Mary I Flashcards
1553
Repeal of Edwardian religious laws.
6 July - Edward VI dies.
3 August - Mary enters London as Queen.
10 September - Edward Courtenay recognised as Mary’s heir.
14 September - Cranmer arrested.
1 October - Mary’s coronation.
5 October-5 December - Mary’s First Parliament. During her First Parliament, Mary informs Parliament that she will marry Philip.
1554
Marcelus II becomes Pope and dies shortly after election replaced by Paul IV. Cardinal Pole arrives in England. Crown finances restructured.
January - Publication of marriage treaty and Wyatt’s Rebellion.
February - Wyatt arrested and Lady Jane Grey executed.
April - Wyatt executed.
2 April-3 May - Mary’s Second Parliament.
9 April - Bill to revive statutes against Lollards and Heretics passed.
17 April - Bill to revive the Act of Six Articles.
25 July - Mary and Philip married.
Sept 1554-July 1555 - false pregnancy.
12 Nov 1554-15 Jan 1555 - Mary’s Third Parliament.
28 November - Cardinal Pole reunited the English and Roman Catholic Churches.
1555
Heresy Act passed.
Heresy laws established.
Heretics burned.
Act restoring papal supremacy.
Harvest failure.
Start of naval re-building programme (poor harvest).
16 October - Latimer and Ridley burned at the stake in Oxford.
21 October-9 December - Mary’s Fourth Parliament.
December - Cardinal Pole made Archbishop of Canterbury.
1556
Execution of Cranmer. Harvest failure. Plans for recoinage drawn up. Start of 'great sweat' (poor harvest). 21 March - Cranmer burned in Oxford.
1557
Continuation of ‘great sweat’.
War against France.
Pole deprived of position as papal legate.
April - attack on Scarborough.
July - Declaration of war on France.
June - Pole recalled to Rome, but Mary refuses to let him go.
1558
Loss of Calais.
Militia reforms.
New Book of Rates.
20 January-17 November - Mary’s Fifth Parliament.
January - Calais surrenders to the French.
November - Mary I and Pole die.
