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Person

Henry VIII, King of England

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • REL-2.3: A royal proclamation of June 1530 forbade having the New or Old Testament in English except persons appointed by the king and the bishops to correct the translation, forbade printing English Scripture without the diocesan's approval, and stated that its distribution "dependeth onely vpon the discretion of the superiours."
  • REL-2.4: Between 1530 and 1543 the English Crown, by proclamation, injunction and statute, prohibited English Scripture, then required an English Bible in every parish church, then barred women, artificers, apprentices, journeymen, servingmen of yeoman rank or under, husbandmen and laborers from reading it.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 497 June 1530. Henry VIII (printed by Thomas Berthelet): Royal proclamation against erroneous books and the having of Scripture in English, French or Dutch, June 1530
  • Exhibit 499 20 May 1531. Stephen Vaughan (English envoy): Stephen Vaughan to Henry VIII, reporting Tyndale's terms (Barroughe, 20 May 1531)
  • Exhibit 500 4 August 1537. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury: Thomas Cranmer to Thomas Cromwell, 4 August [1537], requesting the king's license for the Matthew Bible
  • Exhibit 501 September-October 1538. Thomas Cromwell, vicegerent for Henry VIII: Second Royal Injunctions of Henry VIII (Cromwell), 1538
  • Exhibit 502 16 November 1538. Henry VIII (printed by Thomas Berthelet): Royal proclamation of 16 November 1538 on importing and printing English books
  • Exhibit 503 6 May 1541. Henry VIII (printed by Richard Grafton and Edward Whitchurch, 'Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum'): Royal proclamation of 6 May 1541 ordering the Bible of the largest volume in every church
  • Exhibit 505 1543 (session 1542-43). Parliament of England (Henry VIII): Act for thadvauncement of true Religion and for thabbolisshment of the contrarie, 34 & 35 Henry VIII c. 1