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3 unusual facts about Oath of Supremacy


Marian Priests

1 which made it high treason to maintain the authority of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), or to refuse the Oath of Supremacy.

The Praier and Complaynte of the Ploweman unto Christe

Some of these criticisms are directed toward the king and other rulers; W.T. does explicitly denounce the murder of Archbishop John Fisher, whom the king had executed 1535 for refusing the Oath of Supremacy.

University Reform Act of 1854

opened the university to students outside the Church of England, as there was no longer a requirement to undergo a theological test or take the Oath of Supremacy


John Gostwick

During the Dissolution of the Monasteries he acquired a considerable number of other properties and in 1538 was one of the judges who sentenced the Abbot of Woburn to be hanged for refusing to sign the Oath of Supremacy.


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