1483/4: College of Arms founded Founded by Richard III the College of Arms was to be the sole authority for the granting of armorial bearings in England and Wales from that time to the present day. Maintains thorough records concerning all grants of arms and registrations with pedigrees of thousands of families.
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1530
1530: First Visitation of the Heralds of Arms Heralds' county visits to investigate the claims to the right to arms of residents. The visitations occurred every 13 years up to and including 1688. Many have been published.
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1534
1534: Act of Supremacy This Act by Henry VIII ended the Pope's formal authority in England and led to the establishment of the Anglican Church of England. An oath was tendered to all men over the age of 14 and required the swearer to assert that the children of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were rightful heirs to the throne.
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1536
1536: Dissolution of Monasteries Dissolution of the smaller monasteries is enacted.
Oct 1536—Jan 1537: Pilgrimage of Grace A major Tudor rebellion primarily occurring in the 6 northern counties of England against the policies and Ministers of Henry VIII. Discontent of the populace toward religious and secular issues, such as "that no infant shall receive the blessed Sacrament of Baptisme bott onlesse an trybette be payd to the king" and the dissolution of the monasteries.
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1537
1537: Monasteries Suppression of the larger monasteries is commenced.
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1538
1538: Friaries Dissolved Dissolution of the friaries is commenced.
5 Sep 1538: Keeping of Parish Registers Injunctions dellivered to every parish in England and Wales, ordering the parson to enter every Sunday in the presence of the wardens, or one of them, all the baptisms, marriages, and burials of the previous week with the day and year of the event, in a book which was to be kept in a two-locked coffer, under pain of a fine of 35. 4d., to be applied to the repair of the Church.
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