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The Court of Augmentations is erected in 1536 as a completed revenue court for dissolved houses

Dated 24 April 1536: The Court of Augmentations is erected in 1536 as a completed revenue court for dissolved houses. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Fiscal-Policy Sustainability.

The Court of Augmentations is erected in 1536 as a completed revenue court for dissolved houses

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The coercive closures themselves are worsening rows. Cromwell and named barons of the court share the machine.

Context

Administrative capacity to book former monastic income is not a moral rebate of eviction. Split those paths. Later Exchequer mergers are not 1536.

Henry VIII’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Reign 1509–1547. Later legislation.gov.uk and TNA pages are carriers, not autographs. Complex contribution is required.

Who was responsible

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  • Henry VIII

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Court of Augmentations is erected in 1536 as a completed revenue court for dissolved houses
    2. strengthensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 24 April 1536 · verified

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.TNA — Dissolution of the monasteriesThe National Archives (UK) · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.legislation.gov.uk — later official statute heritage of the 1530sThe National Archives / legislation.gov.uk · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

TNA and later statute heritage print a 1536 court to administer lands and revenues coming to the crown from suppressed houses.

TNA dissolution pages and legislation.gov.uk independently locate the 1536 court.

Established: 1536 erection of Augmentations as a public office. Not established: complete honesty of every grant that followed.

Henry VIII did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

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  1. ActorHenry VIII
  2. contributed toFactThe Court of Augmentations is erected in 1536 as a completed revenue court for dissolved houses
  3. strengthensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

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Factrail. (2026). The Court of Augmentations is erected in 1536 as a completed revenue court for dissolved houses. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/h8-augmentations-1536

https://factrail.ai/facts/h8-augmentations-1536

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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