Magnus Intercursus Fixed Duties
Establishes agreed customs arrangements that give English merchants greater certainty when exporting cloth through the Low Countries.
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1496 in England
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Historical records for England in 1496
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February
Magnus Intercursus Merchant Justice
Obtains treaty guarantees intended to provide English merchants with fair legal treatment in Burgundian courts and commercial disputes.
Magnus Intercursus Signed
Concludes a major commercial treaty with Philip of Burgundy that restores normal trade between England and the Burgundian Netherlands.
Magnus Intercursus Trade Privileges
Secures reciprocal trading privileges for English and Burgundian merchants after the damaging commercial embargo between the two territories.
Magnus Intercursus Warbeck Clause
Uses the commercial settlement to reinforce Burgundian acceptance of the Tudor succession and remove protection previously available to Perkin Warbeck.
March
Patent
Henry VII grants a patent to John & Sebastian Cabot to search for new lands
Patent
Henry VII grants John Cabot and his sons authority to seek unknown lands under the English flag.
Birth of Mary
Princess Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, is born at Richmond.
Marriage
Negotiations for the actual betrothal of Catherine of Aragon to Prince Arthur begin
July
Alliance Henry VII and English diplomatic interests
Henry joins a wider European alliance intended to restrain French power and protect English diplomatic interests.
Holy League
Membership of the Holy League aligns England with Ferdinand, Maximilian and Pope Alexander VI against Charles VIII.
September
Warbeck Invasion of Northumberland
James IV crosses into northern England with Perkin Warbeck and a Scottish army, attempting to turn the pretender's claim into an armed invasion of Henry VII's kingdom.
Other events (month unknown)
Bishop
Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
Commercial Terms with Burgundy
The restored Anglo-Burgundian settlement fixes commercial conditions and gives English merchants renewed access to Low Countries markets.
Economy of England
Henry's commercial policy seeks to improve English cloth exports and reduce damaging restrictions on overseas trade.
Jesus College Foundation Approved
Henry supports Bishop John Alcock's conversion of St Radegund's former priory into Jesus College, Cambridge.
Lincoln's Inn Admission
More enters Lincoln's Inn for advanced legal training.
Magnus Intercursus
The Magnus Intercursus restores regulated trade with the Low Countries and establishes reciprocal commercial privileges.
Papal Bull
Henry refuses to treat Iberian papal claims as preventing English-sponsored voyages into newly explored Atlantic regions.
Scottish Invasion for Warbeck
James IV invades northern England in support of Perkin Warbeck, exposing Henry to a combined dynastic and Scottish threat.
Trade Relations
Henry uses diplomacy with Burgundy to restore favourable conditions for English merchants after the trade dispute.
Treaty of Tordessillas
English exploration continues despite the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing overseas spheres between Spain and Portugal.
Warbeck Expelled from Burgundy
The settlement with Burgundy removes a major source of foreign support for Perkin Warbeck and forces him to seek another base.
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