Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539

The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539^[a] (31 Hen. 8. c. 13), sometimes referred to as the Second Act of Dissolution^[1] or as the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries,^[2][3] was an act the Parliament of England that provided for the dissolution of 552 monasteries and houses remaining after the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 28).

Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for dissolucion of the Abbeys.[b]
Citation	31 Hen. 8. c. 13
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	28 June 1539
Commencement	28 April 1539[c]
Repealed	16 November 1989
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989
Relates to	Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Legacy

The whole act, except section 19, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Section 19 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part VIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989. The Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission had advised that section 19 was "spent".^[4]

See also

• Dissolution of the Monasteries
• Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535

Notes

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. Start of session.