7 January 1536Catherine of Aragon DiesMary I
Mary's mother Catherine of Aragon dies while Mary remains out of favour
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Mary's mother Catherine of Aragon dies while Mary remains out of favour
Death of Catherine of Aragon, at Kimbolton Palace, Cambridgeshire
Catherine of Aragon dies, removing Henry VIII's first wife from the marriage dispute.
Death of Catherine of Aragon, Henry & Anne's offspring can inherit the throne
Birth of a stillborn son, Henry believes his marriage to Anne is damned
Buried at Peterborough Cathedral, the same day Anne Boleyn miscarries
Henry believes his marriage to Anne is damned. Anne Boleyn & Henry have a stillborn son
Catherine of Aragon is buried at Peterborough Abbey.
News of Henry falling from his horse in a coma causes Anne to miscarry a male child
Anne Boleyn miscarries a male child, weakening her position at court.
Anne Boleyn miscarries a male child, weakening her position at court.
When Anne miscarries a son, the begins to reflect again on the biblical prohibitions that had haunted him during his marriage with Catherine of Aragon
When Anne miscarries a son, the begins to reflect again on the biblical prohibitions that had haunted him during his marriage with Catherine of Aragon
Opening of the final session of the Reformation Parliament
Opening of the final session of the Reformation Parliament
The Act for the Suppression of the Lesser Monasteries, those with a gross income of less than 200 pounds per annum, had passed both houses. This caused a clash with Anne Boleyn, formerly one of Cromwell's strongest allies, who wanted the proceeds of the dissolution used for educational and charitable purposes, not paid into the King's coffers
The Act for the Suppression of the Lesser Monasteries, those with a gross income of less than 200 pounds per annum, had passed both houses. This caused a clash with Anne Boleyn, formerly one of Cromwell's strongest allies, who wanted the proceeds of the dissolution used for educational and charitable purposes, not paid into the King's coffers
The Act for the Suppression of the Lesser Monasteries, those with a gross income of less than 200 pounds per annum, had passed both houses. This caused a clash with Anne Boleyn, formerly one of Cromwell's strongest allies, who wanted the proceeds of the dissolution used for educational and charitable purposes, not paid into the King's coffers
The Act of Suppression is passed
The Act of Suppression is passed
The Act for the Suppression of the Lesser Monasteries, those with a gross income of less than 200 pounds per annum, had passed both houses. This caused a clash with Anne Boleyn, formerly one of Cromwell's strongest allies, who wanted the proceeds of the dissolution used for educational and charitable purposes, not paid into the King's coffers
The Act for the Suppression of the Lesser Monasteries, those with a gross income of less than pounds 200 per annum, passes both houses. This caused a clash with Anne Boleyn, formerly one of Cromwell's strongest allies, who wanted the proceeds of the dissolution used for educational and charitable purposes, not paid into the King's coffers
Henry VIIIs 5th Parliament closes
Parliament authorises the dissolution of smaller monasteries and transfers their property to the Crown.
Royal Assent is given to the bill uniting Wales & England
Richs own share of the spoil, acquired either by grant or purchase, included Leez (Leighs) Priory and about a hundred manors in Essex. Rich became the Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations established for the disposal of the monastic revenues
commissions Cromwell to prepare the case for a divorce
Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn
Mark Smeaton is arrested during the investigation into allegations against Anne Boleyn.
Mark Smeaton is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn
Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn
The Court of Augmentations is created to manage monastic property taken into royal hands.
Henry Norris is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn
Henry Norriss is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn
Cranmer declares Annes marriage void due to Henrys affair with her sister Mary
Beginning of the reformation of the Church in Ireland
Arrested at the May day jousts in Greenwich & taken to the Tower of London
Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason.
George Boleyn is arrested with other men accused in the case against Anne Boleyn.
