Tudor History

By Freyasz
  • Period: Aug 21, 1485 to Jun 11, 1509

    Henry VII Reign

  • Aug 22, 1485

    Battle of Bosworth

    H7 against Richard III
    5000 men vs 12,000
    Stanley brother secretly on H7 side (also made up 4000/12000 of R3 army)
    Sir William Stanley announces H7 as King
  • Aug 22, 1485

    Navigation Act

    Forbade English merchants loading goods onto foreignships unless no Enlgish ships were available
  • Aug 25, 1485

    Earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland fined £10,000 after BoB

  • Oct 18, 1485

    JP's given power to arrest poachers and hunters

  • Oct 18, 1485

    annual income-12,000

  • Nov 7, 1485

    First meeting in Parliment

    28 Acts of Attainders against Yorkists
    Granted tonnage and poundage for life
    Act of Resumption- returns all crown lands given away after 1455 (WofR)
  • Nov 7, 1485

    Act of Resumption

    returning of all crown lands that had been lost since 1455 in War of Roses
  • 1486

    Lovell Rebellion

    Viscount Lovell and the Stafford Brothers
    wanted to restore Yorkist thone
    attracted little support
    Lovell to Burgundy, Humphrey Stafford captured and Thomas Stafford executed
  • 1486

    Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey imprisoned and attianed

    for supporting Richard III in BoB
    half reversal in 1489 when supporting H7 with Yorkshire rebellion
    full reversal 1492 after supporting H7 in second
  • 1486

    Council set up under Jasper Tudor in Wales

    Arthur names Prince of Wales]
    Wales sine 1301 was ruled by the King's eldest son
  • 1487

    French invasion of Brittany

    French invades Duchy of Britany (the last independent area of France)
    Due to Duke of Francis II dying with no male heir
  • 1487

    Lambert Simnel

    Arranged by Earl of Lincoln- Yorkist Consipiracy
    impersonated Earl of Warwick
    Crowned King of E in May 1487
    H7 had the real EofW
    H7 neutralises Yorkist supprt by appointing EofNorthumberland
    Battle of Stoke June 1487 - EofL dead
    Simnel put to kings kitchen and then Kings Eagle
  • 1487

    Battle of Stoke

    Lambert Simnel rebellion's downfall
  • 1487

    Treaty with HRE

    better security
    less chance on invasion as backed by the Empire
  • 1487

    Second Parliment meeting

    passes laws against retaining
  • 1487

    Marquis of Dorset placed under £10,000 bond after suspected involvement with Simmel

  • 1489

    Treaty of Redon

    H7 agrees to support the claim of Duke Francis daughter (duchess Anne)
    Felt he owed it to Brittany as they offered protection whilst in excile
    H7 nervous that he would antagonise France
  • 1489

    Yorkshire rebellion

    parlt. voted for £100,000 in taxes for war with Brittany. Only £27,000 raised
    Yorkshire hit with bad harvest
    henru percy EoNorthumberland pleases to king- returned to rebellion with no success- murdered
    Earl of Surrey put down rebels eaily
    success but never collected tax quota
  • Mar 28, 1489

    Treaty of Medina del Campo

    Ferdinand and Isabella recognise H7 as King
    ended trade restiriction
    CoA to marry Arthur
    Agree to go to war against France to recover Normandy and Aquitane
  • 1491

    Breton Crisis

    6000 volunteers sent to Brittany
    Anne surrendered to French by agreeing marriage to Charles VIII
    End of Brittany independence
  • 1491

    Warbeck impersonated Richard in Ireland

  • 1491

    JP's given power to grant bail

  • Period: 1491 to 1499

    Perkin Warbeck

    Claimed to be Richard, Duke of York (one of the princes in the tower)
    demonstrated how fragile H7 position was
    Hugely supported by scotland when arriving in 1495
  • 1492

    Treaty of Etaples

    England leads 12,000 troops to Brittany in the final stages of the war
    Agreement to remove troops form all French soil except Calais
    France to pay E 745,000 crowns
  • 1493

    Trade embargo on Burgundy

    Massive risk in order to force Burgundy to force Warbeck out and stop their support
  • 1495

    Holy League/League of Venince)

    set up as a means of dealing with France during the italianwar
    England pressured into becoming involved in European affairs
  • 1495

    JP's given power to vet juries

  • 1495

    Council Learned in Law established

    replaces use of star chamber to control nobility
    small body of legally trained proffesionals
    led by Bray until his death in 1503
    taken over by Epson and Dudley
  • 1496

