A.D. 1483. State of Court Parties at the Death of Edward IV. (29th of April) Meeting between the young King and his Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester; Richard seeks He lodges the young Princes in the Tower (13th of June); Penance inflicted on Jane Shore, to render the Memory Aspersions on the Legitimacy of the young Princes (26th of June) Richard King - Disappearance of the Princes; Reasons for believing (18th of October) Revolt of Buckingham His Execution; many of his Adherents, who escape to Britany, do Homage to Henry of Richmond as King 62 (22d of August) Battle of Bosworth; Henry King 1485-1509. Military Progress in the North Committal of Edward Plantagenet to the Tower (February) Symnel countenanced by the Earl of Kildare 1493. 1496. 1497. 1498. 1499. (22d of June) The Insurgents defeated; Symnel made a Pretensions of Perkin Warbeck; Reasons for rejecting (May) Warbeck attempts to land near Deal, but is de- James King of Scotland espouses the Cause of Warbeck, He lands in Cornwall; Insurrection of the Cornish Men (September) Perkin takes Sanctuary at the Abbey of (November) Execution of Warbeck and of Clarence The Murder of the latter was, in all probability, coolly planned between Henry and Ferdinand of Spain, the Claims of Clarence, being deemed, by Ferdinand, an Treacherous Attempts, of which Henry had been guilty, His treacherous Extortion from Philip of the Surrender of (November) Marriage of Prince Arthur to the Infanta; Laws of this Reign; Origin of the Star Chamber 98-100 Spirit of Maritime Discovery and Commerce; Voyage of Sebastian Cabot; Treaty of "the Great Intercourse" be. tween England and Burgundy; evident Approach of those mighty Changes, which were about "to raise the middle Classes; to restore the Importance of personal Property; to extend political Knowledge; and, at length, 1509. Hoard amassed by Henry; Extortions of Empson and (22d of April) Death of Henry; his Character: "no 1509-1547. 1509. 1511. 1513. 1517. 1520. 1521. Aged Eighteen; warm Hopes of the Nation regarding him 108 The new Council composed under the Advice of his Policy of Louis XII. of France; League of Cambray against Venice; general Review of European Affairs 112, 115 Expedition against France; Debate in the English Council 115 Ferdinand delays to join Henry's forces, who mutiny and (4th of August) Battle of the Spurs; Defeat of the French; Administration of Wolsey; Sketch of his History Trial and Execution of Stafford Duke of Buckingham A Parliament; Debate on the Subsidy; Scene between (August) Alliance between England and France Importance of the Reformation in a Civil Point of View - But the Reformers assumed the same Authority, though 1483. 1520. 1525. - Extirpation, the only Persecution which could be finally - - 136, 137 - Causes which prepared the Soil for the Reformation 189 Revolt of the Boors of Swabia; Luther's Solicitude to But such Disorders are incident even to the greatest and CHAP. VI. HENRY VIII. — continued. 1527-1535. TO THE EXECUTION OF SIR THOMAS MORE. Clement VII. temporises from fear of the Emperor, but 1529. (June) A Reconciliation between the Pope and the Em- 1530. 1533. - Questions addressed by Henry to the Universities of Eu- They fail in persuading Catherine to take the Veil Campeggio temporises, and Henry is incensed at Wolsey's (July) Clement had removed the Suit to Rome; Suspicion of Wolsey's secret Understanding with the Papal Court 165 Wolsey convicted of receiving Bulls from Rome; in Feb- ruary 1530 pardoned and restored to the See of Win- 169 (June) Henry procures a Letter to be sent from several of 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 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 The Marriage with Anne recognised by Parliament |