George Boleyn is arrested for high treason. Anne Boleyn is imprisoned in the Tower of London
Cranmer wrote a letter to the King expressing his doubts about the queens guilt, highlighting his own esteem for Anne but after it was delivered Cranmer is resigned to the fact that the end of Annes marriage is inevitable
Arrested at the May day jousts in Greenwich & taken to the Tower of London
George Boleyn is arrested for high treason
Francis Weston is arrested for high treason
George Boleyn is arrested for high treason
William Brereton is arrested for high treason
William Brereton is arrested for high treason. Francis Weston is arrested for high treason
George Boleyn is arrested for high treason
William Brereton is arrested for high treason
William Brereton is arrested for high treason. Francis Weston is arrested for high treason
Francis Weston is arrested for high treason
Arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn
Arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn
Thomas Wyatt is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn. Richard Page is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn
Thomas Wyatt is arrested for high treason. Richard Page is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn
Thomas Wyatt is arrested for high treason
Anne Boleyn is indicted for high treason
Anne Boleyn is indicted for high treason
Found guilty of treason & condemned to death
Anne believes Henry will not allow her execution & will send her to a nunnery
Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
Found guilty of treason & condemned to death. Found guilty of treason
Found guilty of treason. Anne believes Henry will not allow her execution & will send her to a nunnery. Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
Ane Boleyn is found guilty & will burned or beheaded according to Henry VIIIs wishes
Accused by Cromwell of adultery with 5 lovers including her brother Lord Rochford
Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn are tried for high treason before a court of peers.
Found guilty & will be burned or beheaded according to Henry VIII's wishes
Cranmer sees Anne in the Tower and hears her confession
Parliament passes an act of attainder against Anne Boleyn and those accused with her before her execution.
Death of Francis Weston, executed
Death of George Boleyn, executed
Death of Henry Norris, executed
Death of Mark Smeaton, executed
Death of William Brereton, executed
George Boleyn is executed
William Brereton os executed
William Brereton is executed. Mark Smeaton is executed. Henry Norriss is executed. George Boleyn is executed. Francis Weston is executed
George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton are executed.
Henry Norriss is executed
Mark Smeaton is executed
Francis Weston is executed
Divorced from Henry VIII
Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn is declared invalid before her execution.
Cranmer annuls Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn before her execution.
Cranmer pronounces Henrys marriage to Anne null & void
Anne Boleyn's execution changes Mary's prospects at court
Buried in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vincula in the Tower, where she remains
Beheaded on Tower Green by a headsman from Calais who uses a sword
Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery
Anne Boleyn is executed
Found guilty of treason. Beheaded on Tower Green by a headsman from Calais who uses a sword
Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery
Anne Boleyn is executed by sword within the Tower of London.
Found guilty of treason
Has Anne Boleyn executed for high treason & adultery
Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour
Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour
A new Parliament passed the second Act of Succession, securing the rights of Queen Janes heirs to the throne
A new Parliament passed the second Act of Succession, securing the rights of Queen Janes heirs to the throne
Marries Jane Seymour, at York Place
Marries Henry VIII, his 3rd wife, the same month Anne Boleyn is executed
A new Parliament passed the second Act of Succession, securing the rights of Queen Janes heirs to the throne
Created Viscount Beauchamp, after Jane Seymour marries Henry VIII
Opening of Henry VIIIs 6th Parliament
Mary is pressured to accept that her parents marriage was invalid
Mary is forced to acknowledge her illegitimacy and submit to Henry VIII
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Cromwells position is now stronger than ever, succeeds Anne Boleyns father, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, as Lord Privy Seal
Raised to the peerage as Baron Cromwell of Wimbledon
The Ten Articles of Protestant faith are passed
The Ten Articles are passed
The Ten Articles of Protestant faith are passed
Parliament extinguishes remaining claims of papal authority within England.
Henry VIIIs 6th Parliament closes
The Ecclesiastical Licences Act replaces papal dispensations with licences granted under royal authority.
Henry VIII is authorised to determine the succession further by letters patent or by will.
The Act confirms Mary remains excluded from the succession alongside Elizabeth.
The Act declares Elizabeth illegitimate and removes her from the line of succession.
The Second Succession Act receives royal assent after the fall and execution of Anne Boleyn.
The Second Succession Act removes both Mary and Elizabeth from the succession after Anne Boleyn's fall.
The succession is vested in any legitimate children Henry VIII may have by Jane Seymour or a later wife.
Death of Henry Fitzroy, of tuberculosis
Death of Henry Fitzroy
Prohibited to exercise or defend papal authority, under penalty of praemunire
Death of Robert Aske
The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed
The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed
The Act of Succession is passed
The Act of Succession, section IX allows Henry to bestow the crown on his daughters
Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymours son Edward VI
Mary is reconciled with Henry VIII after signing the required submission
The Act of Succession is passed
Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymours son Edward VI
Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymours son Edward VI
The Ten Articles define official doctrine for the Church of England under Henry VIII's supremacy.
Cromwell issues royal injunctions to enforce obedience to the king's supremacy in parish life.
