Court of Augmentations

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550.

Definition

A specific government financial department established in 1536 to manage the massive wealth and estates seized from dissolved religious houses.

Exam Context

Court of Augmentations appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for British Depth Studies, especially The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550 and Dissolution of the Monasteries.

British Depth Studies The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550 Dissolution of the Monasteries

Found in Revision Notes

British Depth Studies

Impacts and Reactions to the Dissolution

The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550 • Dissolution of the Monasteries

Revise note

British Depth Studies

The Process of Dissolution and the Valor Ecclesiasticus

The English Reformation c.1520–c.1550 • Dissolution of the Monasteries

Revise note

Related Key Terms

1536 Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Alms Comperta Monastica Council of the North

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