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Excerpt from The Chantry Certificates, And, the Edwardian Inventories of Church Goods The documents known as the Chantry Certificates and the Inventories of Church Goods, which are now in the Public Record Office, describe endowments and possessions of which the parish churches were almost entirely deprived during the reign of Edward VI. The real motive for the confiscation of local endowments and church plate was the need of money for wars with France and Scotland. The Exchequer made a considerable profit by the spoils of the parishes, and a new official class was in a large measure enriched. The Chantries Act of Henry VIII was the chief measure of the Session of the Parliament which met on 2 3rd November, I 545. The recent dissolution of the monasteries was a warn ing of the insecurity of endowments, and in the preamble to the Chantries' Act1 it was stated that founders and patrons were reclaiming for themselves property which had been given for pious uses by their ancestors it was therefore urgent that the King should gain possession of it for the maintenance of these present wars against the realms of France and Scotland It was enacted that the King during his life should issue a commission under the great seal to such number of persons and into such counties, Shires, and places, as shall be thought expedient, giving unto the said commissioners, or two of them at the least, full power to enter into all Chantries, etc. And to seize and take the same Chantries unto the King's hands to hold to the King's highness, his heirs and successors for ever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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