Edward Seymour Biography

Birth of Edward Seymour, eldest brother of Jane Seymour

Takes part in the Duke of Suffolks expedtion to France

Knighted by the Duke of Suffolk during the latters invasion of France

Knighted by the Duke of Suffolk during the latters invasion of France

Appointed Master of the Horse to the Duke of Richmond

Marries Catherine, daughter and coheir of Sir William Fillol

Carver to the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Coronation of Anne Boleyn

Marries Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton

Created Viscount Beauchamp, after Jane Seymour marries Henry VIII

Appointed Warden of the Scottish Marches

Carries Princess Elizabeth at the christening of his nephew, Prince Edward

Created Earl of Herford, 1st

Birth of Edward Seymour

Is appointed Lord High Admiral late in 1542 and assumes senior responsibility for English naval affairs.

The office increases Seymour's standing at the Tudor court.

Appointed Great Chamberlain

Receives appointment as Great Chamberlain.

Appointed Member of Privy Council

Becomes increasingly prominent in Henry VIII's Privy Council.

His political position strengthens during the king's final years.

Seymour captures & burns Edinburgh

Seymour leads an invasion of Scotland

Edward Seymour takes part in Henry VIII's campaign against Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Seymour captures & burns Edinburgh

Hertford withdraws after devastating Edinburgh, Leith and nearby settlements.

Seymour captures & burns Leith

Seymour captures & burns Leith

Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, commands the English expedition that lands at Leith.

Major hostilities began with an attack on Edinburgh, led by the Earl of Hertford and Viscount Lisle. Hertford had instructions to burn Edinburgh and issue Henry's proclamation of 24 March 1544, which laid the blame on Cardinal Beaton's "sinister enticement" of Regent Arran

The troops entered Edinburgh's Canongate, and set the city on fire. Edinburgh Castle was defended by cannon fire commanding the Royal Mile. Hertford decided not to lay siege but thoroughly burn the city. According to the English contemporary account, all the houses within the suburbs and city walls were burnt including Holyroodhouse and the Abbey

Hertford's army enters Edinburgh during Henry VIII's punitive campaign against Scotland.

Hertford's troops damage Holyrood and nearby religious buildings during the attack on Edinburgh.

English forces capture Boulogne-sur-Mer during Henry VIII's war with France.

Involved in negotiating the surrender of the French town of Hardelot

Involved in negotiating the surrender of the French town of Hardelot

Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, holds command responsibilities at Boulogne after the English capture of the town.

One of the executors of the will of Henry VIII

Launches an invasion of Scotland

Repeals Henry VIIIs heresy laws

Repeals Henry VIIIs heresy laws

Appointed Lord Protector of the Realm

Appointed Treasurer of the Exchequer

Created Duke of Somerset, 1st

Appointed Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation

Appointed Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation

Defeats the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie

Execution of his brother, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Lord High Admiral

Passes the Act of Uniformity imposing the 1st book of Common Prayer

Peasants in Norfolk under the leadership of Robert Kett

Passes the Act of Uniformity imposing the 1st book of Common Prayer

Swept from power & imprisoned by a coalition led by Warwick

Released & reconiled with his rivals

Arrested for a 2nd time by thw Warwick led coalition

Convicted on a trumped-up charge of high treason and felon

Convicted on a trumped-up charge of high treason and felon

Buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula

Death of Edward Seymour, executed

Death of Edward Seymour, executed

Created Baron Beauchamp, by Elizabeth I

Created Earl of Hertford, by Elizabeth I

Secretly marries Lady Catherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey

Seymour secretly marries Lady Katherine Grey

Imprisoned for marrying Lady Katherine Grey without the Queen's permission

Seymour faces proceedings after his secret marriage to Katherine Grey

Birth of Edward Seymour Lord Beauchamp son of Hertford and Katherine Grey

Released from the Tower of London

Appointed Memmber of Grays Inn

Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Wiltshire

Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Wiltshire, 1st term

Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Wiltshire, 2nd term

Appointed Ambassador of Belgium

Death of Edward Seymour

Appointed High Steward of Revenue to Queen Anne

Created Earl of Hertford

Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons