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The Act also created several offences of high treason connected with interrupting the succession to the throne of any person so chosen, [2] or with saying that Henry's first two marriages to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn had been valid, or that his third marriage to Jane Seymour was invalid, or with saying either of his daughters were ...
The Succession to the Crown Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 22) The Succession to the Crown Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 2) The Succession to the Crown Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 7) The Succession to the Crown Act 1543 (35 Hen. 8. c. 1) (often incorrectly given as 1544) It may also refer to the first statute in the reign of James I: The Succession to the Crown ...
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The 6th Parliament of King Henry VIII, which met from 8 June 1536 until 18 July 1536. This session was also traditionally cited as 28 H. 8 . Note that c. 24 was traditional listed as two separate acts, c. 18 and c. 7 ; and cc. 18–52 were traditionally cited as private acts cc. 1 – 35 .
This was followed by the Second Succession Act (the Succession to the Crown Act 1536), which declared Henry's children by Jane to be next in the line of succession and declared both Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, thus excluding them from the throne. The King was granted the power to further determine the line of succession in his will, should ...
It may be noted that the succession was highly uncertain, and was not governed by a fixed convention, for much of the century after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Significant breaks in the succession, where the designated heir did not in fact succeed (due to usurpation, conquest, revolution, or lack of heirs) are shown as breaks in the table below.
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Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.