    Intercursus Magnus

    free trade deal with Burgundy except Flanders
    By 1509 E was exporting over half of total cloth exports in Europe
    production of cloth up 60% (1485-1509)
    Philip to not support Warbeck
  • 1497

    Treaty of Ayton

    Scots to stop supporting Warbeck
    First agreement of its kind w scotland since 1328
    after Warbecks execution it became a full peace treaty
  • 1497

    Intercurus Malus

    Burgundy to give EofSuffolk back but fails
    H7 to pay £158,000 and promise not to execute him
    Marriages;
    - H7 to Margaret of Austria
    - Prince Henry to Elanor of Burgundy
    - Princess Mary to Charles of Burgundy
    allows English cloth to be exported without duty
    seen as too generous for England so reverted in 1507
  • 1497

    Cornish rebellion

    parlt voted £120,000 in taxes for war with Scotland
    15,000 rebels marched to london were stopped outside exeter
    Battle of Blackheath
    1,000 rebels killed
  • 1501

    Marriage of Arthur and CofA

  • 1502

    Treaty of Perpetual Peace

    James and Margaret marry
    Truce extended
  • Apr 2, 1502

    Arthur dies

  • 1503

    Queen Elizabeth dies

  • 1504

    Death of ISabella of Spain

  • 1504

    King's printer was establised

  • 1505

    Treaty of Blois

    Aragon and Frnace
    Ferdinand married Louis XII's niece Germaine de Foix
    French helped Aragon fight Philip of Castille
  • 1506

    Edmund de a Pole, Earl of Suffolk

    lived in exile from 1498 to 1506 under Margaret of Burgundy protection
    When he returned to E, he was executed
    eliminated the last of the remaining threats to H7 (legitimacy wise)
  • 1507

    Lord Burgavenny fined £70,000 for retaining 471 men

    placed under bond of £5000 p/a for 10 years
  • 1508

    League of Cambrai

    Louis XII and Spain main players
    England isolated form European affairs
    As H7 health declining- isolation is a good thing
  • 1509

    Henry passes 51 acts of attainders since 1504

  • Apr 22, 1509

    Henry VII dies

  • Jun 11, 1509

    Henry VIII and CofA marriage

  • Period: Jun 11, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII Reign

  • Period: Jun 11, 1509 to 1529

    Henry VIII- Wolsey

  • 1510

    First H8 parliment

    abolished council learned in law
  • 1511

    Anglo Spanish Agreement

    to attack France
    joint plan with Ferdinadn to regain lost land in Aquitaine
  • 1512

    First expedition to France

    failed
  • 1512

    Start of 1st Anglo-French war

    April- Henry sends 12,000 tropps under Marquis of Dorset to Bayonee in Aquitaine
    Ferdinand uses E as a diversion to attack Navarre
    Military disaster in Gascony
    failure for E as no land captured
  • 1513

    Battle of Flooden

    Vs Scotland
    Catherine in charge at time, James IV took advantage of H8 in F and tries to invade E
    Led by Earl of Surrey
    England lost 1,500 men
    Scotland lost 10,000 and James IV
  • 1513

    Battle of the Spurs

    Henry personally leads 30,000 ment to Calais
    Captures Tournai and Therouanne with little resistance
    Therouanne given to Mavimillian
    Tournai garrisoned until 1518 (expensive)
    no financial gain
  • 1514

    Wolsey appointed AB of York

  • 1514

    Treaty of Saint Germain en Laye (AngloFrench Treaty)

    Henry spent £960,000 on war (1511-13)
    Ordinary income was £110,000
    so financially pushed into peace
  • 1515

    Second expedition to France

    materminded by Wolsey
    Bictory at battle of Spurs
    captured Tounai and Therouanne
  • 1515

    Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor, made Cardinal

  • 1515

    Death of Louis XII of France

    Francis I succeeds and immediately invades North Italy
  • 1515

    Act of resumption

    by beginign of H8 reign, income stood at £25,000 p/a
    act restored some of lands given away by H8 at the start of his reign
  • 1516

    Death of Ferdinand of Aragon

    Charles V succeeds throne of Spain
    not fully HRE until 1519
  • 1517

    Peace of Cambrai

    Francis sends scottish claimant Duke of Albany to overthrow scottish regency Margaret
    Peace agreement signed by Ferdinand, Maximillian and Francis
    England not included- Wolsey aim of E being centre of European dipolmacy failing
  • 1518

