Henry VII timeline

William Caxton brought the printing press from Germany

1476

Battle of Bosworth

22nd August 1485

The date that Henry backdates his reign to

21st August 1485

Henry processed into London where the mayor and alderman met him

3rd September 1485

Henry stayed at the Tower and gave out titles to Jasper

28th October 1485

Henry processed to Westminster Hall with nobles

29th October 1485

Henry is crowned using the same service as Richard III

30th October 1485

Henry’s first parliament met for 5 weeks. This reversed Richard III’s attainders, passed an Act of Resumption, tunnage and poundage were granted, confirmed the 1397 law to make Margaret Beaufort legitimate, parliament supported Henry as king. He repealed Richard’s laws making Edward IV’s children illegitimate, and parliament asked Henry to marry Elizabeth of York. He also passed 28 attainders from the Battle of Bosworth

7th November 1485

Henry signed a 1 year truce with regent Anne of France (Beaujeu), which was then extended to 3 years

1485

Thomas Howard lost the title of the Duke of Norfolk

1485

Henry raised £10,000 in loans and repaid them all

1485

The Navigation Act of ____ said only English ships could be used with English crews unless none were available

1485

8 English bishops gave Henry the dispensation to marry Elizabeth of York

January 1486

Henry and Elizabeth of York are married

18th January 1486

The Pope didn’t agree with Henry and Elizabeth of York’s marriage until ____

2nd March 1486

Lovell and Stafford rebellion occurs while Henry is on progress in the north

Easter 1486

Arthur (Henry’s firstborn) is born in Winchester

19th September 1486

Henry first became aware of the Simnel and Simons rebellion

November 1486

Henry signed a 3 year truce with James III of Scotland

1486

The Pope allowed sanctuary to lapse in treason cases

1486

Henry’s Exchequer system only gained £11,700

1486

New developments in water powered pumps for mines

1486

The Navigation Act of ____ restricted Spanish trade, so Spain stopped English ships from exporting goods from Spain

1486

Henry returned to the Chamber financial system

1487

The Court of Star Chamber is set up to control nobles

1487

Henry passed a law so nobles swore to not illegally retain (copying Edward IV’s law)

1487

JPs were allowed to grant bail

1487

By ____ Henry was so in debt that he couldn’t afford feast days

1487

The Council is summoned to test their loyalty. Henry paraded the real Warwick around London, and offered a pardon to anyone who was plotting

February 1487

Elizabeth Woodville lost her lands and was sent to a nunnery, Dorset was put under house arrest, Sir Edward Brampton fled to Burgundy, and Lincoln left London for Burgundy

February 1487

Margaret of Burgundy gave Lincoln money and 2000 German mercenaries led by Martin Schwarz, and Lincoln left for Ireland to join Simnel

1487

Henry spent ____ at Norwich to repair the eastern beacons and a new fleet at Harwich, his eastern headquarters

Easter 1487

Lincoln, Lovell, and their army arrived in Dublin

5th May 1487

Simnel was crowned Edward VI in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin by the Archbishop of Dublin, Walter FitzSimons

24th May 1487

At Kenilworth, Henry learnt that the rebels had landed in Cumbria with 8000 men

4th June 1487

Battle of Stoke

16th June 1487

Simons is imprisoned for life, Lovell and Broughton were missing and assumed dead, Lincoln and Kildare’s brother were killed, Simnel was captured and became a turnspit then falconer for Henry

Post-battle of Stoke

The Germans were exiled, some English were hung, all of the caught Irish were killed, nobles were pardoned but heavily fined and made to sign bonds and recognisances

Post-battle of Stoke

Parliament is called for 28 attainders

November 1487

Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen to gain Yorkist support

25th November 1487

France imposed trade restrictions after Henry helped Brittany

1487

The Hanseatic League controlled the Baltic trade from the Imperial cities, and Henry wanted to break their monopoly so he banned foreign merchants from exporting unfinished cloth

1487

James III of Scotland is assassinated and succeeded by his 15 year old son, James IV

1488

Duke Francis of Brittany died, leaving his 12 year old daughter, Anne, the Duchess of Brittany

