It is not necessary to go into the complicated questions of the Petition of the Commons, the Answer of the Ordinaries, and the Submission of the Clergy in 1532, as they were not understood by the people at large[19]. Passing over the anti-papal legislation of the following years, those acts which were protested against by the rebels are the only ones which need be mentioned. The first of these was the Act which conditionally restrained the payment of Annates or First Fruits to Rome in 1532[20], a prohibition which was made absolute in 1534[21]. The fault found with this statute was not that the payments were no longer made to Rome, but that they were still levied by the King. In 1534 Henry attacked the Church of Rome at a vital point. On 31 March of that year the question was put to the Convocation of Canterbury, “Whether the Roman pontiff has any greater jurisdiction bestowed on him by God in the Holy Scripture in this realm of England than any other foreign bishop?” Only four of those present voted for the Pope’s authority, and it was consequently resolved by a large majority that he had no such power[22]. On 5 May the same resolution was passed by the Convocation of York without a dissenting vote[23]. Following on this, Henry caused the Supremacy Act to be passed in November 1534. This measure conferred upon the King and his heirs for ever the title of “Only supreme head on earth of the Church of England.” The saving clause “quantum per Christi leges licet” was quietly ignored[24]. It must always be remembered that behind this brief summary the great drama of the rival queens, Katherine of Arragon and Anne Boleyn, had been running its course. The anti-papal acts so far had been diplomatic moves. In the more remote country districts they were probably hardly known and not at all understood. But at this point Henry resolved to make the whole nation realise their altered relation to Rome.