    Wolsey made Papal Legate

  • 1518

    Court of Request esablished

    popular due to low cost and quick decisions
  • 1518

    Treaty of London

    20 countries agree on peace
    organised by Wolsey
    England returned Tournai to France for a pension
    Mary betrothed to French Dauphin
    Wolsey recieved title of papal Legate
  • 1520

    Field of the Cloth of Gold

    England and France
    3,000 notable from each country
    lasted 14 days
    Little achieved
  • 1521

    Wolsey arranged a meeting with HRE

    England agreed to meet to invade France
  • 1522

    Mary I promised to Charles V

  • 1523

    Treaty of Bolougne

    after french attacks, HRE, Bourbon and E plan a attack.
    400,000 troops led under Suffolk
    lack of supplies and bad weather
    Wolsey saw the failure and called a treaty
  • 1523

    Parlt. demanded subsidy of over £800,000 for war with France

    only £150,000 collected
  • 1524

    200 knightly families

  • 1525

    Amicable Grant

    demanded the funds for war with Frane
    lergy were expected to pay a tax of 1/3 of their goods
    most other subjects to pay 1/6
    sparked rebellion in Lavenham, Suffolk (4000 supporters)
    eventually grant was abandoned
  • 1525

    Battle of Pavia

    Charles victory at Pavia
    Francis I captured
    Charles V calls of marriage with Mary
    Anglo-imperial (HRE) alliance on rocks
  • 1525

    Treaty of More

    Henry gives up all rights of English Kings to the French throne
    diplomatic soloution undermined by Wolsey
  • 1526

    Eltham Ordinances

    Financial reforms of the privy council organised by wolsey
    reduction in the number of men in privy council
    removal of the groom of the stoll
    Sir William Compton replaced by more compliant Henry Norris
  • 1526

    Treaty of Cognac

    Allied with France and several Italian states
    Wolsey helped establish and finance it but E never joined
  • 1527

    Sack of Rome

    Charles V sacked rome and captured it
  • 1529

    Ottomans besiege Vienna

    Protestant allies
  • 1531

    Schmaklaldic League formed

    Charles V lookung for possible protestant allies such as German states
    Cromwell made overtures to the league but never agreed on an anti-hasburg/ france alliance
  • 1531

    Impotent beggars allowed to beg with a license

    fined otherwise
  • 1532

    First Act of Annates

    Banned payments of annates to Rome
  • Period: 1532 to 1540

    Henry VIII- Cromwell

  • 1533

    Act in Restraint in Appeals to Rome

    based on book Collectanea Satis Copiosa- a series of writings justifying England's independence form ROme
    Rome no longer had matrimonial cases
    Cramner declares H8 and CoA's marriage null
  • 1534

    Second Act of Annates

    Abbots and bishops were appointed by the king not the pope
  • 1534

    Act to Stop Peter's Pence

    Abolished the payments of taxation to rome
  • 1534

    Act of the Submission of the Clergy

    appeals in ecclesiastical matters to be handled in Kings court not the AB's
  • 1534

    First Act of Succession

    H8 and CoA marriage invalid
    treasonable offence to question the marriage to Anne B
    confirms Elizabeth as her
    declares Mary illegitimate
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Henry Supreme Head of the Church of Engand
  • 1534

    Treason Act

    Treason in word and deed
  • 1534

    Act for First Fruits and Tenths

    clerical taxes would go to the king not the pope
  • 1535

    Valor Ecclesiasticus

    Survey into the weath and condition of the church
  • 1535

    Execution of the Carthusian monks

    Bishop fisher (june) and Sir thomas more (july)
    much opposition ot the break with rome quashed
  • 1536

    Act for Dissolution of Lesser Monastries

    monastries worth under £200 shut down
  • 1536

    Act of 10 Artices

    holy scriptures and 3 creeds are the basis of Christian faith
    baptism conveys remission of sins for both adults and children
    images are useful as remembrances but not objects of worship
    saints to be honoured as examples of life and furthering prayers
  • 1536

    Thomas Fitzgerald/10th Earl of Kildare

    led rebellion after supremacy act
    annonced support for pope and Charles V
    rebellion bruitally put down
    Fitzgerald removed form being Lord Deputies
  • 1536

    Royal Injunctions

    Defend Royal supremacy in sermons
    abandon pilgrimages
  • 1536

    Laws in Wales Act

    divided wales into shire counties, operated on the same basis as England counterparts, gave the welsh direct representation in the House of commons for the first time ever, brought wales under same legal framework as England
  • 1536

