1540s in England information

Events from the 1540s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII (until 28 January 1547), then Edward VI Regent – Catherine, Queen Consort (starting 15 July, until...

The 1540s decade ran from 1 January 1540, to 31 December 1549. January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the marriage...

will of Henry VIII of England was a significant constitutional document, or set of contested documents created in the 1530s and 1540s, affecting English...

The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540–1549) involved some significant events. 1540 4 April – Cristobal Morales leaves the position of master of...

Library, Add. MS 17492) is a verse miscellany from the 1530s and early 1540s, compiled by three women who attended the court of Anne Boleyn: Mary Shelton...

precious metals from the New World. However, England was suffering with financial difficulty. In the 1540s, Henry VIII began a campaign of excessive overspending...

Events from the 1550s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Elizabethan era. Monarch – Edward VI (until 6 July 1553), Jane (disputed, 6 July...

architect of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. 1549 – The spire of Lincoln Cathedral in England is blown down. 1540 Kamran's Baradari in Lahore completed Approximate...

from the 1560s in England. Monarch – Elizabeth I 1560 27 February – Treaty of Berwick: Terms agreed with the Lords of the Congregation in the Kingdom of...

Events from the 1530s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII 1530 26 January – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, becomes Keeper of the Privy Seal. January...

forces was made compulsory by the County and Borough Police Act 1856. In the 1540s the office of Lord Lieutenant was instituted. The lieutenants had a military...

Events from the 1520s in England. Monarch – Henry VIII Regent – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (starting 31 May, until 16 July 1520) 1520 26–31 May...

Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not...

(in the case of Berwick-upon-Tweed) and piracy (in the case of Poole and Haverfordwest). In the 1540s the office of lord-lieutenant was instituted in each...

This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform...

manages the National Heritage Collection. This comprises over 400 of England's historic buildings, monuments, and sites spanning more than 5,000 years...

"Speaker" and this became the title always used from the 1540s onwards. No commoners were summoned. In the reign of King John knights came armed to police...

Press. OCLC 398369. Roddy, Kate (Winter 2016). "Recasting Recantation in 1540s England: Thomas Becon, Robert Wisdom, and Robert Crowley". Renaissance and...

military campaigns in the 1540s. He was given the authority to do this in England and Wales by the Act of Supremacy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which made...

a city was established in the early 1540s when King Henry VIII founded dioceses (each having a cathedral in the see city) in six English towns and granted...

supporters in both houses. Proceedings were regulated by the presiding officer in either chamber. From the 1540s the presiding officer in the House of...

Catholic, she later became sympathetic to and interested in the "New Faith". By the mid-1540s, she came under suspicion that she was actually a Protestant...

establishing six new cities when he established a series of new dioceses in the 1540s as part of the English Reformation. No new cities were created between...

Earl of Wiltshire 1529-?: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk Periods in 1540s and 1550s: Nicholas Wotton 1559–1564: Nicholas Throckmorton 1564–1566:...

picked up again and reached 130,000 cloths a year by the 1540s. The centres of weaving in England shifted westwards towards the Stour Valley, the West Riding...

Desiderius Erasmus writes The Praise of Folly while staying with Thomas More in England. 1510 April 10 – Henry Cornelius Agrippa pens the dedication of De occulta...

the gable hood, and so it did not achieve much popularity in England until the 1530s and 1540s. According the Chronicle of the Grey Friars, the French hood...