An Act extinguishing the authority of the bishop of Rome (''28 Hen.8 c. 10'') was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England in 1536. It consisted mostly of a violent attack on the authority of the Pope and his followers, and declared that those who committed the following offences would be liable for prosecution under the

Statute of Praemunire 1392 The Statute of Praemunire (16 Ric 2 c 5) was an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of England enacted in 1392, during the reign of Richard II of England, Richard II. Its intention was to limit the powers of the Pope, ...

If any person or persons...shall, by writing, ciphering, printing, preaching or teaching, deed or act, obstinately or maliciously hold or stand with to extol, set forth, maintain or defend the authority, jurisdiction or power of the bishop of Rome or of his see, heretofore used, claimed or usurped within this realm... or by any pretence obstinately or maliciously invent anything for the extolling, advancement, setting forth, maintenance or defence of the same or any part thereof, or by any pretence obstinately or maliciously attribute any manner of jurisdiction, authority or preeminence to the said see of Rome, or to any bishop of the same see for the time being, within this realm... that then every such person or persons so doing or offending... being thereof lawfully convicted according to the laws of this realm, for every such default and offence shall incur and run into the dangers, penalties, pains and forfeitures ordained and provided by the statute of provision and
praemunire In English history, ''praemunire'' or ''praemunire facias'' () refers to a 14th-century law that prohibited the assertion or maintenance of papal jurisdiction, or any other foreign jurisdiction or claim of supremacy in England, against the suprema ...
made in the sixteenth year of the reign of the noble and valiant prince King Richard II against such as attempt, procure or make provision to the see of Rome or elsewhere for any thing or things to the derogation, or contrary to the prerogative royal or jurisdiction, of the Crown and dignity of this realm.

The Act also required all religious and secular officers, those taking Holy Orders, and those starting a degree at university to take an oath renouncing the jurisdiction of Rome and acknowledging

Royal Supremacy The Acts of Supremacy are two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England; two similar laws were passed by the Parliament of Ireland establishing the Eng ...

. Refusing to take the oath was high treason ( until 1547). The Act was repealed in 1554 by 1&2 Ph. & M. c.8.

References

*G. R. Elton, ''The Tudor Constitution: Second Edition'' (Cambridge University Press, 1982). *''The Statutes of the Realm: Volume III'' (London: Record Commission, 1817), pp. 663–6. {{UK legislation English Reformation Acts of the Parliament of England concerning religion 1536 in law 1536 in England Christianity and law in the 16th century 1536 in Christianity