Exhibit 507

Act of Supremacy, 26 Henry VIII c. 1

Exhibit 507 · Statute

Act of Supremacy, 26 Henry VIII c. 1

Declares the king and his successors the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England, called Anglicana Ecclesia, with the title, honours, jurisdictions, profits and commodities of that dignity, and full power to visit, repress, redress, reform, order, correct, restrain and amend all errors, heresies, abuses, offences, contempts and enormities.

Source: Parliament of England (Henry VIII)
Date: November 1534
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://archive.org/details/the-statutes-of-the-realm-3
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Gee and Hardy no. LV, pp. 243-44; Statutes of the Realm III, 492 (original spelling: 'the onely supreme [heed'] in erthe of the Churche of England callyd Anglicana Ecclesia')

Cited by

Finding REL-2.5: Primary record In 1534 Parliament required cathedral chapters to elect the person the king named in his letter missive, declared the king supreme head of the Church of England and granted the Crown first fruits and an annual tenth of church income; in 1559 Parliament required clergy and royal officers to swear that the queen is "only supreme governor" and every minister to use the Book of Common Prayer.