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    causes; dissolution of monastires, 1536 injunctions attacking religious practices, ordinary rebels also resented taxation
    events; Began Oct 1536, in Louth, Lincolnshire.
    Led by Robert Aske and 18 gentry.
    Grew to a 40,000 strong rebellion.
    H8 gave a pardon to all rebels if they dispersed.
    Fresh rebellions in Jan 1537, excuse to arrest and execute rebel leaders, including Robert Aske (hanged in York).
  • 1537

    Protestant 'Matthew's Bible' published

    written by Thomas Matthew
  • 1538

    Pope Excommunicated H8

  • 1538

    Truce of Nice

    Between Charles V and Francis I
    England feared an invasion by 2 catholic nations
    partial motive for 6 articles
  • 1538

    More Royal Injucntions

    all births, marriages and deaths to be registered in parish
    relics wer to be removed from church
    english bible to be in every church within 2 years
  • 1539

    dissolution of greater monastires

  • 1539

    Act of 6 articles

    Transubsination is back- God really present udner the form of wine and bread
    dont have to take transubsination to go to heaven
    priest unable to marry
    no premarital sex
    private mass will continue in English
    must confess for soul to be sanctified
  • 1539

    Publication of Great bible

  • 1540

    around 5,000 genry families in England

  • 1542

    Battle of Solway Moss

    Duke of Norfolk led campaing
    1,000 scottish prisioners were taken
    James V ill during battle and dies weeks later
    leaves crown for 1 week old MQoS
  • 1543

    Treaty of Greenwich

    rejected by Scottish Parliment
    included plan to unite kingdoms
    causes Rough Wooing
  • 1543

    42 articles

    Published by Cramner, laid out the considerably protestant doctrine of the church
  • 1544

    Earl of Herford led series of raids across Scottish Border

    as far as Edinburgh
    Part of Rough wooing
  • 1544

    Treaty of Crepy

    between Charles V and Francis for peace
    meanwhile, Henry and 48,000 ment to Calais to capture Bouogne
  • 1544

    3rd succesion Act

    reinstated Mary and Elizabeth into the succession
    reaffirms H8 can determine succession by will
  • 1545

    Chantries Act

    passed though not enforced, allowed for dissolution of chantries
  • 1546

    Treaty of Ardes

    renewal of pension money agreed form 1475
    when Louis XI promised annual £10,000 to Edward IV
    Bolougne would be returned to France in 1554
    War in France cost H8 £2,000,000
  • 1546

    Anne Askew burned for denying transubsination

    evidence fo h8 commitment to protestantism
  • 1546

    70% of northern wills left money to their parish

    in comparison 32% left money to their parish under Edward's reign
    1540-1546
    Christopher Haigh's figures
  • 1547

    Somerset invades Scotland

    with a force of 16,000 men, 4,000 cavalry, 30 warships and 50 supply ships
  • 1547

    Chantries act

    Simialr to the 1545 act under H8,
    sold chantries for financial reasons, not religious
    ended around 2,400 chantries
  • 1547

    Denunciation of images

    in london
    did not order the destruction fo images but led to widespread iconclasm
  • 1547

    Act of 6 articles

    heresy laws and the treasin act were all repealed
    Government stripped itself of the powers to punish outburts of anti catholic, iconclasm and destruction of catholic alters
    chantries act passes
  • 1547

    £2.1 million in total expenses

    from 1544-47
    raised £650,000 in subsides
    £270,000 forced loans
    deep financial problems for Edward
  • 1547

    Battle of Pinkie

    one of somersets only successes
    victory agasint the scots- crosses the border
  • 1547

    Vagrancy act

    ordered the church and local authorities to provide releif for the impotent poor
    any idle pooer unemployed for more than 3 days were considered a vagrant
    1st offence: sold into slavery for 2 years
    2nd offence: sold into lifelong slavery
    3rd offence: death penanly
    never properly implemented
  • 1547

    Royal Injunctions

    condemned many traditional Catholic practices such as supersition and the veneration of images, bibile reading in English was permitted for all
    Bishop Gardiner imprisoned for refusing to accept
  • 1547

    Funds collected through churches used to assist impotent beggars

    Idley unemployed were considered vagrants on 1st offence, branded, and sold into slavery
    2nd offence sold into life long slavelry
    3rd offence death penalty
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Edward VI Reign

