual tribute of one penny from each householder owning a land of a certain value to the Pope and had been collected in England since the reign of King Alfred. In the twelth century it was fixed at an annual sum of £200 for the whole realm. It was not the largest payment to Rome but it is argued by some historians that it was deliberately mentioned in the Act because it was theoretically paid by laymen and thus might have seemed more intolerable than payments affecting clerics only. Peters Pence is the practice of lay members of the Roman Catholic Church providing material support to the clergy and other preachers of the Gospel. ... A variety of coins considered to be lower-value, including an Irish 2p piece and many US pennies. ... The Pope (from Greek: pappas, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father) is the successor of St. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Alfred (849? – 26 October 899) (sometimes spelt Ælfred) was king of England from 871 to 899, though at no time did he rule over the whole of the land. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... In religious organizations , the laity comprises all lay persons, i. ... A cleric is: A member of the clergy of a religion, especially one that has trained or ordained priests, preachers, or other religious professionals; or A member of a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and similar fantasy role-playing games. ...

The Act abolished Peter's Pence and all other payments to Rome and accorded to the Archbishop of Canterbury the power to issue dispensations formerly given by the Pope. The fees which might have been charged for the dispensations were set and required the Royal Assent, confirmed by the Great Seal of the Realm, in matters for which the usual fee was over £4. Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, or the Sovereigns representative in Commonwealth Realms, completes the process of the enactment of legislation by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. ... The Great Seal of the Realm is a British institution by which the monarch can authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually. ...

Act's preamble

The Act's preamble is noteworthy because it is written in the form of a petition from the Commons to the King and is one of the first mentions of a 'papal usurpation' because it reasserts the theory that England has 'no superior under God, but only your Grace'. It also claims that the authority of the King's 'imperial crown' is diminished by 'the unreasonable and uncharitable usurpations and exactions' of the Pope. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... The Flag of England The Kingdom of England was a kingdom located in Western Europe, in the southern part of the island of Great Britain. ... God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being believed by many people, and especially adherents of monotheistic religions, to be the creator of the Universe, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ...

History

On the 12th March 1534 the Commons passed the Bill and were possibly responsible, argues historian Stanford Lehmberg, for the clauses which claimed that the Act should not be read as a decline from the 'very articles of the catholic faith of Christendom'. A clause in the Bill gave the Crown the power to conduct visitations of monasteries which had been excempt from the Archbishop's jurisdiction and forbid English clergy from visiting religious assemblies abroad. Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... In law, jurisdiction refers to the aspect of a any unique legal authority as being localized within boundaries. ...

When the Bill came to the Upper House some clauses were added in the second and third reading. The Bill was passed on the 20th March after the fourth reading and after the Commons assented to the new clauses immediately. One the final day of the session, however, one more clause was added: the King would have the power at any period before the 24th June to abrogate the complete Act or just a section of it as he so wished. Lehmberg puts forth the idea that Henry VIII still wanted some leverage in bargaining with the Pope after the French King recently attempted to reconcile Henry with Pope Clement VII. The final clause was never used as the French mission did not succeed. This article is about the British House of Lords. ... For the antipope (1378-1394) see Antipope Clement VII and other popes named Clement see Pope Clement. ...

References

• The Reformation Parliament, 1529 - 1536 (Cambridge University Press, 1970) by Stanford E. Lehmberg

External links

• Text of the Act, scroll down to (E)