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Thomas Cromwell
Reformation of Parliament
20 active councillors regular meetings- privy council
made parliament central to gov
used parliament to pass acts legalizing break with role and abolishing papal supremacy
1534 Act of Supremacy- King supreme head of English church
1534 Treasons Act- denying that King was not head act of reason
1533- Act of restraint in appeals- could not appeal to Pope
Rise to power
son of a blacksmith low birth
excelllent adminstrator
first served under Wolsey then under in 1529
ROSE AS COULD GET ANNULMENT
gained the role as privy seal 1527
Admin
court of augmentations
union of Wales- brought English law over to Wales
financial reforms
Limitations
fell from power- undermined by northumberland and conservative factions- opposed his religious change
Anne of cleves marriage- called a flandees amre and later annuled
fall in 1540