  • Feb 4, 1547

    Somerset awards himself Lord Protector

  • Feb 4, 1547

    Somerset awards himself Lord Protector

  • 1548

    10,000 French troops arrived in Scotand

  • 1548

    Poor harvest

  • 1548

    Procomlation enforcing all previous statues agaisnt enclosures

    continuity with wolsey
    somerset becomes 'a friend to the poor'
    commision under John Hale to inveestigate cases of enclosrues in midlands
  • 1548

    All church images banned

  • 1549

    French withdrew from Scotland

  • 1549

    tax on sheep

    5% tax on sheep
  • 1549

    Ketts rebellion

    East Anglia
    causes: belief that local officials where abusing commoners, some religious motives such as request for removal of inadequate clergy
    Began 8th July, led by Robert Kett, his enclosures were attacked but he joined in
    16,000 strong rebellion established in Mousehold Heath
    York Herald offered parson to rebels who dispersed
    Earl of Warwick arrived with 12,000 men, 1000 foreign mercenaries,
    Rebels crushed and 3000 killed.
    Kett execited along with 49 others
  • 1549

    25 english garrisons constructed around Scottish border

    1547-49
    Further 14 planned
    had to remain at the border as england didnt have the economic or military power to push furhter in for an invasion
  • 1549

    Western Rebellion

    Devon and Cornwall
    Causes: iconclasm of church images, outrage at the 1549 book of common prayer (too protestant), resentment of the march 1549 sheep tax
    11th June led by Humphrey Arundell to start Devon rebellion
    Local gentry unable to deal with rebels
    Lord Russel ordered to find a solution
    6,000 armed rebels in Exeter
    Rebles take Exeter, hold it for 6 weeks
    Rebels defeated at Clyst Heath 6th Aug
    over 3,000 rebels killed
  • 1549

    Act of Uniformity

    banned latin mass, enforced the book of common prayer as official liturgy of church
    Sparked western rebelllion
  • 1550

    Debasment

    silver coins were 75% copper
  • 1550

    Henry II recaptures Boulogne

  • 1550

    Tax on sheep repealed

    unpopular
  • 1550

    New treason act

    reimposed cencorship and helped to restore law and order
  • 1550

    Charles V caused a collapse in the Antwerp cloth market

  • Mar 28, 1550

    Treaty of Boulogne

    England gave up control of Boulogne for 400,000 crowns
    England removed all troops from Scotland
    Planned marriage between Edward and Henry 2 daughter Elixabeth
    Engand and France formed a defensive alliance
  • 1551

    Treaty of Norham

    England abandoned all holdings in Scotland, border lines reverted to their originals
  • 1551

    Coinage debased for the last time

  • 1551

    Removal of catholic bishops

    such as Gardiner, Bonner, Day, Heath and Tunstall
    replaced by protestants such as Ridley, Hooper and Ponet
  • 1552

    Began reminting the coinage as its 1527 levels

    to tackle the already existing inflation
  • 1552

    New poor law

    gave parishes a responsibility to collect funds for the diserving/impotent poor
  • 1552

    Trade companies set up by Sebastian Cabot

    to find north east passage to the american continent
  • 1552

    Second book of common prayer

    removed all traces of catholicism
    confirmed consubtantiation
  • 1552

    Parliamentary religious changes

    New treason act- an offence to question royal supremacy or any belief of the CoE
    Second act of uniformity- an offence for clergy to not attend CoE services
    Enforced the 2nd book of common prayer
  • 1553

    Proclomation refuting the use of force for religious conformity

  • 1553

    AB Cranmer arrested

    Latimer, Hooper, Ridley and Rogers imprisoned
  • 1553

    Mary's first parliament

    removed all religious legislation passed under Edward
  • 1553

    End of Edward Reign finance stats;

    somerset spent £600,000 on wars with Scotland and France
    Garrisons cost £200,000 per year
  • 1553

    Financial situation stabalised

    however, parliament voted agaisnt taxes and another £140,000 worth of crown lands were sold
  • Jul 6, 1553

