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Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries.
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Is it true that Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries?
Yes. Multiple reference and scholarly sources state that Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in England, with the dissolution running from 1536 to about 1540. A few official records show individual dissolved houses granted out under Henry.
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Henry VIII. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII
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Dissolution of the monasteries - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries
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Copy of confirmation of grant by Henry VIII, to Walter, Viscount Hereford, of the site of the dissolved monastery of Merivale, Owreston grange and lands in Owreston, Shustoke, Curdworth and Dunton. (Please order number 135). (1549). discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3eea85b2-a127-4a71-a7fc-3f09d4f4c4b9
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Letters Patent of King Henry VIII, granting licence to Robert Downes, gent. to alienate to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, Sir Thomas Wentworth, kt, Lord Wentworth, Sir Philip Tylney, kt, Sir John Cornwallis, kt, George Wyndham, clerk, Thomas Wentworth, esq., Edmund Wyndham, esq., Edmund Knevet, esq. and Robert Holdyche, esq., site of mansion and precinct of dissolved monastery of Rumburgh, manors of Rumburgh and Hintlesham and lands held of King in chief in Rumburgh, Spexhall, Holton, Chediston, Metfi. (1531). discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/188299c6-ccfc-4937-9014-638ef929c0a1
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David, F. (2000). The story of Tickenham, Somersetshire. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/storyoftickenham0000fran
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Stuart, H. (1994). Reading : a pictorial history. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/readingpictorial0000hylt
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The dissolution of the monasteries - The National ArchivesOpen Government LicenceGOV.UK. (n.d.). nationalarchives.gov.uk. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/early-modern/the-dissolution-of-the-monasteries/
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Saini, R. K. (2010). The 1536 Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries: Same Suppression, Different Century. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0075999
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Lyon, H. (2021). Memory and the Dissolution of the Monasteries in Early Modern England. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=OXtGEAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
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Scott, B. (2024). Religious Communities and Their Closures in Ireland during the Sixteenth Century. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091055
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ANCIENT CURSE (Evening Post, 07 July 1931). (1931). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310707.2.17
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