Date Event
22nd August 1485 - Battle of Bosworth
15th October 1485 - Henry VII’s coronation
November 1485 - First Parliament - Richard III declared a usurper
- Jasper Tudor given title of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- First Navigation Act forbade English Merchant loading goods
onto foreign ships unless no English ships were available; trade
1485 with bordeaux in Gascony wine reserved exclusively for English;
English ships had to have a crew of at least 50% of the King's
subjects
- Lovell/ Stafford Rebellion
1486 - (June) Scotland captures Dunbar- Treaty of Three Years Peace
- Commercial Treaty signed with Brittany
- French invade Brittany
- (May) Simnel crowned King Edward V in Ireland
- (16th June) Simnel threat perpetuated by the Battle of Stoke
1487 - Star Chamber Act - run by Sir Reginald Bray
- (Nov) Fifteenths and Tenths made law
- Profits of feudal prerogative - under £350 per annum
- Joins anti-French force with Spain and Burgundy
1488 - (11th June) Battle of Sauchiebum - James III killed
- Grant for extraordinary revenue for army against France is
granted - Convocation of Canterbury added £25,000 on behalf
of the clergy
- (Feb) Treaty of Redon with Brittany
- (March) Treaty of Medina del Campo with Spain
1489 - Treaty of Dordrecht with Maximilian
- (April) Yorkshire Rebellion sparked by taxation grant for
campaign in Brittany
- (June) Maximilian betrays Henry by making peace with France
- Renewal of 1378 trade agreement with Portugal
- Treaty with Denmark to extend trade in the Baltic to access
Scandinavian goods and Icelandic fishing waters
1490 - 375 knights in England
- Treaty established English Staple at Pisa and restricted sales of
wool and cloth to Venice
- Kildare supports Warbeck
1491 - Anne of Brittany marries Maximilian by proxy
- Benefactors give £48,000 for war against France
, 1492 - Marquis of Dorset has to give recognisances of £1000 and
borrow £10,000 for siding with Richard III
- (Nov) Treaty of Etaples - Anglo-French trade restored and
England agreed to withdraw from France
- Warbeck arrives at Margaret of Burgundy’s cout
- Brittany annexed by France
- Maximilian I becomes HRE
- (Sept) Trade embargo placed on the Netherlands due to fear of
1493
Margaret of Burgundy’s support of Warbeck and Netherlands
response with their own trade embargo
- James IV starts border rebellions
1495 - Scotland say Warbeck is Richard IV
- Sir William Stanley is executed for negotiating with Warbeck
- Intercursus Magnus with Philip of Burgundy
1496 - Philip marries Joanna of Burgundy so Castile will be absorbed
into the Habsburg empire when Isabella dies
- Cornish rebellion - 15,000 people marched from Bodmin to
Blackheath under leadership of Lord Audley
- Warbeck is rejected in Scotland and by Kildare as now loyal to
Henry
1497 - (Sept) Treaty of Ayton - 7 year truce between England and
Scotland
- Most of remaining trade restrictions between England and
France are removed
- Arthur dies
1502 - Daughter Margaret marries James IV under Treaty of Perpetual
Peace
- Elizabeth of York dies
- Surveyor of the King’s Wards created - ensured great families
1503 did not use marriage as a way of building up substantial or
geographically concentrated lands
1504 - Isabella of Castile dies
1505 - Treaty of Blois- Ferdinand marries Germaine de Foix
- (Jan) Philip and Joanna are on their way to Spain and get
shipwrecked and seek English refuge
- Treaty of Windsor - Maximilian gave up Edmund de la Pole
1506 - Philip took Castile and Henry recognises him as the King
- Intercursus Malus
- Philip dies and Ferdinand gets Castile
- Total of £200,000 profits of justice promised to king
1507 - By this time wardships brought in £6,000 per annum
1508 - Henry is left out of the League of Cambrai
22nd August 1485 - Battle of Bosworth
15th October 1485 - Henry VII’s coronation
November 1485 - First Parliament - Richard III declared a usurper
- Jasper Tudor given title of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- First Navigation Act forbade English Merchant loading goods
onto foreign ships unless no English ships were available; trade
1485 with bordeaux in Gascony wine reserved exclusively for English;
English ships had to have a crew of at least 50% of the King's
subjects
- Lovell/ Stafford Rebellion
1486 - (June) Scotland captures Dunbar- Treaty of Three Years Peace
- Commercial Treaty signed with Brittany
- French invade Brittany
- (May) Simnel crowned King Edward V in Ireland
- (16th June) Simnel threat perpetuated by the Battle of Stoke
1487 - Star Chamber Act - run by Sir Reginald Bray
- (Nov) Fifteenths and Tenths made law
- Profits of feudal prerogative - under £350 per annum
- Joins anti-French force with Spain and Burgundy
1488 - (11th June) Battle of Sauchiebum - James III killed
- Grant for extraordinary revenue for army against France is
granted - Convocation of Canterbury added £25,000 on behalf
of the clergy
- (Feb) Treaty of Redon with Brittany
- (March) Treaty of Medina del Campo with Spain
1489 - Treaty of Dordrecht with Maximilian
- (April) Yorkshire Rebellion sparked by taxation grant for
campaign in Brittany
- (June) Maximilian betrays Henry by making peace with France
- Renewal of 1378 trade agreement with Portugal
- Treaty with Denmark to extend trade in the Baltic to access
Scandinavian goods and Icelandic fishing waters
1490 - 375 knights in England
- Treaty established English Staple at Pisa and restricted sales of
wool and cloth to Venice
- Kildare supports Warbeck
1491 - Anne of Brittany marries Maximilian by proxy
- Benefactors give £48,000 for war against France
, 1492 - Marquis of Dorset has to give recognisances of £1000 and
borrow £10,000 for siding with Richard III
- (Nov) Treaty of Etaples - Anglo-French trade restored and
England agreed to withdraw from France
- Warbeck arrives at Margaret of Burgundy’s cout
- Brittany annexed by France
- Maximilian I becomes HRE
- (Sept) Trade embargo placed on the Netherlands due to fear of
1493
Margaret of Burgundy’s support of Warbeck and Netherlands
response with their own trade embargo
- James IV starts border rebellions
1495 - Scotland say Warbeck is Richard IV
- Sir William Stanley is executed for negotiating with Warbeck
- Intercursus Magnus with Philip of Burgundy
1496 - Philip marries Joanna of Burgundy so Castile will be absorbed
into the Habsburg empire when Isabella dies
- Cornish rebellion - 15,000 people marched from Bodmin to
Blackheath under leadership of Lord Audley
- Warbeck is rejected in Scotland and by Kildare as now loyal to
Henry
1497 - (Sept) Treaty of Ayton - 7 year truce between England and
Scotland
- Most of remaining trade restrictions between England and
France are removed
- Arthur dies
1502 - Daughter Margaret marries James IV under Treaty of Perpetual
Peace
- Elizabeth of York dies
- Surveyor of the King’s Wards created - ensured great families
1503 did not use marriage as a way of building up substantial or
geographically concentrated lands
1504 - Isabella of Castile dies
1505 - Treaty of Blois- Ferdinand marries Germaine de Foix
- (Jan) Philip and Joanna are on their way to Spain and get
shipwrecked and seek English refuge
- Treaty of Windsor - Maximilian gave up Edmund de la Pole
1506 - Philip took Castile and Henry recognises him as the King
- Intercursus Malus
- Philip dies and Ferdinand gets Castile
- Total of £200,000 profits of justice promised to king
1507 - By this time wardships brought in £6,000 per annum
1508 - Henry is left out of the League of Cambrai
