From John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, 1902, volume VI:

page 260:

So notoriously corrupt had monasteries become that repeated attempts
had been made to reform them, but without success. ...  It was found
that two thirds of the monks of England were living in concubinage;
that their lands were wasted and mortgaged, and their houses falling
into ruins.  They found the Abbot of Fountains surrounded with more
women than Mohammed allowed his followers, and the nuns of Litchfield
scandalously immoral.

On this report, the Lords and Commons -- deliberately, not rashly --
decreed the suppression of all monasteries the income of which was
less than two [page 261] hundred pounds a year, and the sequestration
of their lands to the King.  ... The next Parliament completed the
work.  In 1539 all the religious houses were suppressed, both great
and small.

page 262

From one-third to two-thirds of the landed property of the kingdom, --
as variously estimated, -- thus changed hands.

page 325

[Writing of the Jesuits]

They are accused of securing the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, --
one of the greatest crimes in the history of modern times, which led
to the expulsion of four hundred thousand Protestants from France, and
the execution of four hundred thousand more.

page 328

[Still writing of the Jesuits]

The case was carried to the courts, and the highest tribunal decided
against them.  That was not the worst.  In the course of the legal
proceedings, the mysterious "rule" of the Jesuits -- that which was so
carefully concealed from the public -- was demanded.  Then all was
revealed, -- all that Pascal had accused them of, -- and the whole
nation was indignant.  A great storm was raised.  The Parliament of
Paris decreed the constitution of the Society to be fatal to all
government. ... [The King] was compelled to demand from the Pope the
abrogation of their charter.  Other monarchs did the same, all the
Bourbon courts in Europe, ... .  The Pope -- Clement XIV -- was
obliged to part with his best soldiers. [page 329] So that in 1773, by
a papal decree, the Order was suppressed; 669 colleges were closed;
223 missions were abandoned, and more than 22,000 members were
dispersed.