Key Events and Statistics of Edward VI's Reign
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Feb 1547
Denunciation of images in London
July 1547
Royal injunctions issued
Nov 1547
Parliament met; key religious reforms
Dec 1547
Dissolution of chantries and religious guilds
1547
Vagrancy Act and Chantries Act passed
June 1548
Enclosure proclamation issued
1548
Harvest failure
Jan 1549
First Act of Uniformity
May 1549
Book of Common Prayer introduced
28 July 1549
Battle of Fenny Bridge
4 August 1549
Battle of Woodbury Common
5 August 1549
Clyst Heath massacre
1 October 1549
Somerset withdrew to Windsor
11 October 1549
Somerset surrendered
Oct 1549
Northumberland becomes Lord President
Dec 1549
Northumberland's second coup
Feb 1550
Dudley emerges as Council leader
28 March 1550
Treaty of Boulogne signed
Dec 1550
Marriage treaty ratified with France
1550
Trade embargo with Netherlands; Sheep tax repealed; New Treason Act
June 1551
Anglo-Scottish peace treaty
Summer 1551
Cloth trade collapse causes unemployment
Oct 1551
Somerset imprisoned again
Sept 1551
War between France and Charles V
Jan 1552
Somerset executed
June 1552
Trade with Netherlands improves
1552
Poor Law passed; re-minting begins
Feb 1553
Edward VI falls ill
May 1553
Marriage of Lady Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley
21 June 1553
Mary and Elizabeth declared illegitimate
6 July 1553
Edward VI dies
19 July 1553
Mary I proclaimed Queen
£537,000
Raised from debasement under Somerset
£133,333
France paid for Boulogne (Treaty of Boulogne, 1550)
£140,000
Crown lands sold under Northumberland
75% copper
Content of debased silver coins
92.5% silver
Purity of re-minted coins in 1552
200,000 crowns
Dowry in marriage treaty with France
£200,000/year
Spent on navy and Scottish defenses
£25
Council members' investment in Cabot's trading company
900
Rebels executed at Clyst Heath
600-700
Additional rebels killed after regrouping
2,400
Chantries dissolved in 1547
5%
Tax on personal property under Somerset
3-day rule
Vagrants sold into slavery after 3 days
1st offence (Vagrancy Act)
2 years' slavery
2nd offence
Lifetime slavery
3rd offence
Death penalty