- 1530s in England
Events from the
1530s inEngland .Incumbents
Monarch -
Henry VIII of England Events
* 1530
**26 January -Thomas Boleyn becomesKeeper of the Privy Seal .
**6 February -Charles Brandon becomesLord President of the Council .
** May -William Tyndale 's Bible publicly burned as heretical.
**4 November - Cardinal Wolsey arrested as a traitor for secretly communicating withPope Clement VII .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=210–215]
**Parliament of England passes theEgyptians Act 1530 in attempt to expelGypsies .
* 1531
**11 February - Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of theChurch of England .
** March -Statute Against Vagabonds requires registration of all genuinebeggar s; unlicensed beggars to be whipped or pilloried.
**Thomas Elyot 's book "The Boke Named the Governour" is published, the first English work concerningmoral philosophy .
** Construction of the Great Hall ofHampton Court begins.
* 1532
**15 April - Royal approval required for all ecclesiastical laws.
**16 May - SirThomas More resigns asLord Chancellor .
**20 May - Thomas Audley appointedLord Keeper of the Great Seal .
**1 September -Anne Boleyn is createdMarquess of Pembroke by Henry VIII.
** Henry VIII grants the Thorne brothers a Royal Charter to foundBristol Grammar School .
** Construction ofSaint James's Palace begins.
* 1533
**25 January - King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort."1533." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.]
**6 February -Act in Restraint of Appeals declares England to be a wholly independent 'empire'.
**30 March -Thomas Cranmer becomesArchbishop of Canterbury .
**12 April -Thomas Cromwell becomes Secretary of State.
**23 May - Henry VIII's marriage withCatherine of Aragon officially declared annulled. Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of Henry till her death.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
**28 May - Cranmer declares the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn valid.
**1 June - Anne Boleyn crowned Queen.
**11 July -Pope Clement VII excommunicates Henry VIII.
* 1534
**15 January -Parliament of England passes the "Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession " recognising the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and their children as the legitimate heirs to the throne.
**20 April -Elizabeth Barton executed for making prophesies against King Henry.
**3 November –18 December - The Reformation Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy establishing Henry VIII as supreme head of theChurch of England .
**Cambridge University Press is given Royal Charter by Henry VIII and becomes the first of theprivileged presses .
* 1535
** March - English forces underWilliam Skeffington stormMaynooth Castle inIreland , the stronghold ofThomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare ."1535." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.]
**20 May -William Tyndale arrested inAntwerp for heresy in relation to this bible translation.
**22 June - Execution ofJohn Fisher for his refusal to swear an oath of loyalty to Henry VIII.
**6 July - SirThomas More is executed for treason by King Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henrys' decision to separate theEnglish church from theRoman Catholic church .
** First of the Laws in Wales Acts passed.
** Study ofcanon law at English universities banned.
* 1536
** April -Wales legally incorporated into England.
**14 April - The Reformation Parliament passes an Act for theDissolution of the Monasteries .
**19 May - Execution ofAnne Boleyn ."1536." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.]
**30 May - Henry VIII marriesJane Seymour .
**11 July -Thomas Cranmer 'sTen Articles are presented to Parliament.
**6 October - Bible translatorWilliam Tyndale burnt at the stake inVilvoorde ,Flanders .
**1 October –5 December - ThePilgrimage of Grace , a rebellion against Henry VIII's church reforms.
**29 October - Coronation of Jane Seymour as the Queen of England.
** Various religious buildings are closed as part of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, including
***Basingwerk Abbey
***Bourne Abbey
***Brinkburn Priory
***Cartmel Priory
***Dore Abbey
*** The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary and St Chad
***Haltemprice Priory
* 1537
** July - Pilgrimage of Grace: Robert Aske executed along with over 200 other rebels.
**25 August - TheHonourable Artillery Company , the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army and the second most senior, was formed.
**15 October -Council of the North meets for the first time, inYork .
** Publication of theMatthew Bible , the first complete English translation of the bible.
** Dissolution of religious buildings by Henry VIII, including
***Bisham Priory
***Bridlington Priory
***Castle Acre Priory
***Valle Crucis Abbey
**Bisham Abbey is founded by Henry VIII in place of Bisham Priory.
* 1538
**30 November -Byland Abbey is dissolved.
**Bisham Abbey dissolved.
* 1539
** March -Canterbury Cathedral surrenders, and reverts to its previous status of 'a college of secular canons'.
** March - Invasion scare, following reports of an alliance betweenSpain ,France , andScotland .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 145-148|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** May - TheSix Articles reaffirm certain Catholic principles in Henry VIII's Church of England. ["1539." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.]
