Edward VII

The Vagrancy Act

1547

• Nicknamed the 'slavery act' for its unpopular and incredibly harsh terms.

Over these two years, Somerset spent £580,393 on garrisoning Scotland.

Period: 1547 to 1549

The Book of Homilies and Paraphrases is introduced

Jul 8, 1547

• Collection of model sermons and summaries of the new testament should be placed in every church.

The Battle of Pinkie

Oct 10, 1547

Somerset invaded Scotland with 20,000 troops, 30 warships, 50 supply ships.
2500 invade from Carlisle.
The Scottish were defeated at the battle

The Chantries Act

Dec 18, 1547

• This dissolved the remaining chantries in England and condemned prayers for the souls of the dead.

All religious imagery was to be removed from churches.

Feb 11, 1548

The First Prayer Book is introduced

Dec 1, 1548

• manual by Archbishop Cranmer outlining the liturgy to be followed in church services.

Somerset ends the garrisoning measures in Scotland

1549

This was due to the rebellions in England that occurred that summer.
The garrisoning technique cost England £600,000 and caused increased tension between Scotland and England. It renewed the alliance between France and Scotland. France sent them aid in 1547.

The Sheep Tax

1549

Introduced by Somerset, it discouraged the conversion of arable land to pasture for sheep grazing.
Popular among the commons, but not among the nobility.

Act of Uniformity

Jan 1, 1549

The Book of Common Prayer is made the official liturgy of the church.

The Western Rebellion began in Cornwall and quickly spread to Devon.

Jun 10, 1549

The Western Rebellion

Period: Jun 10, 1549 to Aug 17, 1549

Caused by:
- Resentment of Religious reform.
- Hostility to enclosure
- Increasing rents and prices and falling wages. Consequences of it:
- Martial law was used to deal with the rebels
- Somerset's position in government was seriously weakened.

Lord Russel is sent to try and find a peaceful settlement.

Jun 29, 1549

-Western Rebellion

The Rebels besiege Exeter

Period: Jul 2, 1549 to Jul 6, 1549

• Western Rebellion

Lord Russel's last attempts to find a peace settlement fails.

Jul 8, 1549

• Western Rebellion

Kett led a march of Yeomen and farmers to Norwich

Jul 10, 1549

• Kett's Rebellion

The Kett Rebellion

Period: Jul 10, 1549 to Aug 27, 1549

Caused by:
- Enclosure
- Bad Local Government
- Desire for more religious reform Consequences:
- Kett was hanged in November
- Most of the rebels were dealt with more leniently
- Somerset tried to cooperate with the Rebels, and made him seem weak at court.

Lord Grey and his troops are sent to help Russel, but are quickly diverted to deal with unrest in Oxford

Jul 12, 1549

• Western Rebellion

A full pardon is offered to the rebels, with promise to deal with the corruption.

Jul 21, 1549

The Rebels take Norwich and set up camp on Mousehold Heath.

Jul 22, 1549

• Kett's Rebellion

Russell begins defeating groups of rebels in Devon

Jul 28, 1549

• Western Rebellion

The Marquis of Northampton arrives with a small army and retakes Norwich. Negotiations with Kett fail.

Jul 30, 1549

• Kett's Rebellion

The Western Rebels are defeated.

Aug 17, 1549

The Earl of Warwick arrives with 12,000 men.

Aug 23, 1549

• Kett's rebellion

The Kett rebellion is put down with force. 3000 rebels were killed.

Aug 27, 1549

Somerset orders all soldiers to leave London

Sep 15, 1549

• At this point he was afraid of an armed coup after his plans were opposed by his many enemies.

Somerset moves Edward to Hampton Court and appeals for aid.

Oct 5, 1549

The aid comes in the form of a few hundred peasants.

Somerset moves Edward to Windsor Castle

Oct 6, 1549

Somerset is imprisoned in the tower of London.

Oct 14, 1549

By this point, Edward's council, once balanced, had a protestant majority.

Dec 2, 1549

• Conservative Edward Peckham had been removed.
• Protestant Bishop Goodwin of Ely is sworn on.
• Protestant Marquis of Dorset is sworn on.

Northumberland is named President of the Regency Council

Jan 29, 1550

Arundel and Southhampton are removed from the council.

Jan 29, 1550

• After Northumberland successfully lead the coup against Somerset, they tried to turn it around and lead a coup against him.

The Treaty of Boulogne

Mar 28, 1550

A Peace treaty between France, England and Scotland.
Northumberland's motives for the treaty were broadly financial but the treaty was also a tactical move because France was less anti-protestant than the Holy Roman Empire.
Boulogne was returned to the French, Englad removed the garrisons from Scotland, the Anglo-Scottish border was restored to pre Henry VIII's campaigns and a marriage alliance was set up between England and France.

The Removal of Stone Altars are replacement of wooden communion tables.

Nov 1, 1550

The 2nd Book of Common Prayer

Jan 1, 1552

This clearly established Protestant beliefs and ceremony in Church. It was enforced by the 2nd act of Uniformity the following April.

New Treason Act

Jan 1, 1552

This made it an offence to question royal supremacy and the articles of faith.

The 'Black Rubric' proclamation

Nov 1, 1552

This explained that the continuation of kneeling during Communion services was for the sake of order, not idolatry.
Edward had to personally intervene to get it passed.

The 42 Articles are submitted.

Nov 24, 1552

• These were issued by the Government on June 9th 1553, but never became parliamentary law due to Edward's impending death.

The Devyse is written up

May 17, 1553

This (illegally) declared that Edward's heir was the unwilling Lady Jane Grey.
She was married to Northumberland's son earlier that same year and was, unlike Mary, a Protestant.

Edward Dies

Jul 6, 1553

Northumberland proclaims Jane Queen of England.

Jul 10, 1553

The populace and Councillors backed Mary Tudor, not Jane.

Northumberland surrenders to Mary's forces.

Jul 19, 1553