BattlefieldsSupplication against the Ordinaries — London Convocation Confrontation 1532
Tudor

Supplication against the Ordinaries — London Convocation Confrontation 1532

1532
Middlesex, England
Also known as: Submission of the Clergy 1532 · Reformation Parliament confrontation with Church 1532
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Middlesex, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Church (Convocation)
Forces
Convocation submission
VS
Victor
Crown (Henry VIII)
Forces
Parliamentary Commons and Crown pressure
Outcome
Convocation submitted to royal supremacy over church legislation; Sir Thomas More resigned as Lord Chancellor
The Battle

History & Significance

The Submission of the Clergy in May 1532 was the constitutional turning point of the English Reformation. Convocation surrendered its legislative independence to Henry VIII in the face of parliamentary and royal pressure. More resigned in protest the next day. The submission made the king Supreme Head of the Church and laid the legal foundation for the dissolution of the monasteries and the entire Reformation programme.

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