ii  Personal Union of England and Wales   In  King Henry VIII was refused a divorce from the Pope  Henry then decided to break with Rome and found his own church  The Church of England today know as Church of England Anglican Churhc Episcopalian in the USA and Scotland was thus created in   Since Henry was of Welsh blood he took power over both England and Wales in Personal Union  Henry confiscated all Roman Catholic Church Lands well  in England and Wales and transfered them to the Church of England  In  the Act of Union of  formal merged the Parliamentary Powers of England and Wales whose seat of parliament is todays British House of Commons  Thus the Personal Union lasted only two years  and the formal Legislative Union of England and Wales lasts to this day