Religious events in England 1530-47 Flashcards
Clergy as a whole accused of praemunire
December 1530
Clergy pardoned of praemunire charge
February 1531
Convocation of Canterbury recognised Henry as Head of Church ‘so far as the law of Christ allows’
February 1531
first act of annates
1532
supplication of the ordinaries
March 1532
submission of the clergy
may 1532
act in restraint of appeals to Rome
February 1533
second act of annates
January 1534
act to stop peters pence
March 1534
act for the submission of the clergy
March 1534
first act of succession
March 1534
execution of Elizabeth Barton “holy maid of Kent”
April 1534
William Tyndales vernacular bible burnt
May 1530
Act of Supremacy (oath of supremacy administered to all religious houses)
November 1534
treason act
December 1534
act for first fruits and tenths
December 1534
Cromwell made vicegerent in spirituals
January 1535
Valor Ecclesiasticus
January 1535
execution of Carthusian monks, bishop fisher (June) and sir Thomas more (July)
1535
act for dissolution of lesser monasteries
February 1536
Anne Boleyn beheaded, married Jane Seymour the next day
may 1536
act of 10 articles
July 1536
royal injunctions to clergy issued by Cromwell
August 1536
The institution of a Christian man “bishops book”
July 1537
Thomas Matthew published the Matthew bible
August 1537
truce of nice signed by Charles V and Francis I
July 1538
second royal injunctions to the clergy issued by Cromwell
September 1538
trial and execution of john lambert for his rejection of transubstantiation
November 1538
Henry excommunicated by paul III
December 1538
publication of the great bible
April 1539
act of 6 articles
June 1539
act for the dissolution of the greater monasteries
JUNE 1539
all monasteries were closed and their land passed to the crown
Henry married Anne of cleves
January 1540
sister of the Protestant duke of cleves
Cromwell arrested
June 1540
Cromwell executed
July 1540
cleves marriage annulled, Henry married catherine Howard
daughter of Catholic duke of Norfolk July 1540
catherine Howard executed
feb 1542
Cranmer protected by Henry against the catholic faction
April 1543
act for advancement of true religion
may 1543
restricted access to the English bible to the upperclass men and noble woman in private
the necessary doctrine and erudition of a Christian man
may 1543
revised the bishops book defending transubstantiation and the 6 articles. encourages preaching and attacked the use of images. written by Henry himself
Henry married catherine parr
July 1543
English litany introduced into churches
may 1544
replaced Catholic use of Latin litany although priests didn’t have to use it
sir john checks appointed tutor to prince Edward
July 1544
cheke was a Protestant humanist
chantries act passed though not enforced
December 1545
allowed for dissolution of chantries
Anne askew burned for denying transubstantiation
July 1546
evidence of Henry’s commitment to parts of Catholicism
Henry named heavily Protestant council of regency for his heir
ensured a Protestant influenced inheritance for Edward
