Tudor History timeline.

1485

Battle of Bosworth-Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at Bosworth and becomes King
1486

Abortive Rising by Lovell and the Staffords
1486

Lambert Simnel Claims to be the Earl of Warwick
1487

Battle of Stoke - Lambert Simnel defeated by Henry VII after his troops land in Furness
1487

Henry parades the real Earl of Warwick through the streets
1487

De la Pole escapes Burgundy, Henry begins to raise troops in the localities
1487

De la Pole and Lovell land in Ireland. Simnel crowned King in Ireland
1489

Tax revolt in Yorkshire
1489

Treaty of Medina del Campo
1491

Emergence of Perkin Warbeck
1491

Perkin Warbeck claims to be the Duke of York in Cork
1492

Treaty of Etaples
1492

Warbeck in France
1492

Warbeck in Burgundy and the Holy Roman Empire
1494

Italian wars begin
1495

Vagabonds and Beggars Act
1495

JPs given powers to arrest suspects and replace jurors
1495

Warbeck lands in Deal
1495

Execution of William Stanley
1496

Intercursus Magnus
1496

Warbeck and James IV try to invade England
1497

Cornish Rising
1497

Treaty of Ayton
1497

Warbeck forced out of Scotland then Ireland. Attempted Invasion in Cornwall and Warbeck is captured.
1499

Perkin Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick are executed
1509

Accession of Henry VII
1513

Tudor Subsidy introduced
1523

Parliamentary opposition to high levels of Taxation
1527

Henry begins annulment proceeding
1532

Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates
1533

Henry marries Anne in secret
1533

Act in Restraint of Appeals
1533

Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is annulled
1534

Act of Supremacy
1534

Treason act
1534

Collection of Subsidy
1535

Valor Ecclesiasticus
1535

Act of Uses
1536

Act of Ten Articles and Act for the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries.
1536

Lincolnshire Rising and Pilgrimage of Grace
1536

Pilgrimage of Grace
1537

Bigod's uprising
1537

Council of the North Re-organised
1540

Privy Council Re-organised
1541

Irish chieftains acknowledge Henry VIII as king in Ireland
1547

Vagrancy Act
1547

Edward Seymour becomes Lord Protector
1547

Accession of Edward VI
1548

Failure of anti-enclosure bills. Enclosure commissions issued by Somerset, they are unsuccessful.
1549

JPs ordered to take inventories of parish goods and prosecute anyone found to have stolen them
1549

Enclosure riots in Midlands and South East. Outbreak of the Western Rising
1549

Commissions reissued. Enclosure riots in Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and Norfolk. Nobility and Gentry from South summoned to Windsor. Protests in Essex.
1549

Kett's rebellion
1552

Poor Act
1552

Alehouses had to be licensed by JPs
1552

JPs ordered to enforce the Second Book of Prayer
1553

Accession of Mary Tudor
1554

Repeal of the Act of Supremacy
1555

Parliamentary opposition to the Exiles Bill
1556

Earl of Sussex begins policy of plantation in Ireland
1558

Accession of Elizabeth I
1559

Elizabeth's Religious settlement
1559

Supremacy Bill
1559

Uniformity Bill
1562

Convocation passes the Thirty-Nine Articles
1563

Statute of Artificers - First attempt to regulate wages and employment
1568

Plot to marry Mary Qos to Norfolk
1568

Mary, Queen of Scots arrives in England
1569

Introduction of English-style councils in Connaught and Munster
1569

Sussex begins to raise royal forces
1569

Duke of Norfolk takes up residence at Kenninghall
1569

Norfolk surrenders to the Queen
1569

Westmorland's supporters rally at Brancepeth Castle
1569

Earl of Sussex questions Northumberland and Westmorland
1569

Elizabeth demands that the Earls appear at court
1569

Northumberland joins the Rebellion
1569

Rebels march to Durham and then begin to march South
1569

Rebels reach Bramham Moor
1569

Rebels turn back to the North
1569

Rebels besiege Barnard Castle
1569

Rebels overrun Barnard Castle
1569

Rebels disband army and flee
1569

Revolt of the Northern Earls.
1570

"Regnans in Excelsis" excommunicates Elizabeth I
1570

Leonard Dacre starts to muster forces at Naworth
1570

Dacre's forces attack lord Hunsdon. Dacre is defeated and captured
1572

Poor Law Act
1572

St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre
1572

Execution of Duke of Norfolk
1574

Arrival of first seminary priests
1574

Failure of English plantations in Ulster
1576

Poor Law Act
1577

Execution of first seminary priests
1579

Rebellion and plantation of Munster
1580

Arrival of first Jesuit priests
1581

Act to Retain the Queen's Subjects in Due Obedience
1584

Bond of association published, assassination of William of Orange
1585

Act for the Queen's Safety. Act against Jesuits and Seminary Priests
1585

Lord Lieutenant system made permanent and England goes to war with Spain
1586

Discovery of the Babington Plot
1587

Execution of Mary QoS
1588

First Spanish Armada launched
1593

Act against Seditious Sectaries
1594

Outbreak of Tyrone's Revolt in Ulster
1594

Outbreak of rebellion in Ulster
1595

Tyrone's brother burns Blackwater Fort. Bagenal's forces beaten at Clontibret. Tyrone asks Spain for support.
1596

