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1509: | Henry VIII becomes King. He marries Catherine of Aragon |
1516: | Mary I is born |
1517: | Martin Luther launches Reformation by challenging the Catholic Church’s authority over indulgences |
1521: | Henry VIII publishes an attack on Martin Luther, for which he is rewarded by the pope with the title ‘Defender of the Faith’ |
1527: | Henry VIII asks for a divorce from the pope in order to marry Anne Boleyn |
1529: | Opening of the Reformation Parliament |
1530: | Arrest and death of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the King’s chief minister. |
1531: | The church recognises Henry VIII as the ‘Protector and Supreme Head of the English church and clergy, so far as the law of God allows’. The Church is fined for loyalty to the Pope rather than the King. |
1532: | The Submission of the Clergy – the church surrenders its independent legislative (law making) power |
1533: | Secret marriage of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII Thomas Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury The Act in Restraint of Appeals is passed (see Reformation Parliament) Cranmer declares Henry’s marriage to Anne is legal Elizabeth I is born |
1534: | The Act of Succession, the Act of Supremacy and the Treason Act are passed (see Reformation Parliament) |
1535: | Thomas Cromwell is appointed ‘vicegerent in spirituals’, second only to Henry VIII in church matters The execution of Sir Thomas More |
1536: | Execution of Anne Boleyn The dissolution of the monasteries begins The Pilgrimage of Grace challenges the religious changes Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour |
1537: | The first official English Bible is published Edward VI is born |
1540: | Thomas Cromwell is executed The last monasteries are dissolved |
1547: | Death of Henry VIII and accession of Edward VI (Edward rules with the help of a Lord Protector) Henry’s heresy laws are repealed |
1548: | Edward’s government orders images to be removed from churches |
1549: | Act allowing clergy to marry First Edwardian Book of Common Prayer issued |
1553: | Death of Edward VI and accession of Mary I, following the brief ‘reign’ of Lady Jane Grey Repeal of Edward VI’s religious legislation in the 1553 Parliament |
1554: | Wyatt’s rebellion in Kent Royal orders remove all married clergy from their posts Mary I marries Philip of Spain The English church is formally reunited with Rome |
1555: | Church taxes are restored to Rome Burning of the first Protestant martyrs, including two of the Oxford martyrs |
1556: | Burning of former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer in Oxford |
1558: | Death of Mary I, accession of Elizabeth I |
1559: | Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity passed (see 1559 Parliament) Publication of the Elizabethan Prayer Book |
1570: | Elizabeth I is excommunicated – by the Pope |
1571: | All English priests are required by law to follow the teachings of the Church of England (see 1571 Parliament) |
1574 | The first Catholic missionary priests arrive in England |
1581: | New penal laws passed against Catholics |
1587: | The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots |
1588: | The defeat of the Spanish Armada |
1603: | The death of Elizabeth I and accession of James I |
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