Edward Seymour Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Peerage

Created Duke of Somerset, 1st

Coronation

Appointed Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation

Lord High Steward

Appointed Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation

Somerset Directs Coronation Arrangements

Edward Seymour takes a leading role in organising the young king's accession ceremonies and public inauguration.

Role range: 1547-1552

Battle of Pinkie Cleugh

Defeats the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie

Role range: 1547-1549

Legislation

Repeals Henry VIIIs heresy laws

Role range: 1547-1549

Reform of Religious Policy

Repeals Henry VIIIs heresy laws

Role range: 1547-1549

Invasion of Scotland

Launches an invasion of Scotland

Role range: 1547-1549

Arrest of Edward Seymour

Swept from power & imprisoned by a coalition led by Warwick

Role range: 1547-1549

Somerset Arrested after Protectorate Collapse

Edward Seymour is arrested after fellow councillors unite against his government and remove him from the office of Lord Protector.

Somerset Arrested by Council

Edward Seymour is arrested after losing control of the Privy Council, which accuses the former Protector of misgovernment and resisting lawful authority.

Role range: 1500-1552 – 1547-1553

Legislation

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

Role range: 1547-1549

Rebellion of Rebels in Norfolk

Peasants in Norfolk under the leadership of Robert Kett

Role range: 1547-1549

Reform of Church Worship

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

Role range: 1547-1549

Execution

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

Role range: 1547-1549

Arrest of Edward Seymour

Released & reconiled with his rivals

Role range: 1547-1549

Arrest of Edward Seymour

Arrested for a 2nd time by thw Warwick led coalition

Somerset Conspiracy Allegation

Somerset is arrested again after allegations that he planned to seize or kill political rivals including Northumberland and Northampton during a council confrontation.

Role range: 1500-1552 – 1547-1553

Death of Edward Seymour

Death of Edward Seymour, executed

Execution

Death of Edward Seymour, executed

Execution of Edward Seymour

Edward Seymour is beheaded after conviction for felony arising from a plot against political rivals in the royal council.

Role range: 1547-1552

Burial

Buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula

Treason

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

Trial

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

Peerage

Created Baron Beauchamp, by Elizabeth I

Peerage

Created Earl of Hertford, by Elizabeth I

Secret Marriage

Seymour secretly marries Lady Katherine Grey

Role range: 1559-1561

Marriage

Secretly marries Lady Catherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey

Hertford Imprisoned over Secret Marriage

Edward Seymour is imprisoned after his unauthorised marriage to Catherine Grey becomes known, reflecting the crown's concern over uncontrolled succession alliances.

Birth of Edward Seymour

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

Role range: 1561-1612

Arrest of Edward Seymour

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

Role range: 1561-1563

Marriage Annulment Case

Seymour faces proceedings after his secret marriage to Katherine Grey

Role range: 1561-1563

Arrest of Edward Seymour

Released from the Tower of London

Grays Inn

Appointed Memmber of Grays Inn

Lord Lieutenant

Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Wiltshire

Lord Lieutenant

Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Wiltshire, 1st term

Lord Lieutenant

Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Wiltshire, 2nd term

Ambassador

Appointed Ambassador of Belgium

Role range: 1612-1619

High Steward

Appointed High Steward of Revenue to Queen Anne

Role range: 1612-1619

Death of Edward Seymour

Death of Edward Seymour