Henry, the second son ... with Rome and establish Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. This act also brought him much needed wealth through the dissolution of the well-funded monasteries.

Under Henry VIII Wales and England left the ... Many of the gentry who gained from the dissolution of the monasteries remained Catholics. As the Protestant Reformation progressed in Wales and ...

Henry VIII was brought up as a devout Catholic ... He and his new chief adviser, Thomas Cromwell, began the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Religious buildings were destroyed, and the land ...

the royal residence was built as a monastic community in the 13th century and transitioned into crown ownership after the ...

A dig at a 16th Century blockhouse commissioned by Henry VIII for the city of ... monastic material taken from the king's dissolution of the monasteries were also found in some walls, he said.

In 1536, Thomas Cromwell spotted an opportunity to enrich his master, Henry VIII, and further increase his own standing: the dissolution of the monasteries and claiming their wealth for the Crown.

Henry VIII is infamous for his dissolution of the monasteries, but not so well known for creating six new dioceses, bishops and their requisite cathedrals from abbeys spared destruction. Yet which did ...