    Edward dies

  • Jul 9, 1553

    Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen

  • Period: Jul 18, 1553 to 1558

    Mary I Reign

  • Jul 19, 1553

    Mary I declared Queen by the council

  • Jul 20, 1553

    Nothumberland declares Mary I Queen

  • Aug 22, 1553

    Northumberland executed for treason

  • 1554

    Wyatt rebellion

    Causes: marriage treaty between Mary and Philip, xenophobia towards spanish, decline in cloth industries (poor able to express grief)
    Planned in Nov, 1553- simultaneous risings in Devon, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and Kent
    only Wyatt in Kent able to raise serious army of 4000
    Indecisivness of wyatt caused delay- Mary gives speech rallying for support
    REbels stopped at London Bridge
    Wyatt surrenders
    LJG execited as her dad supported, Liz imprisoned for 'impication' in rebellion
  • 1554

    Around 800 protestants fled to continent (marian exciles)

  • 1554

    Marriage treaty between Mary and Philip II

    caused Wyatt rebellion
  • 1554

    Mass exodus of 800 protestnats to Germany and Switzerland

  • 1554

    Royal injunctions

    ordered bishops to supress heresy, removed married clergy
    10-25% of clergy deprived ability to marry
  • 1554

    second act of repeal

    undid all anti-papal legislation since 1529
  • 1554

    Parlimentary religious changes

    refused to repeal 1534 AoS
    Passed the first act of repeal which undid all Edwardian religious reformation, reinstated mass, ritual worship and clerical celibacy
    Church was restored to 1547 Act of 6 articles
  • 1555

    Worst harvests of the century

    1555-1556
    due to heavy rain, caused unprecedented rises in the prices of grain and widespread famine
  • 1555

    Bishop Bonner's Book of Homilies published

  • 1555

    Reginald pole named AB of Canterbury

  • 1556

    Alliance between France and papacy

    reopens Hasburg-Valois war
  • 1557

    England declared war on France

  • 1557

    Victory for Philip II at the siege of St Quentin

    assisted by 5,000 english tropps
    Spain too financially exhausted to follow this up
  • 1558

    Book of rates introduced

    to improve crown income from custom duties
  • 1558

    Arms act

    established better procedures for supplying weapons to the Royal Army
  • 1558

    French capture Calais

    2,700 French troops against 2,000 English troops
    Philip makes no effort to help
  • 1558

    Leader of Armada, Duke of Medina Sidonia took Armada on suicidal route

    through west coast of ireland and north coast of Scotland
    spanish ships too big, not agile, unfit for the channel and route taken
  • 1558

    Trade by 1558

    Dominated by london-antwerp cloth trade; accounted for 75% of all English exports, brought in £35,000 per annum
    Muscovy company set up in Mary reign by Willoughby and Chancellor, had limited success in breaking trade monopoly of Hanseatic Leagie in the Baltic but trade estimated at £25,000 p/a
  • 1558

    Malitia act

    laid down a system of Commissioners of Muster to organise the recruitment of local militias in wartime
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I Reign

  • Nov 17, 1558

    Nicholas Heath proclaimed Liz's succession to Parlt.

    had no right to do so but showed Parlt. consented to the succession
  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    Rejected papal supremacy and declares Liz as Supreme GOVENOR of CofE
    Communion of both kinds are permitted
  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity

    Imposed the 1552 prayer book with modifications
    communion worder by both 1549 and 52 prayer boks
    Recusant fines introduced for those who failed (12p) to attent services
    Black Rubic in communion had been removed (protestants angered)
  • 1559

    Act of Exchange

    Gave Liz the rifht to take over property owned by Bishops
    used as a threat to keep opposing bishops in line
  • 1559

    Royal Injunctions

    57 instructions to set futher guidlines for the reformed faith
    English bible in every church, reiterted clergy to wear 1549 vestments , wafer to be used in communion instead of bread, pilgrimages outlawd, no alters to be destroyed
  • 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    Rejected papal supremacy
    Liz to be Supreme Governor of CoE
    Oath of loyalty imposed for all clergy
    around 4% lower clergy refused
  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity

    imposed the 1552 prayer book with some modifications
    wording of communion was mixture of 1549 and 1552 prayer book
    failure to attent services; were deemed a recusant and ordered to pay 12d - purposefully lenient
    kneeling part of communion Black Rubric removed (angered prots)
    passed by 3 votes in House of Lords, manipulated: White and Watson sent to prision and futher 2 executed
  • 1559

    Act of Exchange

    gave liz the right to take over property once owned by the Bishops
    used more as a threat to keep bishops in line who criticised settlement
  • 1559

    Royal injunctions

    57 instructions to set out further guidelines for the reformed faith
    English bible placed in every church
    wafer to be used at communion instead of bread
    pilgrimages outlawed
    no more alters to be destroyed
  • 1559