1488

The number of Henry’s ships in the navy fell to 5

1488

A new law was passed to allow for complaints against JPs

1489

Parliament agreed to a subsidy of £100,000 to fight France in Brittany

1489

A new system of income tax was set up to collect the £100,000 subsidy but only £27,000 was collected

1489

The Treaty of Redon was signed where England would send 6000 volunteers to help if Brittany paid

February 1489

Henry signed the Treaty of Dordrecht with Max, in which Henry sent 3000 volunteers to help Max against France, and Max was to send men for Brittany. However, Max didn’t send these troops when needed

14th February 1489

Yorkshire rebellion. Northumberland met the rebel leaders, Sir John Egremont and John a Chambre, and a fight broke out in which Northumberland was killed

April 1489

Henry refused pardons for the rebels, sent Surrey and a large army to deal with the rebellion, hung Chambre at York, and Egremont fled to Burgundy

Post-Yorkshire rebellion

Henry travelled north and issued a pardon, made Surrey the new warden of the north, and did not raise taxes in Yorkshire again. He also strengthened the Counsel of the North

Post-Yorkshire rebellion

Max and Ferdinand signed a treaty with Charles VIII of France, who was also supporting Warbeck

July 1489

Henry called parliament to get a subsidy for war and amassed an army of 26,000

1489

Margaret, Henry’s first daughter, is born

29th November 1489

Henry waited until ____ to launch his army of 26,000 in France

October 1491

Treaty of Medina del Campo is signed with Ferdinand, in which he and Henry would give each other mutual support if either was attacked by France, and Ferdinand would promise not to help pretenders. Catherine of Aragon (F’s daughter) was betrothed to Prince Arthur, and Spain and England were to be trading partners - ending trade disputes between S+E

1489

The convocation voted £25,000 for the French war

1489

Average harvests from the years of ______

1486 to 1489

Henry passed laws to try and stop rural depopulation

1488 and 1489

Henry ended the Hanseatic League’s control of bullion supply to England

1489

Henry signed an exclusive agreement with Denmark to take them out of the Hanseatic League

1489

Another Navigation Act was passed in ____

1489

Henry signed a treaty with Florence to export wool only to them, after Venice imposed a huge tax on English merchants

1490

Henry signed an exclusive treaty with Norway to take them out of the Hanseatic League

1490

Henry’s second son, Henry, is born

24th June 1491

Perkin Warbeck first appeared in Cork, where John Taylor and the ex-mayor of Cork, John Atwater, confirmed that Warbeck was Richard IV. Henry sent a small army, sacked Kildare, and Warbeck fled to France

1491

Parliament met from ____ which granted subsidy for war with France

1491 to 1492

Henry used benevolences to raise £48,000 to invade France

1491

Henry received £48,500 from loans

1491

Warbeck arrived in France, where Charles VIII treated him like a prince, and 100 Yorkists joined him in Paris

1492

The Treaty of Etaples is signed between England and France. French support for Warbeck stopped, France had to pay England an annual pension of 50,000 crowns, and also had to pay for Henry’s costs to get home. Henry had to withdraw from Brittany, Warbeck was forced to flee to Bugundy, and the treaty reduced trade restrictions

3rd November 1492

Margaret of Burgundy recognises Warbeck as her nephew and trained him as a Yorkist prince

1492

Sir Thomas Lovell was Treasurer of the Chamber until ____

1492

Charles VIII agreed to uphold the French pension from the Treaty of Picquigny

1492

The Americas were ‘discovered’ by Europeans

1492

Philip took over rule in Burgundy

1493

Henry imposed a trade embargo with Burgundy from ____

1493 to 1496

Henry set the bond amount as £3000

1493 - 1494

The Counsel of Wales was revived and was organised for Prince Arthur to run from Ludlow

1493

Thomas Langton was made the Bishop of Winchester after he was sacked as the Bishop of Salisbury after Bosworth

1493

The Emperor Maximilian offered support to Warbeck and recognised him as Richard IV, but couldn’t afford to commit money

1494

Henry sent Sir Edward Poynings as Lord Deputy of Ireland

1494