Edward and Mary Timeline:
King Henry VIII:
• July 1543 – Third Succession Act by Henry VIII – Edward, then Mary, then Elizabeth
• 1546 - Henry’s health begins to decline
King Edward VI:
• January 1547 – Henry VIII dies, Regency Council and Edwards VI take over, royal
visitations begin, Chantries Act, Act of 6 Articles repealed, Book of Homilies and
Erasmus’ paraphrases introduced
• July 1547 – Royal Injunctions order removal of images
• February 1548 – all images to be removed
• 1548 – sheep and cloth tax, William Body murdered
• 1549 – 1st Act of Uniformity and 1st BCP introduced, all images destroyed
• June 1549 – Western Rebellion, Kett Rebellion
• 1550 – Northumberland removed leading Catholics, securing of Treaty of Boulogne,
removal of stone altars, New Treason Act, Sheep Tax repealed
• 1552 – 2nd BCP and 2nd Act of Uniformity, 42 Articled introduced, Somerset executed,
Poor Law passed
• 1553 – Edward’s health begins to decline, expansion of trade routes
Lady Jane Grey:
• May 1553 – Devise for the Succession making Lady Jane Grey heir
• July 1553 – Edward dies, Lady Jane Grey’s 9-day rule, Mary takes over the throne
Queen Mary I:
• October 1553 – Mary announces her plan to marry Philip, 1st Act of Repeal
• January 1554 – The Marriage Treaty, Councillors establish a committee system, Wyatt’s
Rebellion, Royal Injunctions
• 1554 – Heresy Laws introduced
• January 1555 – 2nd Act of Repeal, new Book of Homilies and New Testament published
• 1555 – Inner council established, London Synod
• October 1555 – Bishop Latimer and Bishop Ridley burned at stake
• November 1555 – Bishop Gardiner dies
• March 1556 – Cranmer burned at stake
• 1555 – 57 – bad harvests and outbreaks of plague and influenza
• June 1557 – Mary declares war on France
• May 1558 – New Book of Rates
• 1558 – no attempt to alter the succession, Elizabeth takes the throne
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King Henry VIII:
• July 1543 – Third Succession Act by Henry VIII – Edward, then Mary, then Elizabeth
• 1546 - Henry’s health begins to decline
King Edward VI:
• January 1547 – Henry VIII dies, Regency Council and Edwards VI take over, royal
visitations begin, Chantries Act, Act of 6 Articles repealed, Book of Homilies and
Erasmus’ paraphrases introduced
• July 1547 – Royal Injunctions order removal of images
• February 1548 – all images to be removed
• 1548 – sheep and cloth tax, William Body murdered
• 1549 – 1st Act of Uniformity and 1st BCP introduced, all images destroyed
• June 1549 – Western Rebellion, Kett Rebellion
• 1550 – Northumberland removed leading Catholics, securing of Treaty of Boulogne,
removal of stone altars, New Treason Act, Sheep Tax repealed
• 1552 – 2nd BCP and 2nd Act of Uniformity, 42 Articled introduced, Somerset executed,
Poor Law passed
• 1553 – Edward’s health begins to decline, expansion of trade routes
Lady Jane Grey:
• May 1553 – Devise for the Succession making Lady Jane Grey heir
• July 1553 – Edward dies, Lady Jane Grey’s 9-day rule, Mary takes over the throne
Queen Mary I:
• October 1553 – Mary announces her plan to marry Philip, 1st Act of Repeal
• January 1554 – The Marriage Treaty, Councillors establish a committee system, Wyatt’s
Rebellion, Royal Injunctions
• 1554 – Heresy Laws introduced
• January 1555 – 2nd Act of Repeal, new Book of Homilies and New Testament published
• 1555 – Inner council established, London Synod
• October 1555 – Bishop Latimer and Bishop Ridley burned at stake
• November 1555 – Bishop Gardiner dies
• March 1556 – Cranmer burned at stake
• 1555 – 57 – bad harvests and outbreaks of plague and influenza
• June 1557 – Mary declares war on France
• May 1558 – New Book of Rates
• 1558 – no attempt to alter the succession, Elizabeth takes the throne
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