Court of Augmentations

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English government body financial court

The Court of Augmentations was a Tudor-era English government body established under Henry VIII to manage and administer the lands and revenues seized from dissolved monasteries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Court of Augmentations canonical 2
Court of First Fruits and Tenths 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English government body ⓘ
financial court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Tudor period ⓘ
archivesAt The National Archives (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionReason administrative reorganization of royal finances ⓘ
dissolved 1554 ⓘ
fieldOfWork crown finance ⓘ
land administration ⓘ
monastic property ⓘ
foundedBy Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
English Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect facilitation of sale of monastic lands to lay purchasers ⓘ
increase of royal income ⓘ
transfer of monastic property to the Crown ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility accounting for income from dissolved religious houses ⓘ
administration of revenues from dissolved monasteries ⓘ
management of former monastic lands ⓘ
sale and leasing of ex-monastic property ⓘ
hasPart attorney ⓘ
auditors ⓘ
receivers ⓘ
solicitor ⓘ
surveyors ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1536 ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Parliament of 1536 ⓘ
legislatedBy Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto Court of Exchequer NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedWith Court of General Surveyors NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter augmentation of the royal revenues NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHeldBy Richard Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sir Edward North NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Tudor government NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Exchequer of Augmentations and Revenues of the Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
King in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalCoverage early reign of Mary I ⓘ
reign of Edward VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
reign of Henry VIII ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Thomas Pope → associatedWith → Court of Augmentations ⓘ
Tudor government → usedInstitution → Court of Augmentations ⓘ
Tudor government → usedInstitution → Court of Augmentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Court of First Fruits and Tenths