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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 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 .
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The Succession to the Crown Act, or Act of Succession, may refer to a number of pieces of English law passed in the reign of Henry VIII: 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 ...
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.
Act Concerning Strangers 1540; Act for the Marriage of Queen Mary to Philip of Spain; First Succession Act; Act of Supremacy 1558; Ale Houses Act 1551; Apprentices Act 1536; Attainder of Duke of Northumberland and others Act 1553; Attainder of the Earl of Kildare Act 1536; Attainders of Earl of Westmorland and others Act 1571
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.
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 ...