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When Henry VIII was in power the first sign of patronage was seen, this was during his Reformation. He was married to Catherine of Aragon but through marriage difficulties he wanted to divorce her. Unfortunately this was made impossible by his Lord Chancellor, as he could not persuade the Pope to allow the divorce because of Religion. So the Chancellor was replaced and he divorced his wife and created the Church of England and banned all religious performances. He had all the Mystery, Liturgical plays banned and the scripts were destroyed and began to take control of what content there was in the plays. He also introduced the Master of Revels, which meant that a license was required by performers to perform. This was also known as Censorship, which meant that things were banned from performances. Soon more people would begin to train in Law and doctoring, this affected patronage in all the arts. Lords wanted to utilize poet’s musicians and actors to work for them. This would have given them a higher public status.
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