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