Treasons Act
The Treasons Act comes into force, strengthening the legal penalties for opposition to royal supremacy.
Role range: 1509-1547
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Henry VIII Biography and Timeline — Page 15
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1535
Rebellion of Rebels in Maynooth
Kildare is defeated at Maynooth Castle, County Kildare
Role range: 1509-1547
Rebellion of Rebels in Maynooth Castle
Kildare is defeated at Maynooth Castle, County Kildare
Role range: 1509-1547
Maynooth
Sir William Skeffington captures Maynooth Castle, the chief stronghold of the Kildare rebellion.
Role range: 1509-1547
Maynooth
Sir William Skeffington captures Maynooth Castle, the main stronghold of the Kildare rebellion.
Role range: 1509-1547
Arrest of Clergy preaching papal supremacy
Cromwell orders the imprisonment of the Clergy preaching Papal supremacy
Role range: 1509-1547
Constitution of England
Appointed Supreme Head of the Church
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
John Fisher is executed after refusing to accept Henry VIII's supremacy over the Church.
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, is executed
Role range: 1509-1547
Supreme Head of Church of England
Appointed Supreme Head of the Church
Role range: 1509-1547
Indictment
Thomas More is indicted for high treason under the legislation enforcing royal supremacy.
Role range: 1509-1547
Sentence
Thomas More is sentenced to the traitor's death of hanging, drawing and quartering.
Role range: 1509-1547
Trial
Richard Rich gives evidence that Thomas More denied Parliament's power to make Henry VIII head of the Church.
Role range: 1509-1547
Trial
Thomas More argues that his silence should not be treated as treason against Henry VIII.
Role range: 1509-1547
Trial
Thomas More is tried for high treason before a commission including Thomas Audley and the Duke of Norfolk.
Role range: 1509-1547
Verdict
The jury finds Thomas More guilty of high treason after a brief deliberation.
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Thomas More is beheaded at Tower Hill for refusing to accept Henry VIII's supremacy over the Church.
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Sir Thomas More is executed
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Thomas More is executed after refusing to accept the royal supremacy and succession oath.
Role range: 1509-1547
Kildare Rebellion
Lord Leonard Grey strengthens royal control in Ireland after the collapse of rebel resistance.
Role range: 1509-1547
Rebellion of Kildare
Lord Leonard Grey arrives in Ireland to strengthen royal authority after the Kildare revolt.
Role range: 1509-1547
Sentence
Henry VIII commutes Thomas More's sentence from hanging, drawing and quartering to beheading.
Role range: 1509-1547
Result of Surrender of Silken Thomas
The failed Kildare rebellion ends with Silken Thomas in English custody.
Role range: 1509-1547
Result of Surrender of Silken Thomas
The collapse of the Kildare rebellion leaves Silken Thomas in English hands and ends his armed resistance.
Role range: 1509-1547
Surrender of Silken Thomas
Silken Thomas surrenders after the failure of the Kildare rebellion.
Role range: 1509-1547
Surrender of Silken Thomas
Silken Thomas surrenders after the collapse of the Kildare rebellion.
Role range: 1509-1547
Courtship
Henry VIII visits John Seymour & meets his daughter Jane
Role range: 1509-1547
Imprisonment
Silken Thomas is sent as a prisoner to the Tower of London.
Role range: 1509-1547
Imprisonment
Silken Thomas is sent to the Tower of London as a prisoner after his surrender.
Role range: 1509-1547
Reformation, The
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affair
Role range: 1509-1547
Execution
Henry VIII commutes Fishers sentence of treason to beheading. Commutes Mores sentence of treason to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Role range: 1509-1547
Interrogation
Thomas Cromwell visits Thomas More in the Tower and urges him to accept the oath and royal supremacy.
Role range: 1509-1547
Marriage
Anne Boleyn remains queen while opposition to the royal marriage and succession settlement is punished.
Role range: 1509-1547
Refusal
Thomas More continues to refuse the oath while avoiding an explicit public denial of Henry VIII's supremacy.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treason
Henry VIII commutes Fishers sentence of treason to beheading. Commutes Mores sentence of treason to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Role range: 1509-1547
Treason
Sanctuary is removed from persons accused of high treason under the expanded Tudor treason law.
Role range: 1509-1547
Treason
The Act makes hostile speech against the king's title, marriage and succession punishable as high treason.
Role range: 1509-1547
Valor Ecclesiasticus
The Crown surveys ecclesiastical wealth in England and Wales to assess church revenues under royal control.
Role range: 1509-1547
Vicegerent
Thomas Cromwell becomes the king's chief minister for enforcing royal supremacy over the Church.
Role range: 1509-1547
Legislation
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Role range: 1509-1547
Records, sources and methodology
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