Henry VII Timeline

1496

Magnus Intercursus resumed trade with Burgundy

1506

Treaty of Windsor

April 1502

Prince Arthur died, treaty for Catherine of Aragon to marry Prince Henry drawn up

1508

League of Cambrai isolated England

1486

Duke Francis II of Brittany arranged for a marriage between his daughter, Anne, and Maximilian

July 1488

French victory at Battle of St. Aubin du Cormier

1487

Henry VII requested for parliamentary grant to pay for Battle of Stoke

1504

Act passed requiring a retaining licence from the King to have a large group of men -- £5 per month per illegal retainer

August 1488

Treaty of Sablé signed by France and Duke Francis -- Anne could only marry with France's consent

1495

The Council Learned is established to defend and protect Henry's position as a feudal landlord

1491

£48,500 raised in benevolences to take and army to France

September 1506

Death of Philip of Burgundy, Joanna went mad with grief

1489

Treaty of Medina del Campo -- Spain and England allied against France and would help claim back lands

1489

Convocations (Archdioceses of Canterbury and York) voted £25,000 to fund French war

1492

Treaty of Etaples -- pension of 50,000 gold crowns p/a for Henry and a promise of France not helping rebels (followed English landing of 26,000)

February 1503

Death of Elizabeth of York

December 1490

Anne of Brittany and Maximilian I entered a proxy marriage

1486

Truce with Scotland's James III to end in 1489

1501

Prince Arthur married Catherine of Aragon

1506

Intercursus Malus treaty agreed

1504

Isabella of Castille died

July 1486

Treaty with Brittany

December 1491

Anne of Brittany married Charles VIII of France

1497

Truce of Ayton between England and Scotland

September 1488

Duke Francis died, 12-year-old Anne becomes Duchess of Brittany

1489

Henry VII passed enclosure act but didn't understand it

1489

Treaty with Denmark allowed English to fish in Icelandic waters

1493

Trade embargo with the Netherlands and cloth trade port moved to Calais

1497

John Cabot sighted American mainland

1485

Navigation Act -- English ships used by French for transporting goods, at least 50% of crew had to be English

1489

Navigation Act with Spain and Hanseatic League, foreign ships used only if there were no available English ones

February 1489

Treaty of Redon (Brittany) declared that Brittany would pay the cost of England sending men and Anne couldn't marry without Henry's consent

1502

Treaty of Perpetual Peace (Scotland) developed the Truce of Ayton and arranged marriage between Margaret Tudor and James IV

30 October 1485

Henry VII coronated

November 1485

Parliament confirmed that Henry's reign began on 21 August 1485

April 1486

Henry VII went on a progress

January 1486

Henry married Elizabeth of York

September 1486

Prince Arthur was born

1499

Erasmus arrived in England

22 August 1485

Battle of Bosworth and Richard III killed

1476

Caxton's printing press arrived in England

1495

JPs could replace suspected bribed jury members

1489

Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, ran Council of the North

1504-1509

51 attainders passed

1495

Poynings' Law (Ireland couldn't pass laws without English approval)

1488

France sent an army to Brittany, Maximilian and Ferdinand sent men to help Brittany

1504

£30,000 levied on Prince Arthur's knighting under feudal aid

1492

Henry moved from using Exchequer to the Chamber

1487

JPs could grant bail to those awaiting trial for less severe crimes

1495

Act of Parliament allowed Henry to have all of Richard III's lands

1486

Act of Resumption and Forfeitures increased Henry's land

1497

Cornish Tax Rebellion

1499-1506

Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, wanted the throne for himself

1489

Henry requested parliamentary grant for war against France

1496

Henry requested parliamentary grant for defence against Scotland/Warbeck

1485

Jasper Tudor ruled Ireland as Lord Lieutenant and ran Council of Wales, but Fitzgeralds began to grow in power

1485

JPs could arrest poachers and hunters (could be a secret plot)

Easter 1486

Staffords and Lovell intended to replace Henry with Earl of Warwick

1489

Yorkshire Rebellion

1487

Lambert Simnel Rebellion

1491-1499

Perkin Warbeck rebellion

1499

Execution of the Earl of Warwick and of Warbeck