The British nation a history / by George MWrong . since -the clergy as a bodyhad sanctioned appeals to Rome,they were, like Wolsey, subject tothe penalties of Prmmunire^ whichmeant the forfeiture ol all theirgoods and possible promptly submitted, paid£118,000, the equivalent now ofat least £1,180,000, to be lot off,and henceforth supported Henryagainst the Pope. In 1532 Clem-ent VII summarily ordered Henryto put away Anne Boleyn. Theking was furious. He now forcedthe English clergy to declare officially in convocation thjitthe marriage with Catherine was invalid. Warham, th!mag
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . since -the clergy as a bodyhad sanctioned appeals to Rome,they were, like Wolsey, subject tothe penalties of Prmmunire^ whichmeant the forfeiture ol all theirgoods and possible promptly submitted, paid£118,000, the equivalent now ofat least £1,180,000, to be lot off,and henceforth supported Henryagainst the Pope. In 1532 Clem-ent VII summarily ordered Henryto put away Anne Boleyn. Theking was furious. He now forcedthe English clergy to declare officially in convocation thjitthe marriage with Catherine was invalid. Warham, th!magnificent and scholarly Archbishop of Canterbury, Avhobelonged to the old order, would not have lent himself toHenrys plans, but at this Juncture he died, and Cran-mer, the new archbishop, on May 23, 1533, pronouncedthe marriage null and void from the beginning. Henryhad already married Anne Boleyn, and on June 1 she wascrowned Queen of P^ngland. The time had come when tlie long connection betweenEngland and the Church of Rome was to be Thomas of Canteublry (1489-1556). 276 THE BRITISH NATION Compromise was impossible, for Henry was determined to leave the Pope no vestige of authority in England, and to be himself the master of his peoi^les mindsParliameEt -, ? -, £ ^\ ? \ ^^ supports Henry ^^^^ Consciences as he was ot their bodies. in the breach He Carefully preserved the forms of the con-stitution, but made Parliament his dociletool; he chose many of the members himself, drew upthe laws they were to pass, and sometimes sat in the House, Avith his terri-ble eye on any whomight venture to op-pose him. Earlierkings had dissolvedParliament after eachsession, Henry, whenhe had secured one tohis mind, kept it, andto him we owe the cus-tom of holding manp>sessions of thesameParliament. After in-flicting on the Englisliclergy in 1531 finesfor Preemiinire, Par-liament proceeded in1534, at the request ofthe clergy themselvesand perhaps as somecompensa
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