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Timeline 1534-1603

By leaaak04
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

  • 1534

    The Act of Supremacy

    The Act of Supremacy
    An Act concerning the King's Highness to be Supreme Head of the Church of England and to have authority to reform and redress all errors, heresies, and abuses in the same
  • Period: 1534 to

    The Tudors

    The establishment of the Church of England and a pre-modern state
  • 1536

    Integration of Wales in the Kingdom of England

    Integration of Wales in the Kingdom of England
    The first major political union in what would become the United Kingdom. Act of Union done under Henry VIII
  • Period: 1536 to 1537

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    A revolt because of the disband of the monasteries and the changes instituted in the Church of England by Henry VIII
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Reign of Edward VI

    Dead because of a disease. Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymore
  • 1553

    First Poor Law

    First Poor Law
    Called the Act for the Provision and relief of the Poor under the reign of Edward IV, focused mainly on the punishment of vagabonds.
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Mary Tudor

    Queen Mary I, also called "Bloody Mary". Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Died because of illness
  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

  • 1559

    The Oath of Supremacy

    The Oath of Supremacy
    Instituted by Elizabeth I, she declared herself supreme governor of the Church of England
  • 1559

    Act of Uniformity

    Act of Uniformity
    Every parish had to use the book of common prayer, and people who did not attend an Anglican service were fined.
  • Period: 1568 to 1573

    Marian Civil War

    Civil war in Scotland.
    It was a period of conflict which followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Lochleven Castle in May 1568
  • 1569

    Northern Rebellion

    Northern Rebellion
    Animated by the Earls of Westmorland and Northumberland, they were back by 6000 insurgents. Their aim was to replace Elizabeth by Mary, Queen of Scots (Catholic and next heir in line). The rebellion was crushed.
  • 1570

    excommunication of Elizabeth I

    excommunication of Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope Pius V
  • 1572

    Vagabond Act

    Vagabond Act
    This established the idea that central and local government had a responsibility for helping the poor. But it also established a distinction between the “deserving poor” and the “undeserving poor”

  • Second Poor Law

    Second Poor Law
    Consisted in providing relief to the aged, sick or infant poors.

  • Last Poor Laws

    Last Poor Laws
    Known as “Elizabethan Poor Law”, voted in 1601, was a collection of laws that offered relief to people who were unable to work; able poor people were sent to work in a house of industry; vagrants were sent to houses of correction or prison; and, pauper children would become apprentices.