Court of King's Bench prosecutes the entire clergy of England
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- Editors
Short Note 
Henry VIII advances his break with Rome and purges the memory of
Cardinal Wolsey by an extraordinary show-trial. In the Court of
King's Bench, he brings legal proceedings against the entire clergy
of England, on the grounds that they all violated the statutes of
provisors and praemunire in recognising Wolsey's legatine
authority.