English expedition to Cadiz and second Spanish Armada
1596

Tyrone is pardoned
1597

Monopolies debate in parliaments
1597

Lord Burgh establishes garrison at Blackwater. Failure of a second Spanish Armada
1598

Bagenal's forces defeat Tyrone at Yellow Ford. Munster Plantation overthrown.
1598

Act for the Relief of the Poor
1599

Earl of Essex campaigns in Ireland. Clifford defeated at Curlew Pass. Truce between Tyrone and Essex
1600

Mountjoy sent to Ireland
1600

Maguire killed. Lord Deputy Mountjoy campaigns against Tyrone
1601

Monopolies debate in parliaments
1601

Spanish force lands at Kinsale and Tyrone is defeated
1602

Spanish army surrenders. Mountjoy campaigns in Ulster
1603

Tyrone surrenders
1603

Death of Elizabeth I

Battle of Bosworth-Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at Bosworth and becomes King

Abortive Rising by Lovell and the Staffords

Lambert Simnel Claims to be the Earl of Warwick

Battle of Stoke - Lambert Simnel defeated by Henry VII after his troops land in Furness

Henry parades the real Earl of Warwick through the streets

De la Pole escapes Burgundy, Henry begins to raise troops in the localities

De la Pole and Lovell land in Ireland. Simnel crowned King in Ireland

Tax revolt in Yorkshire

Treaty of Medina del Campo

Emergence of Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck claims to be the Duke of York in Cork

Treaty of Etaples

Warbeck in France

Warbeck in Burgundy and the Holy Roman Empire

Italian wars begin

Vagabonds and Beggars Act

JPs given powers to arrest suspects and replace jurors

Warbeck lands in Deal

Execution of William Stanley

Intercursus Magnus

Warbeck and James IV try to invade England

Cornish Rising

Treaty of Ayton

Warbeck forced out of Scotland then Ireland. Attempted Invasion in Cornwall and Warbeck is captured.

Perkin Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick are executed

Accession of Henry VII

Tudor Subsidy introduced

Parliamentary opposition to high levels of Taxation

Henry begins annulment proceeding

Act in Conditional Restraint of Annates

Henry marries Anne in secret

Act in Restraint of Appeals

Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is annulled

Act of Supremacy

Treason act

Collection of Subsidy

Valor Ecclesiasticus

Act of Uses

Act of Ten Articles and Act for the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries.

Lincolnshire Rising and Pilgrimage of Grace

Pilgrimage of Grace

Bigod's uprising

Council of the North Re-organised

Privy Council Re-organised

Irish chieftains acknowledge Henry VIII as king in Ireland

Vagrancy Act

Edward Seymour becomes Lord Protector

Accession of Edward VI

Failure of anti-enclosure bills. Enclosure commissions issued by Somerset, they are unsuccessful.

JPs ordered to take inventories of parish goods and prosecute anyone found to have stolen them

Enclosure riots in Midlands and South East. Outbreak of the Western Rising

Commissions reissued. Enclosure riots in Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and Norfolk. Nobility and Gentry from South summoned to Windsor. Protests in Essex.

Kett's rebellion

Poor Act

Alehouses had to be licensed by JPs

JPs ordered to enforce the Second Book of Prayer

Accession of Mary Tudor

Repeal of the Act of Supremacy

Parliamentary opposition to the Exiles Bill

Earl of Sussex begins policy of plantation in Ireland

Accession of Elizabeth I

Elizabeth's Religious settlement

Supremacy Bill

Uniformity Bill

Convocation passes the Thirty-Nine Articles

Statute of Artificers - First attempt to regulate wages and employment

Plot to marry Mary Qos to Norfolk

Mary, Queen of Scots arrives in England

Introduction of English-style councils in Connaught and Munster

Sussex begins to raise royal forces

Duke of Norfolk takes up residence at Kenninghall

Norfolk surrenders to the Queen

Westmorland's supporters rally at Brancepeth Castle

Earl of Sussex questions Northumberland and Westmorland

Elizabeth demands that the Earls appear at court

Northumberland joins the Rebellion

Rebels march to Durham and then begin to march South

Rebels reach Bramham Moor

Rebels turn back to the North

Rebels besiege Barnard Castle