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several other Acts were pass'd, such as yt. Religious persons put out of ye. monasteries might buy Lands, Sue & be sued, but not claim any estate as descending to them, & yt. ^ addition underline if they had made /underline /addition oaths of Chastity deletion made /deletion after 2 unclear deletion unclear /deletion addition they /addition deletion were /deletion always to keep them; yt. ye. K. might by ye. advice of his Council issue Proclamations which should deletion should be observ'd as if /deletion addition have the same force with /addition Acts of Parl. but yt. this should not be prejudicial to any man's goods, life, Estate & c.; 6 new Bish-cks were erected viz. Westminster, Oxford, Peterborough, Bristol, Chester, & Gloucester & endow'd with ^ addition underline some of /underline /addition ye. Revenue of ye. dissolv'd Monasteries; all of which except ye. 1st are yet in being; Another Act was made for settling ye. Precedency of ye. Peers, by which Cromwell ye. K. Vicar General was to have rank before all except ye. Royal family; & other for exchanging abbey Lands; for preserving Fish & Fowls. Latimer Bish. of Worcester & Shaxton of Salisbury chose rather to resign their Bish-cks; than to consent to ye. addition 6 /addition Art-s. Q. Jane Died soon after in child being deliv'd of a son, who nam'd Edward. ye. Parl. again assembl'd in 1541. deletion When Cromwell was made Vicar General, & to take next ye. Royal family. /deletion when a fifteenth was granted & ye. order of St John of Jerusalem Suppress'd. Soon after ye. K. married Ann of Cleve but disliking her, never consummated it, & Cromwell who had proposed addition ye. /addition match lost ye. K. favor by it & was attainted & Executed.