Statute in Restraint of Appeals

The Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532 24 Hen 8 c 12, also called a Statute in Restraint of Appeals, the Act of Appeals & The Act of Restraints in Appeals, was an Act of the Parliament of England.

It was passed in the number one week of April 1533. this is the considered by many historians to be the key legal foundation of the English Reformation.

The Act, drafted by Thomas Cromwell on behalf of King Henry VIII of England, forbade any appeals to the Pope in Rome on religious or other matters, creating the King thelegal advice in any such(a) matters in England, Wales, and other English possessions. This was achieved by claiming that England was an Empire and the English crown was an Imperial Crown – Henry's historians claimed that they could trace the lineage back to Brutus and the fall of Troy.

This far-reaching measure proposed accepting papal authority, or coming after or as a a object that is said of. papal rulings in church, faith or other matters illegal. It was followed a year later by the Act of Supremacy 1534 which introduced Henry "the only supreme head in earth of the Church of England called Anglicana Ecclesia, and shall pull in and enjoy annexed and united to the imperial crown of this realm". Those in his realms had to acknowledge this as they were by Acts of Parliament that automatically changed any previous constitutional arrangements. not to make believe so was high treason, which would lead to trial and execution as happened to Thomas More. The Acts enabled Thomas Cranmer to finally grant King Henry his long-desired divorce from queen Catherine of Aragon, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn.

Repeal

The whole Act, in so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by member 11 of, and plan 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by item 1 of, and part II of the plan to, the Statute Law Repeals Act 1969.

This section was repealed by section 132 of, and part I of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Law Act 1967.

In this section, the words from "in rank and forme as hereafter ensueth" to the end were repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction degree 1963 No 1.

In this section, the words from the beginning to "any other courte or courtes" were repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 No 1. This section, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 132 of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Law Act 1967.