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Valor Ecclesiasticus is taken in 1535 as a completed crown survey of ecclesiastical wealth

Dated 1 January 1535: Valor Ecclesiasticus is taken in 1535 as a completed crown survey of ecclesiastical wealth. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Fiscal-Policy Sustainability.

Valor Ecclesiasticus is taken in 1535 as a completed crown survey of ecclesiastical wealth

Sources: [1][2]

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Dissolution statutes that used it are neighbouring rows, not this questionnaire.

Context

Cromwell’s commissioners share the work. A survey is capacity; later coercive closures are costs stored elsewhere.

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.

Why it matters

It is not itself the 1536 act.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • 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. FactValor Ecclesiasticus is taken in 1535 as a completed crown survey of ecclesiastical wealth
    2. strengthensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1535 · verified

    It is not itself the 1536 act.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.TNA — Dissolution of the monasteriesThe National Archives (UK) · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.British History Online — calendars of Henry VIII papersInstitute of Historical Research / BHO · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

TNA and BHO print the 1535 Valor Ecclesiasticus as a kingdom-wide survey of church revenues commissioned in the wake of supremacy.

TNA dissolution pages and British History Online independently describe the Valor.

Established: 1535 Valor as a dated survey heading. Not established: complete accuracy of every house’s figures.

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

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorHenry VIII
  2. contributed toFactValor Ecclesiasticus is taken in 1535 as a completed crown survey of ecclesiastical wealth
  3. strengthensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

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Factrail. (2026). Valor Ecclesiasticus is taken in 1535 as a completed crown survey of ecclesiastical wealth. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/h8-valor-1535

https://factrail.ai/facts/h8-valor-1535

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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