A.D. 1509. 1509. 1511. 1512. 1513. Page Hoard amassed by Henry; Extortions of Empson and 104 (22d of April) Death of Henry; his Character: "no CHAP. IV. HENRY VIII. TO THE REFORMATION. 1509-1547. 106 - 107 110 The first King of undisputed Title for more than a Cen- (4th of August) Battle of the Spurs; Defeat of the French; . 111 117 118 . 119 1517. Administration of Wolsey; Sketch of his History 1520. Meeting between Henry and Francis I., at the Field of the Cloth of Gold Trial and Execution of Stafford Duke of Buckingham 123 A Parliament; Debate on the Subsidy; Scene between .125 126, 127 Francis - 127 (August) Alliance between England and France 1526, 1527. Francis released; (6th of May) Sack of Rome - 128 129, 130 A.D. 1483. 1520 1525. CHAP. V. HENRY VIII. continued. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE REFORMATION. 1572. Page 131 Importance of the Reformation in a Civil Point of View . 132 132 - 133 Extirpation, the only Persecution which could be finally Causes which prepared the Soil for the Reformation - 133 134 - 136 136, 137 They found Luther engaged in the Contemplation of the Principle which places the Source of all true Righteousness in the Heart: a Principle which is "the Basis of all pure Ethics, the Cement of the eternal Alliance between Morality and Religion, and the Badge of the Independence of both on the low Motives and dim Insight of human Laws" (15th of June) Bull condemning Luther's Writings as 188 139 Revolt of the Boors of Swabia; Luther's Solicitude to 1527. . 147 But such Disorders are incident even to the greatest and 147 CHAP. VI. HENRY VIII. •-continued. 1527-1535. TO THE EXECUTION OF SIR THOMAS MORE. Henry's Attachment to Anne Boleyn He seeks a Divorce from Catharine, on the Ground of Affinity 150 - 151 A.D. 1528. Clement VII. temporises from fear of the Emperor, but grants a Commission to Legates to determine the Question Page 153. 155. 162 Wolsey reluctantly consents to further the Divorce; More 153, 154 1529. (June) A Reconciliation between the Pope and the Emperor, precludes all Hope of the former consenting to degrade an Austrian Princess 1530. 1533. - 157 Questions addressed by Henry to the Universities of Eu- - 159 161 Cranmer employed in a Mission for this Purpose 162 - 162 They fail in persuading Catherine to take the Veil (October) Wolsey deprived of the Great Seal; Proceed- 163 163 (July) Clement had removed the Suit to Rome; Suspicion - 169 166 (June) Henry procures a Letter to be sent from several of the English Nobility to the Pope, praying him to hasten the Determination of the Suit England at this Time prepared for Resistance to the Papacy, but not for Separation from the Romish Church 168 (23d of May) Cranmer as Primate and Legate pronounces the Marriage void 169, 170 The King had been married to Anne Boleyn before the Sentence was pronounced; (1st of June) Her Coronation 170 In Petitions from the Clergy Henry is styled "Supreme Head of the Church of England" whence it crept into Acts of Parliament New Administration of Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, - 174 1533, 1534. The Church of England withdrawn from Obedience to Rome by a Series of Statutes passed in these Years The King expressly declared Supreme Head of the Church of England 1534. The Marriage with Anne recognised by Parliament A. D. Page Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, attainted for countenancing Sir Thomas More marked out for Destruction; his Cha- 177 178 Account of Margaret Roper, his favourite Daughter 183, 185 183 186 CHAP. VII. HENRY VIII. — continued. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANNE BOLEYN, AND HER EXECUTION. 1535-1536. - 188 190 1536. The Execution of More marks the Moment of the Trans- (24th of April) Commission of Enquiry issued against her (6th of May) Four Commoners found Guilty at West- 190 193 195, 199 (15th of May) Trial and Condemnation of Anne and her (17th of May) Nullity of her Marriage with Henry judi- (18th of May) Her Execution In rejecting the Papal Jurisdiction Henry had become a His Assumption of Supremacy intentionally somewhat 205 - 206 Sanguinary Law against Heresy in Doctrine 206, 207 The Act of 1536. Stat. 26. Hen. 8. is more openly Hostile to the Roman See - 208 A.D. Page 1536. 1537. 1539. Thomas Cromwell appointed the King's Vicegerent in - 209 Attack on the religious Houses; corrupt State of the (October) Insurrection in Lincolnshire And in the North; "Pilgrimage of Grace" 210 211 - 213 - 214 - 214, 215 (9th of December) The Rebels submit on receiving a ge- Visitation of Monasteries; Shrines, Relics, &c., made 216 Many Monasteries yielded up voluntarily to the Crown; 1536, 1537. Sanguinary Persecution of those who went farther than the King in Alienation from Rome (April) "Act for abolishing Diversity of Opinions The Variations of Policy in this Reign have generally some Connection with domestic Revolutions in the Palace; Jane Seymour had favoured the Protestants 1537. (October) She dies in Child-bed of Edward VI. 1540. Marriage with Anne of Cleves; the King's Repugnance to her 1540. 1541. 221 223 . 223 (July) Henry seeks a Divorce on the Ground of Pre-contract; the Question is referred to the Convocation, who declare the Marriage null; Bill passed by Parliament to that Effect; Anne retires quietly on a Pension of 3000Z. 225 .226 - 226 227, 228 (8th of August) Henry married to Catherine Howard |