The suppression of the monasteries in the West Country

Description:

Describes the confiscation of lands, properties, buildings and treasures of the English monasteries at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. Includes, for example, Cromwell's 'remembrance' that "The abbot of Glaston to be tried at Glaston, and also executed there with his complices."

subjects: Catholics,  Church history,  History,  Monasteries,  Monasticism and religious orders,  Politics and government,  Monasticism and religious orders, great britain,  Church and state, great britain,  Secularization

Places: England,  Great Britain,  West Country,  West Country (England)

Times: 1509-1547,  Henry VIII, 1509-1547