    Protestant revolt began in Scotland

    French force of 9,500 troops prepared to enter Scotland in defence
    Cecil persauded privy council to send aid of £5000 to Scottish protestants
  • 1559

    Treaty of Cataeu- Cambresis

    between France and Spain
    Struggle for the control of Italy, leaving Habsburg Spain the dominant power there for the next 150 years. In the last phase of the war, fought mostly outside of Italy, France was beaten at the battles of Saint-Quentin (1557) and Gravelines (1558)
  • 1559

    Philip proposed to Elizabeth, she refused

  • Jan 17, 1559

    Liz offically crowned queen

  • 1560

    Treaty of Edinburgh

    all english and french troops removed from scotland
    MQoS recognised Liz as Queen of England
    Freedom of worship was permitted in Scotland, success for cecil who masterminded intervention
  • 1560

    Liz proclaimed Supreme Governor of Church of England

  • 1560

    Vestiarian controversy

    several bishops refused to wear catholic vestments stated in 2559 AoU
    AB Parker and 5 other bishops issued the Advertisments in March 1566 stating uniformity in appearance and insisting on the surplice and cope
    37 London clergymen refused to obey and were dismissed from their posts
  • 1563

    39 Articles

    laid down the doctrine of the church, based on the 42 artices of Edward's Reign
    passed in 1563 made law in 1571
  • 1563

    39 articles

    laid down the doctrine of church
    passed in 1563, made law in 1571
    based on 42 articles of Edward's reign
  • 1563

    Philips gov, in the netherlands banned imports of English cloth

    Liz retaliated by banning imports from the Netherlands, both backed down in 1564
  • 1563

    Statue of Atrificers

    aimed to enforce potential workers to take on 7 year apprenticeships, enforce a minumum period on one year for any workers jobs, and to fix wages and prices
    enforced by JPs
  • 1564

    Treaty of Troyes

    ended all English involvement in the Wars of religion
    England gave up the right to Calais for 120,000 crowns
  • 1567

    Duke alba's leading of 10,000 soliders to Netherlands increased fear of catholic invasion

  • 1567

    pope instructs English Catholics not to attent angelican servies

  • 1569

    Northern Rebellion

    took place in Durham and North Yorkshire
    De Spes (spanish ambassador) encouded MQoS to rebel
    Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland involved
    Eof Suffolk sent to disperse 4,600 rebels
    800 executed
  • 1569

    Northern Rebellion

    Durham and north yorkshire
    spanish ambassador De Spes encouraged MQoS to rebel
    DoNorfolk, enemy of cecil, gathered support from nobles
    Early of Northumberland and Westmoreland heavily involved
    4,600 rebels vs 7,000 Liz forces under Earl of Suffolk
    Took Durham, dispersed when faced with Liz's forces.
    800 executed
  • 1569

    Liz considers marriage to duke of Alencon

    heir to French throne
  • 1570

    Pope Pius V excommunicated Liz

    all English Catholics were free of any oaths of loyalty to her
  • 1570

    Elizabeth excommunicated by Pope Pius V

  • 1570

    Drake raids spanish ships and gives earnings to Liz

  • 1571

    New Treason Act

    denial of Liz's supremacy of the importation of the popes excommunication punishable by death
  • 1571

    Ridolfi Plot

    conspiracy to marry MQoS to Duke of Norfolk
    led by Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland
    cecil able to secure execution of Norfolk throgh the 1572 parlt.
    De Spes expelled form England
    Mary kept in prisoin
    Northumberland executed (72) Westmorland fled to court of the Spanish Netherlands
  • 1571

    Stricklands bill

    Walter Stricklnad
    new book of common prayer similar to 1559 book- remove all catholic aspects
    Never discussed
  • 1572

    St Bartholomew Day massacre

    In France
    fear French Catholics would turn their attention to heresy in England
  • 1572

    Treaty of Blois

    replaced the idea of marriage with a formal anglo-france defensive alliance against Spain
  • 1572

    Liz states that no religious matter to be debated in parlt. without her permission

  • 1572

    The poor relief act

    donations to impotent poor became compulsory, better distrinction between genuinley unemployed and idle poor
  • 1572

    admonition to parlt.

    puritants published compliant about churched called " "
    criticised CoE stucture- episcopacy, and doctrine too catholic
    authors; Thomas Wilcox and john Field put in prision
  • 1576

    Houses of correction established

    punished those who refused to work, JPS ordered to buy raw materials to provide work for able-bodied workers
  • Nov 8, 1576

