Dates - Henry VIII and Cromwell

1503

Thomas Cromwell left England to go travelling in Europe

1514

Cromwell returned to England and established himself as a merchant

1519

Cromwell made a member of Wolsey's Council

1523

Cromwell became an MP for the first time

1529

Cromwell became MP for Taunton

1529

Fall of Wolsey

1531

Cromwell appointed to Henry's Royal Council

1531

Cromwell began to work on the annulment case for Henry

1533

Cromwell became Henry's Chief Minister

Jan 1533

Henry and Anne Boleyn are married in secret by Thomas Cranmer

Mar 1533

Act in Restraint of Appeals

May 1533

Annulment hearing against Catherine, headed by Cranmer

May 1533

Henry and Catherine's marriage declared never to have been valid

June 1533

Anne Boleyn declared queen

Sep 1533

Anne gives birth to Princess Elizabeth (future Elizabeth I)

Jan 1536

Death of Catherine of Aragon

Jan 1536

Henry suffered a serious jousting accident

Jan 1536

Anne Boleyn suffers a second miscarriage

April 1536

Mark Smeaton, a court musician, arrested

May 1536

Anne Boleyn arrested and executed

May 1536

Cranmer annulled Henry and Anne's marriage

May 1536

Henry married Jane Seymour

July 1536

Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII's illegitimate son and possible heir, died

1536

Cromwell begins the creation of a Privy Council

1536

An Act strengthened the Council of the North

1536

Act of Union made Wales a formal part of England

1536

Court of Augmentations created

Oct 1537

Jane Seymour gave birth to Prince Edward (future Edward VI)

Oct 1537

Jane Seymour died

June 1538

Charles V and Francis I sign 10-year peace treaty at Nice

1540

Court of First Fruits and Tenths created

Jan 1540

Henry married Anne of Cleves

Feb 1540

Cromwell ordered closure of Thetford Priory

April 1540

Cromwell awarded title of Earl of Essex

July 1540

Henry and Anne's marriage annulled

July 1540

Cromwell executed

July 1540

Henry married Catherine Howard