**4 October - A treaty arranges for Henry VIII to marryAnne of Cleves .
**Beaulieu Abbey ,Bolton Abbey ,Colchester Abbey andSt Albans Abbey dissolved.
**Great Bible , in English, distributed to churches.Births
* 1530
**Thomas Hoby , diplomat and translator (died 1566)
**Ralph Lane , explorer (died 1603)
**Richard Tarlton , actor (died 1588)
**Nicholas Sanders , Catholic propagandist (died 1581)
* 1531
** September -Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (died 1594)
**John Popham , Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1607)
* 1532
**24 June -Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester , politician (died 1588)
**William Cardinal Allen , cardinal (died 1594)
**John Hawkins , navigator (died 1595)
**Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (died 1585)
**Thomas Norton , lawyer (died 1584)
**Richard Topcliffe , landowner and MP (died 1604)
* 1533
**7 September - QueenElizabeth I of England (died 1603)
*1534
**18 April - William Harrison, clergyman (died 1593)
**Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , statesman (died 1601)
**Amy Robsart , wife ofRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (died 1560)
* 1535
** Robert Parsons, composer (died 1572)
**Thomas North , translator (died 1601)
*1536
**10 March -Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk , politician (died 1572)
**Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset , statesman and poet (died 1608)
**Guilford Dudley , son ofJohn Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (died 1554)
**Roger Marbeck , chief physician to Elizabeth I(died 1604)
**Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham , statesman and admiral (died 1624)
*1537
**28 June -Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel , nobleman (died 1595)
**12 October - KingEdward VI of England (died 1553)
**12 October -Lady Jane Grey , claimant to the throne of England (died 1554)
**Jane Lumley , translator (died 1578)Deaths
* 1530
**29 November - CardinalThomas Wolsey , statesman (born c. 1473)
*1532
**31 January -Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley (born 1460)
** May -Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex (year of birth unknown)
**22 August -William Warham , Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1450)
*1533
**28 April -Nicholas West , bishop and diplomat (born 1461)
**4 July -John Frith , Protestant priest and martyr (born 1503)
*1534
**20 April -Elizabeth Barton , nun (executed) (born 1506)
**Edward Guilford , Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1474)
**William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy , scholar and patron (born c. 1478)
** John Taylor, Master of the Rolls (born 1480)
*1535
**4 May - John Houghton, Robert Lawrence,Augustine Webster , Prior and monks of theLondon Charterhouse , along with Richard Reynolds, Bridgettine monk of Syon (executed)
**22 June -John Fisher , Bishop of Rochester (executed) (born c. 1469)
**6 July - SirThomas More , lawyer, writer, and politician (executed) (born 1478)
** September -George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (born 1469)
**31 December -William Skeffington , Lord Deputy of Ireland (born 1465)
*1536
**7 January -Catherine of Aragon , queen of Henry VIII (born 1485)
**17 May -George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford , diplomat (born 1503)
**19 May -Anne Boleyn , queen of Henry VIII (executed) (born c. 1511)
**18 June -Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset , illegitimate son of Henry VIII (born 1519)
**28 June -Richard Pace , diplomat (born 1482)
**6 October -William Tyndale , Protestant scholar (burned at the stake) (born 1484)
**21 December - Sir John Seymour, courtier (born 1474)
**John Rastell , printer and author (born c. 1475)
*1537
**24 October -Jane Seymour , queen of Henry VIII (complications of childbirth) (born c. 1507)
**Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (born 1502)
*1538
**8 May -Edward Fox , churchman (born 1496)
**22 May - John Forrest, Franciscan friar (martyred) (born 1471)
**22 November - John Lambert, Protestant martyr (burned at stake) (year of birth unknown)
**Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born 1480)
*1539
**12 March -Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire , diplomat and politician (born 1477)
**8 September -John Stokesley , prelate (born 1475)
**15 November -Hugh Cook Faringdon , Abbot of Reading (year of birth unknown)References
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