In 1529 parliament, in co-operation with the wishes of Henry VIII, passed the first of a number of statutes designed to transfer control of the church from Rome and the pope into the hands of the English sovereign. At first it passed laws correcting the excessive fees of church courts. In 1532 and 1534 two Acts of Annates were passed cutting off all money payments from the English clergy to the pope. The Acts of Appeals in 1533 forbade any appeals from church courts in England to Rome, thus paving the way for Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine. In 1534 the Act of Supremacy gave Henry the title of ‘Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England’ with the same power over the church that he had over the state. The ‘Reformation Parliament’ sat in successive sessions over seven years, and played a major role in the hands of Henry in bringing about the English Reformation.