IvyMorgan
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It did sort of stop the spread of the plague, which was probably a good thing. And the CofE was established by Henry VIII, partly cos he wanted a divorce fom Catherine of Aragon, partly cos he quite liked the idea of not sending lots of money to Rome all the time, and partly cos, well, redistributing the wealth of the monastries/abbies/convents/devout Catholics was a great way to win supporters and purge those he was less fond of. It doesn't pre-date him, Kalif. LadyE, there are Sikhs and Rabbis and Immams and some Hindu priests in Parliament. Not as many as their are Bishops though. But, the number of Bishops who automatically got a seat was reduced by Blair during the rejig of the Lords and hereditary peerages etc.
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