Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Acte wherby all Relygeous Houses of Monkes Chanons and Nonnes whiche may not dyspend Manors Landes Tenementes & Heredytaments above the clere yerly Value of ii C li are geven to the Kinges Highnes his Heires and Successours for ever. |
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| Citation | 27 Hen. 8. c. 28 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 April 1536 |
| Commencement | 4 February 1536 |
| Repealed | 1 January 1970 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 |
| Relates to | Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 28), also referred to as the Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries and as the Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries Act 1535, was an act of the Parliament of England enacted by the English Reformation Parliament in February 1535/36. It was the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries.