The British nation a history / by George MWrong . The Hanging of Two Chakter HouseFriars at that they wear theii- clerical dress. Be-fore Henry VIlIs time it was usual todegrade clerical offenders from their officeprior to execution. 278 THE BRITISH NATION. Sir Thomas More (UT.^-loSo). had often walked with his host in affectionate Wolsey fell More became Lord Chancellor, but in 1533 he resigned, becausehe saw the quarrel withthe Church coming. Hedid not believe that theoriginal marriage was void,but was quite ready to ac-cept the decree of Parlia-ment, that the childre
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . The Hanging of Two Chakter HouseFriars at that they wear theii- clerical dress. Be-fore Henry VIlIs time it was usual todegrade clerical offenders from their officeprior to execution. 278 THE BRITISH NATION. Sir Thomas More (UT.^-loSo). had often walked with his host in affectionate Wolsey fell More became Lord Chancellor, but in 1533 he resigned, becausehe saw the quarrel withthe Church coming. Hedid not believe that theoriginal marriage was void,but was quite ready to ac-cept the decree of Parlia-ment, that the children ofAnne should succeed tothe throne. This was notenough, and More, too,wont to the block. Oneday Henry was burningmen for holding Protes-tant heresies, the next he was executing for high treasonthose who accepted the Popes spiritual claims. In so fierce a contest it was certain that the spoilershand should be laid upon the Churchs property: while theThe condition ^^^S ^^^ giGcdy, shc was rich. A considerableof the part of the land of Eng- monasteries, ^^^^ belonged to th 0 mon-asteries, and shrines like those of Wal-singham, and of Thomas a Becket atCanterbury, had vast treasures of goldand precious stones. In the MiddleAges, when law and order were littlere
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