The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ii^eS- KirkstJrr pjntefractXostell , I ~, Wclbcck* /;»1 ,-tt,»«»f, vis ^ Hauchmdnii:^ * t^i^*^. ^Garendiiii .^Sx^M—-Hi. Vj, oii;lrent •? !:»?« \ \lalc3OwenT \ ? +,. ,,? _ !-. Tlie imineiiso number of tlie inoiiarttorics sufrsrcsts tlie extent of the socialuplieaval oausod by their ili>solutiou. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND 281 debated whetlier be sbould be burned for beresy or exe-cuted for treason. Henry made Cromwell A^icar-General, witb rank abovearchbisbops, bisbops, and all lay persons, and a rutbless/> The diss
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ii^eS- KirkstJrr pjntefractXostell , I ~, Wclbcck* /;»1 ,-tt,»«»f, vis ^ Hauchmdnii:^ * t^i^*^. ^Garendiiii .^Sx^M—-Hi. Vj, oii;lrent •? !:»?« \ \lalc3OwenT \ ? +,. ,,? _ !-. Tlie imineiiso number of tlie inoiiarttorics sufrsrcsts tlie extent of the socialuplieaval oausod by their ili>solutiou. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND 281 debated whetlier be sbould be burned for beresy or exe-cuted for treason. Henry made Cromwell A^icar-General, witb rank abovearchbisbops, bisbops, and all lay persons, and a rutbless/> The dissolution .^o^^ ^^ desolation began. In 1535 Crom-(^ of the wells agents were busy examining the monas- \^monast«nes, teries, and some of tbeir reports assert gravescandals; but tbe gossip of spies and of monks, either .intimidated or bribed to tattle against tbeir fellows, is of ^little worth as evidence, and though, without doubt, manyof tbe charges were true, the innocent were condemnedfreely with the guilty. It was on such testimony thatCromwell put through Parliament in 1536 an act confisca-ting the smaller monasteries. At the same time, by promis-ing pensions to dispossessed mouks, he urged the largerhouses to surrender their pro
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