The first attempt is made to clarify religious doctrine after the break with Rome, Bishop Edward Foxe, with strong backing from Cromwell and Cranmer, tables proposals in Convocation, which the King later endorses as the Ten Articles and which are printed in August
The first attempt is made to clarify religious doctrine after the break with Rome, Bishop Edward Foxe, with strong backing from Cromwell and Cranmer, tables proposals in Convocation, which the King later endorses as the Ten Articles and which are printed in August
Cromwell circulates an injunctions for the enforcement of the Ten Articles, provoking opposition in September and October in Lincolnshire and then throughout the six northern counties provoking widespread popular and clerical uprisings, which found support among the gentry and even the nobility, collectively known as the Pilgrimage of Grace
Cromwell circulates an injunctions for the enforcement of the Ten Articles, provoking opposition in September and October in Lincolnshire and then throughout the six northern counties provoking widespread popular and clerical uprisings, which found support among the gentry and even the nobility, collectively known as the Pilgrimage of Grace
The Lincolnshire Rising begins at Louth in protest against religious change and royal commissioners.
Death of William Tyndale, executed in the Low Countries
Death of William Tyndale, executed in the Low Countries
William Tyndale is executed in the Low Countries
William Tyndale is executed in the Low Countries
William Tyndale is burnt at the stake for heresy. His final words are, "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes"
Yorkshire rebels who call themselves the "pilgrimage of grace". The rebels demand the restoration of the Popes authority
Many people in northern England had disliked the way in which Henry VIII had cast off Catherine of Aragon, although her successor, Anne Boleyn, had been unpopular as Catherines replacement her execution is undermines the monarchy
The Pilgrimage of Grace begins in Yorkshire under Robert Aske after the failure of the Lincolnshire Rising.
The Pilgrimage of Grace begins in Yorkshire under Robert Aske against religious change and royal policy.
Many people in northern England had disliked the way in which Henry VIII had cast off Catherine of Aragon, although her successor, Anne Boleyn, had been unpopular as Catherine's replacement her execution undermines the monarchy
The Pilgrimage of Grace is a popular rising in York, Yorkshire during 1536, in protest against England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances.
The movement broke out on 13 October 1536, immediately following the failure of the Lincolnshire Rising, and at this point was the term Pilgrimage of Grace used.
Leads a band of nine thousand followers, who entered and occupied York, there he arranges for the expelled monks and nuns to return to their houses; the King's newly installed tenants are driven out and Catholic observance resumed
Robert Aske is chosen to lead the insurgents; he was a London barrister, a resident of the Inns of Court, and the youngest son of Sir Robert Aske of Aughton near Selby.
The success of the rising was so great that the royal leaders, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, opened negotiations with the insurgents at Doncaster, where Aske had assembled between thirty and forty thousand.
The Lincolnshire Rising collapses after Henry VIII orders the rebels to disperse or face royal force.
Robert Aske leads the rebels into York as the movement becomes the largest rising of Henry VIII's reign.
Leaders of the Lincolnshire Rising are executed after the royal government restores control.
Rebels occupy Lincoln and demand an end to religious innovations, taxation and the dissolution of monasteries.
Although the grievances of the rebels were wide-ranging, the most significant was the suppression of the monasteries, blamed on the King's "evil counsellors", principally Cromwell and Cranmer, one of the leaders of the rebellion, Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Darcy, before his execution gave
Cromwell the prophetic warning "others that have been in such favour with King's as you now enjoy have come to the same fate you bring me to"
Cromwells success in Church politics was offset by the fact that his political influence had been weakened by the emergence of a privy council, a body of nobles and office-holders that first came together to suppress the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Rebels gather in the East Riding and the rising spreads beyond its first Yorkshire centres.
Pontefract Castle becomes a major centre of the northern rebellion against Henry VIII's religious policies.
Pontefract Castle becomes a major centre of the northern rebellion against the Crown.
Robert Aske leads the northern rebels into York as the movement gathers wider support.
