Witchcraft Act
An Act against conjurations enchantments and witchcraft is passed
Role range: 1558-1603
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Elizabeth I Biography and Timeline — Page 6
Follow Elizabeth I through 434 dated historical records for England.
Elizabeth I, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1563–1567Years on this page
1563
Elizabethan Poor Relief Act Passed
Parliament strengthens parish responsibility for poor relief and develops compulsory local arrangements for supporting the needy.
Role range: 1558-1603
Elizabethan Witchcraft Act Passed
Parliament restores witchcraft as a secular criminal offence and establishes penalties varying with the harm alleged.
Role range: 1558-1603
Royal Power Assurance Act Passed
Parliament strengthens enforcement of the supremacy oath and legal protection of Elizabeth's royal authority.
Role range: 1558-1603
Statute of Artificers Enacted
Parliament regulates apprenticeships, wages and labour mobility in a major attempt to organise the Tudor labour market.
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
Petitioned by Parliament to marry & declare a successor
Role range: 1558-1603
39 Articles
After the coronation of Elizabeth and the re-establishment of the separate Church of England the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction of Matthew Parker, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, which pulled back from some
Role range: 1558-1603
39 Articles
First established in 1563, the articles served to define the doctrine of the Church of England as it related to Calvinist doctrine and Catholic practice.
Role range: 1558-1603
39 Articles
The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are the historically defining statements of doctrines of the Church of England with respect to the controversies of the English Reformation.
Role range: 1558-1603
39 Articles
of the more extreme Calvinist thinking and created the peculiar English reformed doctrine
Role range: 1558-1603
Convocation of the Church
After the coronation of Elizabeth and the re-establishment of the separate Church of England the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction of Matthew Parker, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, which pulled back from some of the more extreme Calvinist thinking and created the peculiar English reformed doctrine
Role range: 1558-1603
Oath of Supremacy Extended
Supremacy legislation extends the oath to more office holders and professions
Role range: 1558-1603
1564
Troyes Calais Recognition
Recognises continued French possession of Calais in return for a financial payment, ending the immediate English attempt to recover the port.
Role range: 1558-1603
Troyes Peace Settlement
Concludes peace with Charles IX after the failed English occupation of Le Havre and restores formal relations with France.
Role range: 1558-1603
Reception of The Spanish Ambassador
Receives the Spanish Ambassador, de Silva is on a mission to rally Catholic support
Role range: 1558-1603
Marriage
Darnley is great grandson of Margaret Tudor & grandson of Henry VII
Role range: 1558-1603
Peerage
Creates Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester so that he could marry Mary Queen of Scots
Role range: 1558-1603
Rule of Calais
England renounces Calais in return for 220,000 crowns
Role range: 1558-1603
Treaty of Troyes
England & France make peace by the Treaty of Troyes
Role range: 1558-1603
1565
Succession
Will only recognize Mary as successor if she marries & Mary marries Leicester
Role range: 1558-1603
Alliance Agreement with Spain & the Empire
A marriage to Archduke Charles would create an alliance with Spain & the Empire
Role range: 1558-1603
Alliance marriage to Archduke Charles would and Spain and the Empire
A marriage to Archduke Charles would create an alliance with Spain & the Empire
Role range: 1558-1603
Marriage
Turns down the offer of marriage to Charles IX. Elizabeth I negotiates marriage to the Duke of Anjou, younger brother of Charles IX. Elizabeth I enters negotiations with Archduke Charles through his envoy, Zwetkovich
Role range: 1558-1603
Marriage
Mary Queen of Scots marries Earl Darnley in defiance of Elizabeth I
Role range: 1558-1603
Dynastic Marriage Negotiations
France warns England not to attack Scotland. Catherine de Medici tries to arrange a marriage between her son Charles IX & Elizabeth
Role range: 1558-1603
Arrest of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Imprisons Darnleys mother, the Countess of Lennox
Role range: 1558-1603
1566
Parliament
Opening day of Parliament
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
Parliament discusses Elizabeth's succession
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
The House of Lords decides to petition Elizabeth I for a marriage & successor. Parliament discusses linking the subsidy Bill to a declaration about the succession
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
Privy Councillors & the Commons agree to petition Elizabeth I regarding her succession
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
Norfolk says Elizabeth should permit Parliament to discuss her marriage & succession
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
Summons a deputation from the Lords & Commons to present her case. Answers Parliament by saying that her marriage & succession are her affair
Role range: 1558-1603
Christening
The Countess of Argyl attends on Elizabeth's behalf. Godparent to James VI, sends a gold font
Role range: 1558-1603
Arrest of Mary of Scots
Sends Throckmorton to free Mary from "them that by nature & law are subject to her"
Role range: 1558-1603
Succession
Norfolk says Elizabeth should permit Parliament to discuss her marriage & succession. Will not name a successor after pressure from the Privy Council, Lords & Commons. During a meeting of the Council refuses to be "buried alive" by naming her succesor
Role range: 1558-1603
1567
Dissolution of Parliament
Attends the closing session of Parliament
Role range: 1558-1603
Assassination of Henry Stewart
Assassination of Lord Darnley
Role range: 1558-1603
Assassination of Henry Stewart
Writes a letter to Mary saying Darnleys assassins should be arrested & punished
Role range: 1558-1603
Arrest of Mary of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest
Role range: 1558-1603
Battle of Carberry Hill
Mary Queen of Scots & Bothwell are defeated & Mary arrested
Role range: 1558-1603
Records, sources and methodology
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