1538 in History

Cromwell takes the initiative against his enemies, using evidence acquired from Sir Geoffrey Pole under interrogation in the Tower, he imprisons the Marquess of Exeter, Sir Edward Neville, and Sir Nicholas Carew on charges of treason; all are executed in the following months

Cromwell takes the initiative against his enemies, using evidence acquired from Sir Geoffrey Pole under interrogation in the Tower, he imprisons the Marquess of Exeter, Sir Edward Neville, and Sir Nicholas Carew on charges of treason; all are executed in the following months

Mary of Guise arrives in Scotland after marrying James V by proxy

Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII after the break with Rome and rejection of papal authority.

When the Lutheran German delegates sent a letter to the King regarding three items that particularly worried them (compulsory clerical celibacy, the withholding of the chalice from the laity, and the maintenance of private masses for the dead), Tunstall intervenes for the King leading to a dimissal of the Germans concerns, they leave on 1 October having made no substantial achievements

When the Lutheran German delegates sent a letter to the King regarding three items that particularly worried them (compulsory clerical celibacy, the withholding of the chalice from the laity, and the maintenance of private masses for the dead), Tunstall intervenes for the King leading to a dimissal of the Germans concerns, they leave on 1 October having made no substantial achievements

Excommunicated by Pope Paul III

Excommunicates Henry VIII

Henry VIII is seriously ill

Marries Mary of Guise, daughter of the Duke of Guise & Antoinette of Bourbon

Marries James V, in Notre Dame Cathedral

The Kildares plan an uprising to place Gerald Fitzgerald on the throne of Ireland

The Kildares plan an uprising to place Gerald Fitzgerald on the throne of Ireland

Royal injunctions are issued ordering the cessation of superstitious worship & rituals. Destruction of shrines

Shares in the drafting of a proclamation giving Anabaptists and Sacramentaries ten days to get out of the country. Henry personally presides at the trial of John Lambert for denying the real presence

At the end of 1538, a proclamation is issued forbidding free discussion of the Sacrament and forbidding clerical marriage, on pain of death

Henry personally presides at the trial of John Lambert for denying the real presence

Royal injunctions order an English Bible to be placed in every parish church.

The Lutherans send a joint delegation from various German cities, including a colleague of Martin Luther, Friedrich Myconius, the delegates arrive in England on 27 May 1538, after initial meetings with the King, Cromwell, and Cranmer, discussions on theological differences are transferred to Lambeth Palace under Cranmers chairmanship

The Lutherans send a joint delegation from various German cities, including a colleague of Martin Luther, Friedrich Myconius, the delegates arrive in England on 27 May 1538, after initial meetings with the King, Cromwell, and Cranmer, discussions on theological differences are transferred to Lambeth Palace under Cranmers chairmanship

The Lutherans send a joint delegation from various German cities, including a colleague of Martin Luther, Friedrich Myconius, the delegates arrive in England on 27 May 1538, after initial meetings with the King, Cromwell, and Cranmer, discussions on theological differences are transferred to Lambeth Palace under Cranmers chairmanship

Birth of Louis of Nassau-Dietz

Death of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury

Death of Thomas Boleyn

Mary of Guise is crowned Queen Consort of Scotland