Henry authorised Norfolk to promise a general pardon and a Parliament to be held at York within a year, as well as a reprieve for the abbeys until the Parliament had met
Henry authorised Norfolk to promise a general pardon and a Parliament to be held at York within a year, as well as a reprieve for the abbeys until the Parliament had met
Cromwells success in Church politics was offset by the fact that his political influence had been weakened by the emergence of a privy council, a body of nobles and office-holders that first came together to suppress the Pilgrimage of Grace
Beginning of the rebellion led by Robert Aske, engulfs the north of England
When the rebellion in the north broke out, Pilgrimage of Grace, Shrewsbury promptly raised forces on his own authority, and his courage and fidelity on this occasion perhaps saved Henrys crown
Appointed Cardinal by Pope Paul III
The Poor Law is enacted
The Poor Law is enacted
The Poor Law is enacted
Orders the arrest of the rebel leaders
The rebels set out demands including restoration of monasteries and removal of Cromwell and other royal councillors.
The rebels set out demands including restoration of monasteries and removal of Thomas Cromwell.
The Duke of Norfolk negotiates with the Pilgrimage of Grace rebels and offers a royal pardon.
The Duke of Norfolk negotiates with the rebels after their forces confront royal troops near Doncaster.
The Pilgrimage of Grace disperses after promises of pardon and a future parliament in the north.
The rebels disperse after promises of a royal pardon and a parliament to consider their grievances.
Jane Seymour announces that she is pregnant
Jane Seymour announces that she is pregnant
Parliament passes the Act against the Popes Authority, which removes the last part of papal authority still legal
Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate
Cromwell convinces Henry Anne had committed incest with her brother
Cromwell convinces Henry Anne had committed incest with her brother
Lord George Rochford is arrested for adultery with Anne Boleyn, Anne's brother
Birth of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Birth of Edward VI, gives birth to Edward VI but dies 12 days later
The Privy Council replaces the King's Council
To pacify the rebels Jane joins Henry VIII on a tour of the north & is crowned in York
Jane Seymour is crowned in York Minster as the nths Catholic Queen
To pacify the rebels Jane joins Henry VIII on a tour of the north & is crowned in York
Death of Thomas Boleyn, executed
The wealth of the Church goes to the crown & Church lands are sold to the new nobility. Cromwell directs the dissolution of the monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales. Decides to dissolve or nationalize the smaller monasteries
Criticizes Henrys divorce & warns of punishment if he defies the Pope
Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate
Death of Thomas Boleyn, executed
Witnesses the execution of his niece, Anne Boleyn
Parliament passes the Act against the Popes Authority, which removes the last part of papal authority still legal
Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate
The Act of Succession is passed. Section IX allows Henry to bestow the crown on one of his daughters. Allowed to appoint his successor if he does not sire a male heir
Coerced into signing an agreement that her parents marriage was invalid
Offers to marry Madeleine the daughter of Francis I but is refused
Parliament approves the marriage to Anne Boleyn & the break with Rome
Parliament completes the break with Rome
Created Lord Cromwell of Wimbledon
Defends royal religious policy during northern rebellion.
Appointed President of the Council of the North
Publication of "Pro Ecclesiasticae Unitatis Defensione"
Helps put down the rebellion of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Puts down the rebellion of the Pilgrimage of Grace
To pacify the rebels Jane joins Henry VIII on a tour of the north & is crowned in York
To pacify the rebels Jane joins Henry VIII on a tour of the north & is crowned in York
Henry sends Norfolk to promise a Parliament & pardon the rebels. Demands that Parliament not be subservient to the Royal will. Demands Mary be legitimized, the Popes authority restored & Church powers returned. Aske believes Henrys promise to open Parliament but the rebels suppressed
Sympathizes with the rebels because she is a Catholic
The Act of Succession is passed. Section IX allows Henry to bestow the crown on one of his daughters. Allowed to appoint his successor if he does not sire a male heir
Parliament passes the Act against the Popes Authority, which removes the last part of papal authority still legal
Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons
Forced to sign an agreement that her parents marriage was invalid & is illegitimate
Declares the King's daughter Princess Elizabeth a bastard. Audley is a witness to the Queens execution, and recommends to Parliament the new Act of Succession, which made Jane Seymours issue legitimate
Forced to sign an agreement that her parents marriage was invalid & is illegitimate
Parliament declares Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate and gives Henry VIII wider authority over the succession; Edward is born the following year.
The Ten Articles were first published in 1536 by Thomas Cranmer. They were the first guidelines of the Church of England as it became independent of Rome
Supports evangelical elements in Henrician reform.
Presides over the trial of Anne Boleyn
Found guilty of adultery with Anne Boleyn & condemned to die by beheading
Earl Marshal at the trial of Anne Boleyn
Presides over the trial of his niece, Anne Boleyn
Found guilty of adultery with Anne Boleyn
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