AlevelTudorsHenryVIII,1509-1547Key people

1.Henry Tudor /Henry VIII 1.1491-1547(reign,1509-47);LieutenantofIreland; KingofEngland;secondson; marriedCatherine of Aragon;Catholic/Anglican.

2.CatherineofAragon 2.1485-1536;Queen1509-33; Spanish;motherofMary;Catholic;divorced.

3.Mary Tudor /MaryI 3.1516-58(reign,1553-1558); marriedPhilip IIofSpain;Catholic.

4.Anne Boleyn 4.1501-36;Queen,1533-36;motherofElizabeth;Anglican;beheaded.

5.Elizabeth Tudor /Elizabeth I 5.1533-1603 (reign,1558-1603);Anglican.

6.Jane Seymour 6.1508-1537;Queen,1536-37;motherofEdward;Catholic;diedin childbirth.

7.Edward Tudor /Edward VI 7.1537-53 (reign1547-53);Anglican.

8.ThomasWolsey 8.c.1471-1530;LordChancellor; ArchbishopofYork;cardinal;Catholic.

9.ThomasMore 9.1478-1535;LordChancellor; lawyer; humanist Catholic;beheaded.

10.ThomasCranmer 10.1489-1556;ArchbishopofCanterbury;Anglican;burnt atthestake.

11.ThomasCromwell 11.c.1485-1540;LordGreatChamberlain;lawyer;Protestant;beheaded.

12.WilliamWarham 12.c.1450-1532;ArchbishopofCanterbury; Catholic.

13.Francis I 13.1494-1547;King ofFrance(reign1515-47);Catholic.

14.CharlesV 14.1500-1558;HolyRomanEmperor(1519-56);KingofSpain(1516-1556);Catholic.

15.WilliamTyndale 15.c.1494-1536;translatedBibleintoEnglish;Protestant;burntat thestake.

16.MartinLuther 16.1483-1546;GermanfounderofProtestantism.

Henry VIIchronology

1.1509 Death ofHenry VII;accessionofHenry VIII,Apr;Empson andDudley arrested;marriagetoCatherine of Aragon,Jun.

2.1510 AbolitionofCouncilLearnedinLaw;Empson andDudley executed;Wolsey appointedtocouncil.

3.1512 WaragainstFrance;Re-foundation ofSt.Paul’sSchool.

4.1513 BattleofFlodden;BattleoftheSpurs,Tournai.

5.1514 Wolsey appointedArchbishopofYork.

6.1515 Wolsey appointedLordChancellor andcardinal,andbeginsbuildingHamptonCourt.

7.1516 BirthofPrincessMary;More publishesUtopia.

8.1518 TreatyofLondon.

9.1520 FieldoftheClothofGold.

10.1521 ExecutionofBuckingham;TreatyofBruges.

11. 1523 WaragainstFrance.

12.1526 Eltham Ordinances;LeagueofCognac.

13.1528 Legatinecourt investigatesvalidityofHenry’smarriagetoCatherine.

14.1529 FallofWolsey;More appointedLordChancellor;TreatyofCambrai.

15.1532 ResignationofMore;Cromwell’semergence;Cranmer appointedArchbishopofCanterbury.

16.1533 MarriagetoAnne Boleyn;birthofPrincess Elizabeth;PrincessMary declaredillegitimate;ActinRestraintofAppeals.

17.1534 Act of Supremacy.

18.1535 ExecutionofMore.

19.1536 ExecutionofAnne Boleyn; marriagetoJane Seymour;PrincessElizabeth declaredillegitimate;dissolution of themonasteries begins;firstsetofroyalinjunctions;TenArticles;Pilgrimage of Grace.

20.1537 BirthofPrinceEdward; deathofJane Seymour.

21.1538 Secondsetofroyalinjunctions.

22. 1539 SixArticlesAct; firsteditionoftheGreat Bible published.

23.1540 MarriagetoAnne of Cleves;marriagedissolved;executionofCromwell;marriagetoCatherine Howard.

24.1542 Execution ofCatherine Howard;BattleofSolwayMoss.

25.1543 Treaty ofGreenwich;marriagetoCatherine Parr.

26.1544 Reinstatement ofPrincessesMary andElizabeth;invasionofFrance;captureofBoulogne;currencydebasement.

27.1545 BattleofAncrum Moor.

28.1547 DeathofHenry VIII;accession ofEdward VI;Somerset appointedProtector.

Key terms,eventsandideas

1.Roman Catholicism 1.ChurchbasedinItalyledbyPope ofRome;localpowerwithArchbishopsandcardinals.

2.Anglicanism 2.ChurchofEngland.InitiallyCatholic,butlaterProtestant.Monarch asHeadofChurch.

3.Protestantism 3.Anti-Catholic religiousmovementledbyMartinLuther.SpreadtoScotland andGermany.

4.Humanism 4.Renaissance CatholicmovementtopurifytheBible.

5.HolyRomanEmpire 5.LargestEuropeanempire, ledbyCharlesV.

6.NewWorld 6.TheAmericancontinent,mostlyconquered bySpanish,PortugueseandItalianexplorers.

7.Dissolution ofthemonasteries 7.Cromwell’s (asVicarGeneral)attempttobringmonasticfinancesundergovernmentcontrol.

8.King’sGreatMatter 8.TheattempttodivorceCatherineofAragon.

9.Conciliargovernment 9.Awayofgoverningbyusingcouncils,1509-14.

10.AmicableGrants 10.Money raisedbyWolsey in1525topayforwar.Veryunpopular.

11.ActofSupremacy 11.1534lawwhich enshrinedmonarchasHeadofChurchofEngland.

12.GroomoftheStool 12.Mostintimateposition inthePrivyChamber.

13.Field oftheClothofGold 13.1520exhibitionandfestivaltoimpressandbribeFrancisI.

14.Pilgrimage ofGrace 14.1536Yorkshire uprisingagainstthebreakwithRome.

15.Debasement 15.Replacementofsilverwithothermetals incoinsin1544;ledtohigherlivingcosts.