The eventual bills invalidated all uses that did not impose an active duty on trustees , with the beneficiaries of the use being held as the legal owners of the land , meaning they had to pay tax . The Statute partially led to the Pilgrimage of Grace , and more importantly the development of trusts , but academics disagree as to its effectiveness . While most agree that it was important , with Eric Ives writing that " the effect which its provisions had upon the development of English land law was revolutionary " , some say that by allowing uses and devises in certain areas it not only failed to remove the fraudulent element from land law but actively encouraged it
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Statute of Uses