Act of First Fruits and Tenths

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The Act of First Fruits and Tenths was a key English Reformation statute that redirected to the Crown the ecclesiastical revenues previously paid by clergy to the Pope, strengthening royal control over the Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
English Reformation statute ⓘ
aimedAt strengthening royal control over the Church of England ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 ⓘ
First Fruits and Tenths Act 1534 ⓘ
appliedTo clergy of the Church of England ⓘ
archivedIn The National Archives (UK) ⓘ
belongsTo statute law of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateEnacted 1534 ⓘ
definedAs payment of first year’s income of an ecclesiastical benefice to the Crown ⓘ
payment of one-tenth of annual ecclesiastical income to the Crown ⓘ
effect diverted ecclesiastical revenues from Rome to the English Crown ⓘ
increased royal income ⓘ
reduced papal influence in England ⓘ
hasConsequence integration of church revenues into royal finances ⓘ
practical assertion of royal supremacy over the church ⓘ
hasLegalCitation 26 Henry VIII c. 3 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
implementedBy Exchequer of England ⓘ
royal commissioners ⓘ
imposedPayment annual tenths ⓘ
first fruits ⓘ
influenced subsequent church taxation in England ⓘ
inForceIn 16th century ⓘ
jurisdiction Church of England ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalArea ecclesiastical law ⓘ
taxation law ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to end papal financial authority in England ⓘ
fiscal needs of Henry VIII ⓘ
partOf English Reformation ⓘ
passedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
previouslyPaidTo Holy See ⓘ
Papacy ⓘ
reignOf Henry VIII of England ⓘ
relatedTo Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 ⓘ
Act of Annates 1532 ⓘ
linked to: Act of Annates

Act of Supremacy 1534 ⓘ
signedBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
subject church finance ⓘ
ecclesiastical revenues ⓘ
royal supremacy ⓘ
transferredFrom Pope ⓘ
transferredTo English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

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English Reformation Parliament era → importantActPassed → Act of First Fruits and Tenths ⓘ
Act of First Fruits and Tenths → alsoKnownAs → First Fruits and Tenths Act 1534 ⓘ
linked to: Act of First Fruits and Tenths
Act of Annates → relatedTo → Acts of First Fruits and Tenths ⓘ
linked to: Act of First Fruits and Tenths
Act for the Submission of the Clergy → relatedTo → Act of First Fruits and Tenths ⓘ