    Pacification of the Ghent

    all Dutch provinces formed an alliance to help expel Spanish mercenaries
  • 1580

    Emergence of first Jesuits

    Edmund Campion and Robert Parsons
    Jesuits set out to destroy heresy
  • 1581

    Act to retain the Queens majesty's subjects in their due obedience

    failure to attend mass incurred a 200 mark fine and a years imprisonment
    failure to attend church incurred a £20 monthly fine
  • 1581

    Elizabeth funds Dutch rebels in resisting Parma

    belief he was on a religious catholic crucade
  • 1582

    1939 known recusants

  • John Whitgift, AB of Canterbury issed 3 articles that all clergy to follow

    Acknowledge Royal supremacy, accept book of common prayer, acceptance of 39 articles
    around 300 ministers were suspended in the south of enganld for refusing to accept
  • Throckmorton plot

    francis throckmorton, English catholic
    acted as intermediate between Mary and Spanich ambassador, Medoza
    Planned foreign landing in Sussex to overthrow Liz- replaced by MQoS
    Sir Francis Walsingham;s espionage network helped to foil the plan
    led to creation of Bond of Association- all signatories execute anybody who attempt to usurp the throne - successful or unsuccessful
  • Rebel leaded, William Orange, assassinated

  • Treaty of Joinville

    Huguenot Henry of Navarre next in line for French throne, French catholic league signed treaty with Spain
  • Act against Jesuits, seminary priests and other disobedient persons

    all catholic preists enforced to leave the country within 40 days otherwise they would be deemed as high treason
    most of the 150 preists executed in Elizabeths reign were convicted under this act
  • The £300,000 debt left by Mary had been paid off

    additionally, Liz had built up a reserve of another £300,000
    solved by Cecil and Winchester
  • Treaty of Nonsuch

    with dutch rebels
    agreed to send 7,000 troops under Eof Leciester to help rebels resits Parma
    (unofficial start to the Anglo-Spanish war)
  • Babington Plot

    Anthony Babington sent a letter to MQoS outlining the assasination of Liz
    Exposed bu Walsingham's codebreaker Thomas Phelippes
    Babington executed and MQoS arrested
  • Successful English attack on Spanish ships at harbour in Cadiz

  • Duke of medina sidonia took the armada on a suicidal route

    leader of Armada
    route through the West Coast of Ireland and North Coast of Scotland
    Spanish ships were ill equiped for shallow chanel as they were large and not agile
  • Armada campaign; £161,000

  • 31 catholic preists executed

  • Battle of Gravelines

    off the coast of france
    British navy defeats Spanish armada
  • cost of war;

    £4.5 million
    £200k per year x6
  • Drake led 15,000 men and 130 ships to counter attack in Portugal

    failed
    no portugese support, failed to capture Lisbon, many men lost to disease
  • Campaign in France; £580,000

  • Period: to

    4 successive bad harvests

  • Food riots in London and South East

    due to inflation, poor harvests, high taxations and the effects of the war with spain
  • Earl of Tyrone

    looking to exploit the Spanish situation by including Irish contingent in the Armada of 1596
  • Period: to

    Subsistence crisis

  • Act for the Relief of the poor

    confirmed compulsory poor rate. Each county had to have at least one house of correction. impotent poor were to be provided for, vagrants treated harshly
  • War with Netherlands; £2 million

  • Battle of Yellow Ford

    won by 6,000 Ulster revels
    Tyrone rebellion
  • Earl of Essex sent to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant

    Essex disobeyed Queen's orders, made a truce with Tyrone and returned to court
  • population of London; 200,000

    1520; 60,000
  • Elizabethian poor law

    amended version of 1597 act
    clear distinction between genuine poor and idle poor, remained substantially intact until 1843
  • 3,000 Spanish troops landed in Kinsdale Ireland

  • estimated 10% population had catholic sympathies, 2% active recustants

  • Essex rebellion

    essex resented Cecil, planned an armed coup to remove him and his supporters
    Court based primarily, little support amongst commoners
    disproportionate numbeer of Welshmen implicated
    Essex quickly discovered by Cecil
    was tried and executed 1601 Feb
  • English triios triumphed with 7000 troops led by mountjoy agaisnt Irish

  • Cost £2million to repress the Irish

    1599-1603
  • Sale of crown lands brought in £600,000 across her reign

    but reduced the general financial basis of the monarchy
  • Population- 4 million