1 February 1535LegislationThomas Cromwell Essex, 1st
The Treason Act comes into force
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The Treason Act comes into force
The Treason Act comes into force
The Treason Act comes into force
The Treasons Act comes into force and gives legal force to penalties against opponents of royal supremacy.
The Treasons Act comes into force, increasing the danger for those who reject the king's supremacy.
The Treasons Act comes into force, strengthening the legal penalties for opposition to royal supremacy.
Kildare is defeated at Maynooth Castle, County Kildare
Kildare is defeated at Maynooth Castle, County Kildare
Sir William Skeffington captures Maynooth Castle, the chief stronghold of the Kildare rebellion.
Sir William Skeffington captures Maynooth Castle, the main stronghold of the Kildare rebellion.
Orders the imprisonment of the Clergy preaching Papal supremacy
Cromwell orders the imprisonment of the Clergy preaching Papal supremacy
Paul III creates Fisher Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitalis, in the hope of inducing Henry to ease Fishers treatment, the effect is precisely the reverse
Cromwell had undertaken an inventory of the assets and income of the entire ecclesiastical estate of England and Wales through local commissioners who reported in May 1535
A special commission for Fishers trial is issued, he is arraigned in Westminster Hall on a charge of treason, in that he denied the king to be supreme head of the Church
Found guilty of treason & sentenced to death
A special commission for Fishers trial is issued, he is arraigned in Westminster Hall on a charge of treason, in that he denied the king to be supreme head of the Church
Found guilty of treason & sentenced to death
Deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, treated as a commoner, and tried by jury, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. A special commission for Fishers trial is issued, he is arraigned in Westminster Hall on a charge of treason, in that he denied the king to be supreme head of the Church
Appointed Supreme Head of the Church
Death of John Fisher, executed
Executed for refusing to acknowledge the King as Head of the Church. Deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, treated as a commoner, and tried by jury, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn
John Fisher is executed after refusing to accept Henry VIII's supremacy over the Church.
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, is executed
Appointed Supreme Head of the Church
Thomas More is indicted for high treason under the legislation enforcing royal supremacy.
He believed he could not be convicted unless he explicitly denied that the king headed the Church, so he refused to answer all questions.
Thomas Cromwell, the most powerful of the King's advisers, produces the Solicitor General, Richard Rich, to testify that More had, in his presence, denied that the King was the legitimate head of the Church.
Thomas More was charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession.
Sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered (the usual punishment for traitors) but the King commutes this to execution by beheading
Thomas More is sentenced to the traitor's death of hanging, drawing and quartering.
Charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession, More believes he cannot be convicted as long as he did not explicitly deny that the king was the head of the Church, and he therefore refuses to answer all questions
Indicted of High Treason at Westminster Hall & condemned to death
Richard Rich gives evidence that Thomas More denied Parliament's power to make Henry VIII head of the Church.
Thomas More argues that his silence should not be treated as treason against Henry VIII.
Thomas More is tried for high treason before a commission including Thomas Audley and the Duke of Norfolk.
Charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession, More believes he cannot be convicted as long as he did not explicitly deny that the king was the head of the Church, and he therefore refuses to answer all questions
More is tried before a panel of judges that includes the new Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas Audley, as well as Anne Boleyns father, brother, and uncle.
Thomas Cromwell, the most powerful of the King's advisers, produces the Solicitor General, Richard Rich, to testify that More had, in his presence, denied that the King was the legitimate head of the Church.
Sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered (the usual punishment for traitors) but the King commutes this to execution by beheading. Indicted of High Treason at Westminster Hall & condemned to death. Before his sentencing, More speaks freely of his belief that "no temporal man may be the head of the spirituality"
The jury finds Thomas More guilty of high treason after a brief deliberation.
Birth of a stillborn child
Death of Thomas More
Thomas More is beheaded at Tower Hill for refusing to accept Henry VIII's supremacy over the Church.
Sir Thomas More is executed
Thomas More is executed after refusing to accept the royal supremacy and succession oath.
While on the scaffold declares that he died "the King's good servant, but Gods first". Executed for refusing to acknowledge the act of supremacy
While on the scaffold declares that he died "the King's good servant, but Gods first". Executed for refusing to acknowledge the act of supremacy
Lord Leonard Grey strengthens royal control in Ireland after the collapse of rebel resistance.
Lord Leonard Grey arrives in Ireland to strengthen royal authority after the Kildare revolt.
Henry VIII commutes Thomas More's sentence from hanging, drawing and quartering to beheading.
The failed Kildare rebellion ends with Silken Thomas in English custody.
The collapse of the Kildare rebellion leaves Silken Thomas in English hands and ends his armed resistance.
Silken Thomas surrenders after the failure of the Kildare rebellion.
Silken Thomas surrenders after the collapse of the Kildare rebellion.
Henry VIII visits John Seymour & meets his daughter Jane
Henry VIII visits John Seymour & meets his daughter Jane
Silken Thomas is sent as a prisoner to the Tower of London.
Silken Thomas is sent to the Tower of London as a prisoner after his surrender.
Cromwell conducts a census in 1535 to enable the Government to tax church property more effectively
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
The King appoints Cromwell Royal Vicegerent and Vicar General, and commissions him to organize visitations of all the countrys churches, monasteries and clergy
Birth of Martin Frobisher
Appointed Bishop of Worcester.
Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation
Appointed Chaplain to Anne Boleyn
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Is consecrated Bishop of Worcester.
Begins reforming preaching and clerical discipline in Worcester.
Organizes a census to assess the wealth of the Church for dissolution & taxation
The valor ecclesiasticus book is drawn up by Cromwell containing wealth of the Church
Supports the divorce of Henry from Catherine & presides over the trial of Thomas Moore
Henry VIII commutes Fishers sentence of treason to beheading. Commutes Mores sentence of treason to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Henry VIII commutes Mores sentence to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Mary suffers illness and isolation while separated from her mother
Thomas Cromwell visits Thomas More in the Tower and urges him to accept the oath and royal supremacy.
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Anne Boleyn remains queen while opposition to the royal marriage and succession settlement is punished.
Writes to JPs, bishops & nobility to imprison clergy who preach papal authority
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affairs
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell,
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that gives a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction.
the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affair
Gardiner and other Bishops are called upon to vindicate the King's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England", the result is his celebrated treatise De vera obedientia, the ablest of all the vindications of royal supremacy
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affair
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Thomas More continues to refuse the oath while avoiding an explicit public denial of Henry VIII's supremacy.
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affairs
Gardiner and other Bishops are called upon to vindicate the King's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England", the result is his celebrated treatise De vera obedientia, the ablest of all the vindications of royal supremacy
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
More had not expressly denied the royal supremacy but refuses to assent to it
Henry VIII commutes Fishers sentence of treason to beheading. Commutes Mores sentence of treason to beheading & permits Mores family to attend
Sanctuary is removed from persons accused of high treason under the expanded Tudor treason law.
The Act makes hostile speech against the king's title, marriage and succession punishable as high treason.
More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534
More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534
Gardiner and other Bishops are called upon to vindicate the King's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England", the result is his celebrated treatise De vera obedientia, the ablest of all the vindications of royal supremacy
Supports the King's divorce from Catherine and the marriage with Anne Boleyn and presideds at the trial of Fisher and More
More is tried, and found guilty, under the Treason Act 1534
More had not expressly denied the royal supremacy but refuses to assent to it
Perjures himself during the trial of Thomas More
The Crown surveys ecclesiastical wealth in England and Wales to assess church revenues under royal control.
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that gives a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Thomas Cromwell becomes the king's chief minister for enforcing royal supremacy over the Church.
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