Submission of the Clergy Act 1533

Submission of the Clergy Act 1533 ^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for the Submission of the Clergie to the Kynges Majestie. [2]
Citation	25 Hen. 8 c. 19
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	30 March 1534
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1888 Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974
Status: Amended
Revised text of statute as amended

The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533 ^[1] (25 Hen. 8 c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the laws passed by the Reformation Parliament that subjugated the Church of England to the Crown as part of Henry VIII's break with Rome.

As of 2025, sections 1 and 3 are still in force. ^[3] Section 1 requires royal assent for the making of laws, including canon law, by the Convocations of Canterbury and York. Section 3 makes laws passed by the Convocations invalid to the extent they contradict the law of the land or the royal prerogative. Section 1(3) of the Synodical Government Measure 1969, which established the General Synod of the Church of England, applies these sections to the General Synod.

The repeal by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 of section 2 of the Act of Supremacy (1 Eliz 1 c 1) (1558) does not affect the continued operation, so far as unrepealed, of the Submission of the Clergy Act 1533. ^[4]

Section 3

This section (which provides that no Canons shall be contrary to the Royal Prerogative or the customs, laws or statutes of this realm) does not apply to any rule of ecclesiastical law relating to any matter for which provision may be made by Canon in pursuance of the Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 ^[5] or section 1 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure1976. ^[6]

Section 4

In this section, the words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

In this section, the words from "but that all manner of appelles" to the end were repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No 1).

Section 5

In this section, the words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

This section was repealed by section 13 of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 6

This section was repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
3. Section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 repealed the whole Act to the extent that it had not already been repealed, except for sections 1 and 3.
4. The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, section 4(2)
5. The Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974, section 6(1)
6. The Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1976, section 1(3)

External links

• The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533, as amended, from the National Archives.