A short history of England and the British Empire (1915) (14787098273)

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Title: A short history of England and the British Empire
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Larson, Laurence Marcellus, 1868-1938
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Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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erous tothe new regime. While the abbots and priors seemed tractableand obedient, it was not likely that they approved of the violentacts that had terminated papal authority. Their influencewith the people of the country surrounding the monasterieswould probably lead to national unrest, perhaps to rebellion.In addition there was the fact that these institutions possessednumerous and extensive estates, which the English aristocracyhad long regarded with covetous eyes. The visitations began in 1535 and continued for severalmonths with the result that sufficient evidence of corruption wasCromwells found, it was claimed, to warrant drastic action,visitations. Accordingly, parliament in the spring of 1536 sup-pressed all the smaller houses, 376 in number,1 and gave all theirpossessions to the king. The larger monasteries, those thathad an annual income of 200 pounds or more, were permitted 1 Cheyney, No. 205; Gardiner, 393-395; Robinson, No. 120. CROMWELL AND SUPPRESSION OF MONASTERIES 247
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0 > U pq n < u r/l u c-1 a U 0 8 s n W -d H r/3 o c 0 ft IX 248 THE REVOLT FROM ROME to remain a few years longer. But a panic seems to haveThe larger seized the monastic world in England. One aftermonasteries the other, the great monasteries surrendered theirpossessions and disbanded. An uprising in favorof the monasteries in northern England, known as the Pil-