1549 in History

The Privy Council arrests Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, ending his dominance of the minority government.

Swept from power & imprisoned by a coalition led by Warwick

Arrested for conspiring to marry Elizabeth to Thomas Seymour

Thomas broke into the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace, he entered the privy garden and awoke one of the King's pet spaniels.alerted by the dog, the guards arrested Thomas, and he was sent to the Tower of London

An arrest order is made for Thomas Seymour

Placed under arrest by his brother, Edward the Lord Protector. For scheming to marry Edward VI to Lady Jane Grey & himself to Pricess Elizabeth

Seymour is arrested for fraud

The Privy Council sent agents to question everyone associated with Thomas, including Princess Elizabeth, who by now was suspected of a sexual relationship with him and even of being pregnant with his child

Charged by the Privy Council with thirty-three charges of treason

The first Book of Common Prayer of Edward VI is published in English.

Robert Kett's rebels take control of Norwich after weeks of mobilisation on Mousehold Heath.

Legislation removing legal prohibitions on clerical marriage receives royal assent under Edward VI.

Government shifts from Somerset's personal protectorate toward collective council rule dominated increasingly by John Dudley.

English forces abandon Haddington as the costly Scottish campaign becomes increasingly difficult to sustain.

Seymour is executed for treason

Parliament approves uniform English worship and authorises the first Book of Common Prayer.

Henry II of France declares war on England and renews pressure against English-held Boulogne.

Unrest over enclosure begins at Wymondham and develops into Kett's Rebellion against local abuses and land enclosure.

Thomas broke into the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace, he entered the privy garden and awoke one of the King's pet spaniels.alerted by the dog, the guards arrested Thomas, and he was sent to the Tower of London

For scheming to marry Edward VI to Lady Jane Grey & himself to Pricess Elizabeth

The Privy Council sent agents to question everyone associated with Thomas, including Princess Elizabeth, who by now was suspected of a sexual relationship with him and even of being pregnant with his child

Charged by the Privy Council with thirty-three charges of treason

Resistance to the new English liturgy develops into the Prayer Book Rebellion in Devon and Cornwall.

Rebels besiege Exeter while demanding restoration of traditional religious practices and rejection of the new prayer book.

The first Book of Common Prayer comes into compulsory general use on Whitsunday.

Protector Somerset takes Edward to Windsor Castle as political opponents organise against his government.

Thomas broke into the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace, he entered the privy garden and awoke one of the King's pet spaniels.alerted by the dog, the guards arrested Thomas, and he was sent to the Tower of London

The Privy Council sent agents to question everyone associated with Thomas, including Princess Elizabeth, who by now was suspected of a sexual relationship with him and even of being pregnant with his child

Charged by the Privy Council with thirty-three charges of treason

Seymour is executed for treason

Charged by the Privy Council with thirty-three charges of treason

Death of Thomas Seymour, executed

An army commanded by the Earl of Warwick defeats Kett's rebels at Dussindale and restores royal control.

Royal forces defeat the remaining Prayer Book rebels at Sampford Courtenay, ending the main western rising.