Sermon of the Plough
Preaches against negligent clergy and social injustice.
Historical events in 1548
39 historical records
January 15482 historical events
Council of Trent
Paul III agrees to move the Council back to Trent
February 15483 historical events
Peerage
Created Baron Rich of Leez
Removal of Images Accelerated
Government orders encourage removal of images considered objects of superstition, transforming the visual environment of many parish churches.
Fortification of Haddington
Grey develops Haddington as the principal English fortress in occupied Scotland, providing a heavily defended base for continued military pressure.
March 15482 historical events
Order of Communion
A new English Order of Communion is published for use alongside the existing Latin Mass.
Order of Communion Issued
Cranmer's Order of Communion introduces English forms for administering communion while the Latin Mass remains temporarily in use.
April 15481 historical events
Marriage to Anne d Este
Francis of Guise marries Anne d Este and strengthens Italian dynastic links
June 15485 historical events
French Intervention in Scotland
French troops arrive at Leith to support Scotland against English occupation during the Rough Wooing.
Stephen Gardiner Committed to the Fleet
Stephen Gardiner is imprisoned after resisting the religious programme imposed by Edward VI's government and refusing to satisfy the council's demands.
Diet
Proclaims the Augsburg Interim, a failed attempt to unite Catholics & Protestants
Interim of Augsburg
The laity can receive the Communion Cup & Protestant ministers can keep their wives. Rejected by most Protestant Princes & only accepted by Pope Paul in 1549. Defines a form of Catholicism acceptable to Protestants
French Intervention in Scotland
Montalembert arrives with French troops to support Scotland, turning the Tudor invasion into a wider Anglo-French struggle over the occupation.
July 15483 historical events
Marriage
Marriage contract between Mary & Dauphin Francis
Marriage
Mary sets sail for France
Siege of Haddington
Grey commands the English garrison as Scottish and French forces begin a prolonged siege of Haddington, the key stronghold of the Tudor occupation.
August 15487 historical events
Mary Queen of Scots Leaves Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots, leaves for France, frustrating the English policy of securing her marriage to Edward.
Daughter Sent to France
Mary Queen of Scots is sent to France for safety and marriage to the Dauphin
Departure for France
Mary sails from Scotland to France after the English victories and occupation, frustrating the Tudor plan to force her marriage to Edward VI.
Birth of Mary Seymour
Birth of Mary Seymour, daughter of Catherine Parr & Thomas Seymour
Birth of Mary Seymour
Birth of Mary Seymour, daughter of Catherine Parr & Thomas Seymour
Coup
Thomas Seymour hoped to finance a coup by bribing the vice-treasurer of the Bristol Mint, Sir William Sharington who was responsible for debasing the coinage in Bristol and he had been fiddling the account books and keeping the profits
Succession
When Catherine died in childbirth Thomas renewed his attentions to the Princess Elizabeth. Thomas Seymour hoped to finance a coup by bribing the vice-treasurer of the Bristol Mint, Sir William Sharington who was responsible for debasing the coinage in Bristol and he had been fiddling the account books and keeping the profits
September 15482 historical events
Burial
Buried in Sudeley Castle
Death of Parr
Death of Catherine Parr, dies in childbirth
December 15481 historical events
Succession
By the end of 1548, Thomas plans had been reported to the Privy Council by an informant, the Bristol Mint is investigated and Sharington revealed all
Seymour Marriage Ambition
After Katherine Parr's death, Thomas Seymour renews plans to marry Princess Elizabeth, a match that could have given him exceptional influence over the Tudor succession.
Clerical Marriage Restrictions Relaxed
Edwardian reformers move toward recognising clerical marriage, challenging the compulsory celibacy associated with the pre-Reformation priesthood.
Sermons at Court
Preaches forceful reform sermons before the royal court.
English Communion Service
The new Order of Communion begins introducing English prayers and communion in both kinds before the first Prayer Book appears.
Eucharistic Reform
Rejects traditional Catholic teaching on the mass.
Catholic Household
Mary maintains Catholic worship in her household despite Protestant reform
Marriage
Marries Anne dEste, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and his French princess, a daughter of Louis XII
Montaigne Witnesses Bordeaux Political Violence
As a young man Montaigne lived amid the unrest surrounding resistance to royal taxation in Bordeaux. Experiences of civil conflict later informed his skepticism about political certainty and cruelty.
Succession
Succeeds as King of Poland
Marriage
The Queen of Scots goes to live in the French court, for his work on negotiating the marriage, Hamilton is created Duc de Chƒtellerault, and made a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael
Peerage
The Queen of Scots goes to live in the French court, for his work on negotiating the marriage, Hamilton is created Duc de Chƒtellerault, and made a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael
Succession
Accompanies Mary Queen of Scots to France
Defence of Broughty
Dudley strengthens the English position at Broughty against Scottish attacks, maintaining a remote occupation base supplied by sea during the continuing war.