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Line 10: The '''dissolution of the monasteries''', occasionally referred to as the '''suppression of the monasteries''', was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which [[Henry VIII]] disbanded [[Catholic Church\|Catholic]] [[Monastery\|monasteries]], [[Priory\|priories]], [[convent]]s, and [[friaries]] in [[Kingdom of England\|England, Wales]], and [[Kingdom of Ireland\|Ireland]]; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions. Though the policy was originally envisioned as as a way to increase the regular income of the Crown, much former monastic property was sold off to fund Henry's military campaigns in the 1540s. He was given the authority to do this in England and Wales by the [[First Act of Supremacy\|Act of Supremacy]], passed by [[Parliament of England\|Parliament]] in 1534, which made him [[Supreme Head of the Church of England\|''Supreme Head'' of the Church in England]]. He had broken from Rome the previous year, separating England from [[papal authority]]. The monasteries were dissolved by two Acts of Parliament, those being the [[Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535\|First Suppression Act]] in 1535 and the [[Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539\|Second Suppression Act]] in 1539. While [[Thomas Cromwell]], vicar-general and [[vicegerent]] of England, is often considered the leader of the dissolution, he merely oversaw the project—he had hoped for reform of the monasteries, not their closure or seizure. The dissolution project was created by England's Lord Chancellor, [[Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden\|Thomas Audley]], and Court of Augmentations head, [[Richard Rich]].

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