Why the distaste in catholics from England's throne?

Answer 1

Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon, a Catholic. For that matter, all of England was Catholic, that was the only Christian sect of Western Europe. Then, when Catherine couldn't give him a son, he wanted a divorce, which the Catholic church wouldn't grant. He then broke England away from the church, forming the Church of England or Anglican Church, had a bishop annul their marriage, and married Ms. Boleyn, who couldn't give him a son either (off with her head!). However, her daughter became Queen Elizabeth I, and a mortal enemy to the Catholic Spanish Empire when she took over from "Bloody" Mary I. Mary I reverted the national religion to Catholicism and had over three hundred religious dissenters burnt at the stake, fueling the ire of the now Protestant public. She also married Philip of Spain in an attempt to produce a Catholic heir. Since the reign of Mary's half-sister Elizabeth, all monarchs have, as part of their titles, been styled as "Defender of the Faith" and the head of the Church of England. You cannot have a catholic head of the Anglican church.

This dislike was intensified with the reign of James II, the catholic son of Charles II who proved immensely unpopular and was actually replaced by William of Orange in the Glorious Revolution.