Perhaps the principal political importance of this and the subsequent spoliations of the church was to make the Reformation profitable and therefore popular with an enterprising class.

For the lion's share of the prey did not go to the lion, but to the jackals.

From the king's favorites to whom he threw the spoils was founded a new aristocracy, a class with a strong vested interest in opposing the restoration of the papal church.

To the Protestant citizens of London was now added a Protestant landed gentry.
{298} [Sidenote: Union with Wales, 1536] Before the "Reformation Parliament" had ceased to exist, one more act of great importance was passed.

Wales was a wild country, imperfectly governed by irregular means.