Act of Appeals

E155599

The Act of Appeals was a pivotal 1533 English law that ended papal authority over legal appeals and helped enable Henry VIII’s break from the Roman Catholic Church.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
Tudor statute
alsoKnownAs Act in Restraint of Appeals
Act in Restraint of Appeals
surface form: Statute in Restraint of Appeals
appliesTo ecclesiastical appeals
marriage and matrimonial cases
testamentary and other spiritual causes
assertedDoctrine imperial crown theory that England is an empire governed by one supreme head and king
that this realm of England is an empire governed by one supreme head and king
country Kingdom of England
dateEnacted 1533
draftedBy Thomas Cromwell
effect contributed to the break with the Roman Catholic Church
ended papal authority over legal appeals from England
facilitated the annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon
paved the way for the English Reformation
prevented appeals to the Pope in matrimonial and ecclesiastical cases
strengthened royal supremacy over the Church in England
undermined the judicial authority of the Roman Catholic Church in England
empowered English ecclesiastical courts as courts of final resort
King of England as final authority in legal appeals
followedBy Act of Supremacy 1534
historicalSignificance foundational statute of the English Reformation
key step in establishing the Church of England’s independence from Rome
major constitutional shift from papal to royal supremacy in England
jurisdiction England
languageOfDocument English
legalArea appeals procedure
constitutional law
ecclesiastical law
legalPrinciple no appeals to foreign authorities in causes arising within the realm
limitedAuthorityOf Pope Clement VII
Roman Curia
Pope
surface form: Roman Pontiff
parliament Parliament of England
placeOfEffect Kingdom of England
surface form: Kingdom of England and its dominions
politicalContext Henrician Reformation
surface form: English Reformation

King Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon
precededBy earlier royal measures against papal authority in England
primaryPurpose to assert the legal independence of England from papal jurisdiction
to end appeals from English courts to the papal Curia in Rome
reignOf Henry VIII of England
relatedTo Act of Succession 1534
Act of Supremacy 1534
English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: English Reformation Parliament

Act for the Submission of the Clergy
surface form: Submission of the Clergy
religiousContext conflict between the English Crown and the Papacy
sponsoredBy Henry VIII of England
year 1533

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