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During the Dissolution of the Monastaries in the 1530s and 40s, King Henry VIII of England offered lifetime pensions to members of the clergy who voluntarily accepted the closure of their religious houses. The pensions differed in value depending on what a person's role was within the Church of England. The pensions were not given to those who resisted the change.

Value
The value of each pension depended on what a person's monastic role was, how long they had been in holy orders for and if they had held any church office. For example when Fountains Abbey was dissolved voluntarily in 1539; the Abbot was given a pension of £100 (approximately £0 in 2016) while the most junior monks were given a minimum pension of £5 (approximately £0 in 2016).