Henry VIII

the several Acts which severed the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church and established Henry as the supreme head of the Church in England. He confiscated all church lands and money in his country. This is known to history as 'dissolution of the English monasteries'. the several Acts which severed the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church and established Henry as the supreme head of the Church in England. He confiscated all church lands and money in his country. This is known to history as 'dissolution of the English monasteries'. the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542 (which united England and Wales into one nation) the Buggery Act 1533, the first anti-sodomy enactment in England the Witchcraft Act 1542, which punished 'invoking or conjuring an evil spirit' with death.