y would only go as far as to say that he would define clerical privileges but he did not want to threaten any possible future maneuverings so he did not give in to their demands. This situation went on unresolved throughout the year of 1531 and on March 30th Thomas More spoke to the House of Lords on the Kings behalf. More stated that the divorce was not based on lust for a woman and stated the options for a solution that had been made. He again did this in the Commons and then a pamphlet was made, in Latin stating those reasons for a divorce and the solutions. Later this would be printed in English. The main premise was that a marriage between a man and his brother's spouse is so wicked that not even the pope can dispense it. Also stated was the fact that the marriage is so wicked that a bishop should annul it no matter what the pope says, even if it means excommunication. In the end Henry only collected about eighty percent of the moneys owed to him by the clergy and in all of the legal maneuverings dealing with the praemunire issue amounted to very little actual progress. The pope was not shaken by the 'supreme head' title that Henry had begun to use as it only meant what the clergy was willing to let it mean and as of yet that was not much.18 This position taking and retaliation went on for months with Henry attacking and Clement reacting, then Clement attacking and Henry reacting, with little effect on the standing of the divorce case. Then in January of 1532, Henry decided to hit the pope where it hurt, in the coffers. Henry cut off annates, the payments by new bishops in return for their bulls of confirmation, and these were usually large sums of money. To prevent the pope from refusing to consecrate bishops it was ordered that even if the pope refused to approve, they were to be consecrated anyway. This bill was met in parliament with a great amount of resistance, and Henry knew it's importance so he went to lobby pa...
