Jasper Ridley - A Brief History of the Tudor Age

1485

Henry Tudor defeats and kills Richard III at Bosworth and becomes King Henry VII. Sweating sickness appears in London.

14867

Revolt of Lambert Simnel and the Earl of Lincoln suppressed by Henry VII.

1489

Henry VII refuses to finance Columbuss voyage across the Atlantic.

14901510

Extensive building in brick, with new building methods.

1492

Henry VIIs expedition to Boulogne. Treaty of Etaples.

1494

Syphilis first appears in Naples.

1495

Execution of Sir William Stanley.

14957

Perkin Warbecks invasions of England.

1496

Statute of Labourers regulates wages and hours of work.

1497

John Cabot sails to Newfoundland. Building of Canterbury Cathedral tower completed.

1498

Sheen Palace burned; rebuilt as Richmond Palace.

1499

Execution of Perkin Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick.

1501

Marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales, to Catherine of Aragon.

1502

Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales.

1509

Death of Henry VII. Accession of Henry VIII, who marries Catherine of Aragon.

1510

New Sumptuary Law regulates the dress to be worn by the different classes.

1512

Wolsey becomes Henry VIIIs chief minister. Expedition to Fuentarrabia; English troops mutiny because of lack of beer. College of Physicians founded.

1513

Henry VIII invades France; the Earl of Surrey defeats and kills James IV of Scotland at Flodden.

1514

Marriage of Henry VIIIs sister Mary to Louis XII of France. Wolsey begins to build Hampton Court and York Place (later Whitehall).

1515

Henry VIIIs sister Mary marries the Duke of Suffolk.

1516

Sir Thomas Mores book Utopia published. Birth of Henry VIIIs daughter Mary.

151718

Virulent outbreak of the sweating sickness in England.

151921

Magellans expedition from Spain sails round the world.

1520

Henry VIII meets Francis I of France at the Field of Cloth-of-gold.

1521

Execution of the Duke of Buckingham.

1525

William Tyndale translates the New Testament into English; it is illegally smuggled into England from the Netherlands.

152530

Anne Boleyn introduces the fashion of the French hood for women.

1527

Henry VIII begins divorce proceedings against Catherine of Aragon.

1528

Renewed outbreak of sweating sickness.

1529

Fall of Wolsey. The Reformation Parliament meets.

(1529?)

Morality play, Everyman, performed.

1530

Intensification of the suppression of the English Bible. New severe legislation against vagabonds. Death of Wolsey, while being brought as a prisoner to London.

153040

Bishop Vesey builds houses for labourers in Sutton Coldfield.

1531

Henry VIII separates from Catherine of Aragon, and Anne Boleyn lives with him as his mistress.

1533

Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn, who becomes Queen. Repudiation of Papal supremacy over the Church of England. Birth of Henry VIIIs daughter, the future Elizabeth I. Thomas Cromwell becomes Henry VIIIs chief minister.

1535

Execution of Bishop Fisher, Sir Thomas More, and the Carthusian monks. Henry VIII cuts his hair short and grows a beard. Nicholas Udalls play, Ralph Roister Doister, performed.

1536

Execution of Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour.

15369

Suppression of monasteries.