Henry VIII Key Dates Flashcards
When did Henry become King
1509
When did Wolsey become a member of the Royal Council and as what position
1509 as Royal Almoner
When did Henry marry Catherine of Aragon
1509
When was Wolsey appointed to the Privy Council
1510
When did England go to war with France as a result of Wolsey organising it for Henry
1513
When did Wolsey become Archbishop of York
1514
When was Wolsey appointed as Henry’s chief minister
1515
When did Wolsey become Papal Legate
1518
When was Wolsey’s foreign policy of ‘The Treaty of London’
1518
When was ‘The field of the cloth of Gold’
1520
When did the Pope give Henry the title ‘Defender of the Faith’
1521
When was the Amicable Grant
1525
When were the Eltham Ordinances
1526
For 3 years Henry wanted to end his marriage with Catherine what was this period of years
1526-1529
When was Wolsey stripped of most of his powers and possessions and exiled to York
1529
When did Wolsey fall from power
1529
When did Cromwell become an MP
1529
When did Cromwell become a member of the Privy Council
1531
When did Henry marry Anne and Elizabeth was also born
1533
When were Catherine and Henry annulled
1533
When did Cromwell become Henry’s chief minister
1534
When was the Act of Succession
1534
When was the Act of Supremacy
1534
When was Elizabeth Barton executed without trial
1534
When was the Bishop John Fisher executed for refusing to accept Henry as the head of the Church
1535
When was Sir Thomas More Henry’s formal chancellor executed for refusing to accept Henry as the head of the Church
1535
When did Parliament pass the Act for ‘The Dissolution of the monasteries’
1536
When was Anne charged with treason and adultery after an investigation by Cromwell
1536
When was Anne’s marriage with Henry annulled
1536
When was Anne Boleyn executed for treason
1536
When did Henry marry Jane Seymour
1536
When was the Pilgrimage of Grace
1536
When did Jane give birth to Edward and then also die less than 2 weeks later
1537
When did Henry marry Anne of Cleves
1540
When was Cromwell arrested and accused of Treason and who was suspected to have been behind it
1540 The Duke of Norfolk
When was Cromwell executed for Treason
1540
There was a 6 year period of conflict in the Church between those wanting to remain Catholic and those wanting to make the Church more Protestant, what were these years
1534-1540
